Hirde-cnapa

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hirde-cnapa

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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hirde-cnapa
m. A (young) herdsman :-- Hé let dǽr árǽran his hyrdecnapan cýtan, ꝥ hí ðǽr gehende mid heora hláfordes yrfe lágon. . . . And þá hyrdecnapan . . . ymbe ꝥ wǽron, Hml S. 23, 417-421. hirde-cnapa
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