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hird

  • noun
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retinue, court
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  • Hé férde tó Wudestoke and his biscopes and his hird eal mid him

    he [Henry] went to Woodstock, and his bishops and his court all with him,

      Chr. 1123; Erl. 249, 30.
  • Dis geár heáld se kyng Heanri his hird on Windlesoure

    this year king Henry held his court at Windsor,

      1127; Erl. 255, 1.
  • This form as it occurs in late specimens may be merely a contraction of híréd [q.v.], or it may be a form influenced by the Danish hirð. In the former case it should be written hírd.
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v.  in-hirdmann.
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