hjord

From Old Danish hiorth, from Old Norse hjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *herdō, cognate with Norwegian, Swedish hjord, English herd, German Herde.

• IPA^(key): /jɔrˀd/, [ˈjɒˀd̥]
• IPA^(key): [ˈjɒːd̥]
• Homophone: hjort (with the latter pronunciation)

hjord c (singular definite hjorden, plural indefinite hjorder or hjorde)

1. herd

• “hjord” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Danish hjord, from Old Norse hjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *herdō, cognate with Danish, Swedish hjord, English herd, German Herde.

hjord m (definite singular hjorden, indefinite plural hjorder, definite plural hjordene)

1. herd

• “hjord” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “hjord” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse hjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *herdō. Akin to English herd.

• IPA^(key): /juːr/, /juːɽ/

hjord f (definite singular hjorda, indefinite plural hjorder, definite plural hjordene)

1. (literary, biblical) a herd

   Synonyms: buskap, bøling, fenad

2. (literary) a religious congregation, a flock

   Synonym: kyrkjelyd

• hyrda (“to herd, watch over”)
• hyrding (“shepherd”)

From Old Swedish hiorþ, from Old Norse hjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *herdō, from Proto-Indo-European *kerdʰ- (“file, row, herd”).

• IPA^(key): /juːɖ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophones: gjord, jord

hjord c

1. herd; a number of beasts gathered

• herde (“shepherd”)

• hjord in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• hjord in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)