hird
English
noun
Definitions
- (historical) In Norwegian history, an informal retinue of personal armed companions, hirdmen or housecarls.
- By extension, the formal royal court household.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hird inherited from Old English hīrēd inherited from Proto-Germanic *hīwarēdaz (relationship, family) suffix from English hewe.
Origin
English
hewe
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hewe English
- hirdman English
- Heirat German
- Heiratsantrag German
- Heiratsschwindler German
- Heiratsurkunde German
- Heiratsvermittler German
- Selbstheirat German
- Zwangsheirat German
- *hīwarēdaz Proto-Germanic
- hīrēd Old English
- hewe Middle English
- hird Middle English
- hīrāten Middle High German
- hiiraate Alemannic German