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Old English · noun

hired

Normalised hīred

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈxiː.red/
[ˈhiː.red]
Syllables
ˈxiː · red (2 syllables)
Modern English
hirdfamilyretinuebrotherhoodhousehold

Meaning

  1. family, household

    Clypa and ne geswic ðu, ahefe þine stemne swā swā byme, and cȳð minum folce heora leahtras, and Iacobes hīrede heora synna.

    Cry and cease not, raise your voice as a trumpet, and declare to my people their crimes, and to the family of Jacob their sins.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "Preface"

  2. retinue

  3. company, brotherhood

Declension

Declension of hired
SingularPlural
Nominative hīredhīredas
Accusative hīredhīredas
Genitive hīredeshīreda
Dative hīredehīredum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hīwarād (“family, marriage”). Cognate with Old High German hīrāt (“marriage”) (German Heirat), Old English hīwen (“household”).

Descendants

hird

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