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1.
hẹ̄rd(e
n.(2)
Additional spellings:
herde
114 quotations in 3 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) A herdsman; a keeper of cattle, hogs, horses, goats, or any kind of livestock;
asse herd, aver herd, calf herd, colt herd, cou herd, gelde herd, gos herd, got herd, hog herd, hors herd, lomb herd,
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mēlen
v.
74 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To speak, talk; -- also refl.; of birds: sing;
melen with mouth
;
melen ayen
, contradict (natural law) [quot.:
Jos.Arim.
106; see
kinde
n.
7.
(b)];
melen forth
, proceed (with a narrative);
melen of
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