hirdi

See also: hirði

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

herdi

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hirdī.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhirdi/

Noun

hirdi m

herdsman, herder
guardian, protector, keeper

Declension

Declension of hirdi (masculine ja-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	hirdi	hirdios
accusative	hirdi	hirdios
genitive	hirdies	hirdiō
dative	hirdie	hirdium
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

Middle Low German: herde, hirde
- German Low German: Heier
- Plautdietsch: Hoad

References

Tiefenbach, Heinrich (2010) “hirdi”, in Altsächsisches Handwörterbuch [A Concise Old Saxon Dictionary], Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co., →DOI, →ISBN, page 167.

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