Middle English Dictionary Entry
ox(e-herd(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ox(e-herd(e n. Also oxard & (in surnames) oxenhird, -hurde. |
| Etymology | From oxe & herd(e n.(2). Also, esp. for names, cp. OE(WS) oxan hyrde. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A keeper of oxen; a herdsman; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)273b/a : An Oxeherde hatte Bubulcus and is y-ordeigned by office to kepen oxen.
- a1400 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Paris n.a. lat.699)899 : Oxherd [vr. oxkepar; glossing AF (Cmb): cotivers].
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)10a/b : Bossequs: an oxhurde.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)39b/b : Mandra: an hox hurde.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)651/9 : Bubulcus: hoxhard.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)669/5 : Bubulcus: oxarde.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)90b : A oxhyrde: bubulcus.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.202 : In Denwolfes house thoxherd of the towne..Denwolf cladde him in his owne gowne.
b
- (1281) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms59 : Walt. le Oxhirde.
- (1301) Sub.R.Yks.in YASRS 2199 : Willelmo Oxenhird.
- (1325) Pat.R.Edw.II231 : William le Oxhird.
- (1332) Sub.R.Lan.in LCRS 31.225 : Willelmus le Oxherd.
- (1333) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms59 : Galfr. le Oxenhurde.
- a1385 Cust.Chichester in Sus.RS 3119 : John Ocsehurde.