Heorde

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

heorde

f. Care, guarding, custody :-- Hé út wæs gongende tó neáta scýpene ðara heorde him wæs ðære nihte beboden egressus esset ad stabula jumentorum quorum ei custodia nocte illa erat delegata, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 9. Forhwon beóþ ǽfre swǽ þríste ða ungelǽredan ðæt hí underfón ða heorde ðæs láreówdómes ab imperitis ergo pastorale magisterium qua temeritate suscipitur, Past. 1; Swt. 25, 17. Monige underfóþ heorde nonnulli gregis curam suscipiunt, 18, 5; Swt. 135, 25. [Cf.(?) Icel. hirð a king's body-guard: hirði- a prefix, tending, keeping.] heorde