Proto-Germanic: *xirdō; *xirdia-z; *xirdian- vb.
Meaning: herd
Gothic: hɛrda f. (ō) `herd'
Old Norse: hjɔrd `Herde, Vieh', { adv. (< pl. dat.) herδon `wechselweise' }; hirδi-r m. `Hirt'; -hirδi-r m. `Wächter, Hüter'; hirδa wk. `bewachen, hüten'
Swedish: hjord; herde
Old Danish: Run lathirɵir (= landhirδir)
Danish: hjord; hyrde
Old English: heord, -e f. `herd, flock'; { hirde }
English: herd; shepherd
Old Frisian: OWFris herdere
Old Saxon: herda; hirdi
Middle Dutch: herde, harde, haerde, heerde, hirde
Dutch: herder m., dial. harder, heerder
Middle Low German: hērde, hirde; hērde, hirde
Old High German: herta `Herde; Wechsel, Abwechslung' (um 1000); hirti (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: hërt st. f. 'herde'; hirt(e), hërte st./wk. m. 'hirte'
German: [ Herde f. < MdG-LG ]; Hirt, Hirte m.
