Hirde-mann

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hirde-mann

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 hirde-mann

m. A herdsman, shepherd :-- Hire hyrdeman sume ác ástáh and his orf lǽswode mid treówenum helme, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 20. Se engel cýdde Crístes ácennednysse hyrdemannum, i. 36, 9. Sacu betwux Abrames hyrdemannum (inter pastores gregum) and Lothes, Gen. 13, 7. [N. E. D. herd-man.] hirde-mann

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛁᚱᛞᛖ-ᛗᚪᚾᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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