Middle English Dictionary Entry
nǒut-hẹ̄rd(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | nǒut-hẹ̄rd(e n. Also nouterd. |
| Etymology | From nǒut(e n. & hẹ̄rd(e n.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A cowherd; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)254/12 : Þe kyngis nowte-hard come home with his catell fro þer pastur.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)254/25,27 : Saynt German..made þis nowterd & his wife to com aforn hym..evur sethen þe kynges þat come of þe nowtherd kynred hase reingned vppon þe pepull & þe land of Brytany.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)87a : A Nowthirde: Armentarius, bestiarius, bossequus, bubulcus.
b
- -?-(1296) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.967 : Nicholaus le noutehird.
- (1301) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms57 : Elya Nouthirde.
- (1309) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms57 : Le Nauthird.
- (1316) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms57 : The Nautherde.
- -?-(1327) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.9624 : Ricardus le nouthird.
- -?-(?a1340) Cart.Newminster in Sur.Soc.66259 : Gylbertus dictus Noutherd.