Old English · noun

heord

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong ō-stem
IPA: /xe͜ord/
[he͜orˠd]
Syllables: xe͜ord (1 syllable)
Modern English: herd

Meaning

a herd

Declension

Declension of heord
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	heord	heorda heorde
Accusative	heorde	heorda heorde
Genitive	heorde	heorda
Dative	heorde	heordum

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *herdō, from Proto-Indo-European *kerdʰ- (“file, row, herd”). Compare Old Saxon herda, Old High German herta, Old Norse hjǫrð, Gothic (hairda).

Descendants

herd

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