hird

Meaning

Noun

  • In Norwegian history, an informal retinue of personal armed companions, hirdmen or housecarls.
  • By extension, the formal royal court household.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Norwegian hird, from Old Norse hirð, a borrowing from Old English hīred, hēored, from Proto-West Germanic *hīwarād ("relationship; family"), equivalent to hewe + rede. Cognate with German Heirat ("wedding").

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