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one who has charge of cattle
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  • Gátbuccan hyrde

    copra aegida,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 78.

  • Án hirde (hierde, S. 5, 12), Ueriatus háten

    Viriathus, homo pastoralis,

    • Ors. 5, 2
      • ;
    • S. 216, 6
      • .

  • Ceápes heorde

    gregarius.

    • Nar. 18, 26
      • .

  • Swá hiorde

    (pastor)

    áscádeþ scep from ticnum,

    • Mt. R. L. 25, 32
      • .

  • Hyrdas (ðá hiordas, R. , dá hiorde, L.

    pastores)

    wǽron nihtwacccan healdende ofer heora heorde,

    • Lk. 2, 8
      • .

  • Hyrdas (hiordas, R., hiorda),

    • 15
      • .

  • Bodan hyrdum cýðdon,

    • Cri. 450
      • .

  • Oxena hierdas

    bobulcos,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 17
      • .
a keeper, guardian, protector, director of people
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  • Búton ic hyrde

    (custos)

    ætwere eów,

    • Coll. M. 28, 21
      • .

  • Mec sáwelcund hyrde bihealdeð,

    • Gú. 289
      • .

  • Under háligra hyrda gewealdum,

    • 386.
used of a person in authority,
one who bears rule
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  • Is óþer

    (St. Peter)

    cyricean hyrde tó Crístes handa,

    • Bl. H. 171, 7
      • .

  • Se cyning and se biscop sceoldan beon Crístenra folca hyrdas, and hí from eallum unrithwísum áhweorfan,

    • 45, 26
      • .
in phrases denoting a king, ruler, head of a house, leader etc.
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  • Ríces hyrde, werodes wísa

    (Moses),

    • Exod. 256
      • .

  • Wine Scyldinga, ríces hyrde

    (Hrothgar).

    Leóf þeóden, ríces hyrde

    (Beowulf),

    • 3080.

  • Ríces hyrde (cf. ríce geréfa rondburgum weóld, 19),

    • Jul. 66
      • .

  • Bregowearda fela, ríces hyrdas,

    • Gen. 2334
      • .

  • Se wísa and se fæstrǽda folces hyrde (cf. se wísa and fæstrǽda Cato, sé wæs eác Rómána lieretoga,

    • Bt. 19
      • ;
    • F. 70, 8
      • ),
    • Met. 10, 49
      • .

  • Brego Beorhtdena, folces hyrde

    (Hrothgar),

    • B 610:

    (Hygelac),

    • 1849:

    (Beowulf),

    • 2644.

  • Enoch siððan ealdor-dóm áhóf, folces wísa . . . hé hyrde wæs heáfodmága,

    • Gen. 1200
      • .
applied to the Deity:
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  • Wæs him hyrde gód heofonríces weard,

    • Dan. 11.
  • in phrases:

    Wuldorcyning . . . ríces hyrde.

    • An. 808.

  • Lífes weard, dugoða hyrde.

    • Gen. 164.

  • þone hean cyning, gásta hyrde,

    • Dan. 199
      • .

  • þeóda hyrde,

    • Az. 150.
used of a teacher, guide, pastor
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  • Ð á hierdas næfdon andgit,

    • Past. 27, 25
      • .

  • Ðám gasilicum hyrdum, þæt sind láreówas,

    • Hml. Th. i. 36, 10
      • .
the keeper of a thing,
with the idea of possession or control,
material
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  • Malalehel wæs æfter larede yrfes hyrde . . . Sídðan Mathusal mágum daélde gestreón,

    • Gen. 1067
      • :
    • 1545
      • :
    • 219
      • .

  • Sinces hyrde,

    • 2101.

  • Hringa hyrde,

    • B. 2245
      • .
used of a dragon:
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  • Wyrm, hordes hyrde,

    • B. 887
      • .

  • Frætwa hyrde,

    • 3 33.
non-material
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  • Fyrena hyrde,

    • B. 750
      • .

  • Synna hyrdas,

    • Gú. 522
      • .
with the idea of protection, caretaking of a place
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  • Adam neorxna-wonges níwre gesceafte hyrde and healdend,

    • Gen. 172
      • .

  • Beorges hyrde

    (the fire-drake),

    • B. 2304
      • .

  • Ic ofslóg húses hyrdas,

    • 1666.
the subject a thing:
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  • Ne bið sond wið micelne ren manna ǽngum húses hyrde,

    • Met. 7, 22.
non-material:
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  • þonne se weard

    (conscience)

    swefeð, sawele hyrde,

    • B. 1742
      • .
in phrases denoting the Deity
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  • Leóhtes hyrde,

    • Az. 121
      • :
    • Hy. 4, 7
      • .

  • þrymmes hyrde,

    • Jud. 60
      • :
    • Jul. 280
      • :
    • El. 348
      • :
    • 859
      • .

  • Wuldres hyrde,

    • B. 931
      • .

  • Tungla hyrde,

    • Hy. 4, 9
      • .

  • Lífes waldend, heofona hyrde,

    • Dóm. 86
a keeper of a prison, one on the watch to prevent, a guard, watchman
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  • Hié gemétton þæs carcernes duru opene and þá seoton hyrdas deáde licgan,

    • Bl. H. 239, 25
      • :
    • An. 1079
      • .
fig.:
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  • Wer þú giedda wís, wæs wið willan, worda hyrde, Fa. 42.
Similar entries
v. cǽg-, cwén-, heáh-, hríþ-, mǽþum-, múl-, oxan-hirde.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hirde.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/52541.

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