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1. swīne-hẹ̄̆rd(e n.

Additional spellings: swineherd, swine-herde, swineherde
20 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) One who tends swine, a swineherd; (b) as surname. …

2. shẹ̄̆p-hẹ̄̆rd(e n.

Additional spellings: shepherd, shep-herde, shepherde
115 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A shepherd; (b) in phrases, combs., & cpds.: shepherdes crok; shepherd(es dogge, a sheepdog; shepherd(es hous, shepherdes cote (logge), a shepherd's hut; shepherdes lond, land held in return for……

3. hẹ̄rde-man n.

Additional spellings: herdeman
30 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A shepherd; also fig.; (b) a tender of goats, cattle, horses, or other livestock; a herdsman; (c) herde-mannes purs, shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris); herdemannes yerd, shepherd's rod……

4. ox(e-herd(e n.

Additional spellings: oxeherde, oxe-herd, oxeherd, ox-herde, oxherde, ox-herd, oxherd
14 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A keeper of oxen; a herdsman; (b) as surname. …

5. cǒu-hē̆rde n.

Additional spellings: couherde
22 quotations in 1 sense
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One who tends cows, a cowherd. …

6. hẹ̄ren v.

326 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) To hear (a sound, speech, words, message, etc.); fer herd, heard afar; (b) to hear (sb. or sth. making sounds), hear (sb. who speaks), hear (a noisy action); (c) fig. of love, the soul: to hear……

7. hẹ̄rd(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: herde
114 quotations in 3 senses
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(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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