gathierde

Old English

Alternative forms

gāthyrde, gāthiorde

Etymology

From gāt +‎ hierde.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːtˌxi͜yr.de/, [ˈɡɑːtˌhi͜yrˠ.de]

Noun

gāthierde m

a goatherd; one who herds goats

Declension

Declension of gathierde (strong ja-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	gāthierde	gāthierdas
accusative	gāthierde	gāthierdas
genitive	gāthierdes	gāthierda
dative	gāthierde	gāthierdum

Descendants

Middle English: goteherd (through the Anglian variant)
- English: goatherd

References

gáthyrde in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

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