m. A hurdle, a frame of intertwined twigs or bars :-- Hyrdel cleta, cratis, Ælfc. Gl. 29; Som. 61, 44; Wrt. Voc. 26, 43: cratis i. flecta, 49; Som. 65, 88; Wrt. Voc. 34, 20. Ðá forlét se cásere ðone hálgan líchaman uppon ðam ísenan hyrdle then the emperor left the holy body [of St. Lawrence] on the iron hurdle, Homl. Th. i. 430, 23. Hyrþil cratem, flecta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 45. Hyrdlas crates, 80, 22. [Prompt. Parv. hyrdel plecta, flecta, cratis: R. Glouc. an chyrche of herdles and of ȝerden: cf. Goth. haurds a door: Icel. hurð a door, a hurdle: O. H. Ger. hurt crates, craticula: Ger. hürde a hurdle.] hyrdel