A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary / For the Use of Students

by J. R. Clark Hall

[ ±hierdan] (i, y) to harden, make hard: strengthen, fortify, confirm, encourage, CP. [[heard]]

[ hierde] (eo, i, y) m. shepherd, herdsman, CP, G: guardian, keeper, B, Bl, Gen, Met, WW: pastor. [‘herd’]

[ hierdebōc] f. pastoral book (translation of the Cura Pastoralis of Pope Gregory), CP.

[ hierdebelig] (e) m. shepherd’s bag, Bl 31¹⁷.

[ hierdecnapa] (y) m. shepherd boy, ÆL 23⁴¹⁸.

[ hierdelēas] (i, y) without a shepherd or pastor, Æ. [‘herdless’]

[ hierdelic] (y) pastoral, CP.

[ hierdeman] m. shepherd, Æ (y). [‘herdsman’]

[ hierdewyrt] (i) f. name of a plant, Lcd.

[ ±hierdnes] (eo, i, y) f. custody, watch, guard.