different between hied vs hird

English

Verb

hied

1. simple past tense and past participle of hie

Anagrams

• Heid, Ihde, hide

Middle English

Etymology 1

Verb

hied (third-person singular simple present hiedeth, present participle hiedende, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle hiedde)

1. Alternative form of hiden (“to hide”)

Etymology 2

Verb

hied

1. simple past/past participle of hien (“to move quickly”)

Alternative forms

• (simple past): hiede, hiet, hid, hide, hit
• (past participle): ihied, hiet, hid, hide

Etymology 3

Verb

hied

1. simple past/past participle of hien (“to raise, lift up”)

Alternative forms

• (past participle): ihied

English

Etymology

From Middle English hird, from Old English h?r?d, h?r?de, variants of earlier h?r?den (“family, household”), from Proto-Germanic *h?war?daz (“relationship; family”), equivalent to hewe +? -red. Cognate with German Heirat (“wedding”).

Noun

hird (plural hirds)

1. (historical) In Norwegian history, an informal retinue of personal armed companions, hirdmen or housecarls.
2. By extension, the formal royal court household.

Derived terms

• hirdman

Anagrams

• HDRI, IRHD

Norwegian

Pronunciation

Noun

hird

1. An informal retinue of personal armed companions.
2. By extension, the formal royal court household.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hirþ (“bodyguard”), from Proto-Germanic *h?war?daz (“relationship; family”). Related to German Heirat (“wedding”) and English hired. See also Icelandic hirð.

Noun

hird c

1. (historical) bodyguard for chieftain or king

Declension

Derived terms

• hirdman

References

• hird in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hird in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hird in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• hird in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)