Cú-hyrde

Old English Dictionary Entry

Cú-hyrde

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 cú-hyrde

m. [hyrde a keeper, guardian] A cowherd, person who has the charge of cows; vaccarius, bubulcus :-- Cúhyrde gebýreþ ðæt he hæbbe ealdre cú meolc vii niht, syððan heó nige cealfod hæfþ, and frymetlinge býstinge xiv niht; and gá his metecú mid hláfordes cú vaccarii rectum est, ut habeat lac vaccæ veteris vii noctibus, postquam enixa erit, et primitivarum bistinguium xiv noctibus; el eat ejus vacca cum vaccis domini, L. R. S. 13; Th. i. 438, 18-20. Cúhyrdas bubulcos, Mone B. 2408. cu-hyrde

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚢ-ᚻᚣᚱᛞᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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