gathierde

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Old English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

gāthyrde, gāthiorde

Etymology[edit]

gāt +‎ hierde

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːtˌxi͜yr.de/, [ˈɡɑːtˌhi͜yrˠ.de]

Noun[edit]

gāthierde m

goatherd

Declension[edit]

Declension of gathierde (strong ja-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	gāthierde	gāthierdas
accusative	gāthierde	gāthierdas
genitive	gāthierdes	gāthierda
dative	gāthierde	gāthierdum

Descendants[edit]

Middle English: goteherd (through the Anglian variant)
- English: goatherd

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “gáthyrde”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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