Hird

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    In Norwegian history, an informal retinue of personal armed companions, hirdmen or housecarls. historical
  2. 2
    The formal royal court household. broadly
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as an occupation for a herdsman.

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian hird, from Old Norse hirð, a borrowing from Old English hīred, hēored (“family, household”), from Proto-West Germanic *hīwarād (“relationship; family”), equivalent to hewe + rede. Cognate with German Heirat (“wedding”).

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