herdman
See also: Herdman
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English herdeman, from Old English hyrdeman; equivalent to herd + man.
Noun edit
herdman (plural herdmen)
- (obsolete) Someone who herds animals; a herdsman. [11th–17th c.]
- 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Luke viij:[33–34], folio lxxxviij, recto:
- And the heerd toke their courſe / and ran heedlynge into the lake / and wer choked. when the herdmẽ ſawe what had chaunſed / they fleed / and tolde it in the cite and in the villages.
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Noun edit
herdman
- Alternative form of hirdman