# herde
## Galician
### Verb

herde
* inflection of herdar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From the oblique forms of Old English heord, hierd, from Proto-West Germanic *herdu, from Proto-Germanic *herdō.

#### Alternative forms

* heerd, heerde, herd, hird, hirde
* heorde, hierde (Early Middle English)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɛːrd(ə)/, /ˈheːrd(ə)/

#### Noun

herde (plural herdes)
* herd (group of domesticated animals)
* flock, swarm (group of wild animals)
* (rare) followers of a religious leader

##### Descendants

* English: herd
* Scots: herd, hird

##### References

* “hẹ̄rd(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2

From Old English hierde, from Proto-West Germanic *hirdī, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz.

#### Alternative forms

* heerde, heirde, heorde, herd, hert, heurde, hierde, hird, hirde, hurd, hurde, huyrde, hyrd, hyrde

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɛːrd(ə)/, /ˈheːrd(ə)/
* (dialectal) IPA: /ˈhiːrd(ə)/, /ˈhyːrd(ə)/

#### Noun

herde (plural herdes or (early) herden)
* herdsman, herder
* (figuratively) ruler, director, guide
* (figuratively) spiritual leader

##### Related terms

* couherde
* gosherde
* herdeman
* oxeherde
* schepherde
* swynherde

##### Descendants

* English: herd
* Scots: herd, hird

##### References

* “hẹ̄rd(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 3

From Old English heorde, from Proto-West Germanic *heʀdā.

#### Alternative forms

* harde, hearde, heorde, hurde, hyrde

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɛːrd(ə)/, /ˈheːrd(ə)/
* (Late Middle English) IPA: /ˈhɛrd(ə)/, /ˈhard(ə)/

#### Noun

herde (plural herdes or herden)
* (usually in the plural) A short, coarse flax or hemp fibre; a piece of hurds.

##### Descendants

* ⇒ English: hards, hurds (from the plural)
* ⇒ Scots: hards, harden, harn (from the plural)

##### References

* “hẹ̄rd(e, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

herde
* Alternative form of hird (“household”)

### Etymology 5
#### Verb

herde
* first/third-person singular past indicative of heren
* (dialectal) second-person singular past indicative of heren

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse herða.

### Verb

herde (imperative herd, present tense herder, passive herdes, simple past and past participle herda or herdet, present participle herdende)
* to harden; to toughen

#### Related terms

* forherde
* hard
* herdne

### References

* “herde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Old French
### Etymology

From Frankish *herdu, from Proto-Germanic *herdō, from Proto-Indo-European *kerdʰ- (“file, row, herd”).

### Noun

herde oblique singular, f (oblique plural herdes, nominative singular herde, nominative plural herdes)
* herd (grouping of animals)

#### Descendants

* Middle French: harde
** French: harde

## Portuguese
### Verb

herde
* inflection of herdar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish hirþi, hirþe, herþe, herdhe, from Old Norse hirðir, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz. The ’boy’ sense developed because shepherds were typically young men.

### Noun

herde c
* a herder, a shepherd
    den gode herden ― the good shepherd
* (dialectal, dated) a boy, a lad, young man
    Synonyms: pojke, kille, (south Swedish) here

#### Derived terms

* fåraherde (“shepherd”)
* herdeidyll (“a shepherd-idyll”)
* herdestav (“a herder's staff”)
* herdestund (“a tender moment; a dalliance”)

#### Related terms

* hjord (“herd”)

### References

* herde in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* Herde. Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. 21 October 2013.

### Anagrams

* heder