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Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
hurd
- alternative form of herde (“herder”)
Etymology 2
Noun
hurd
- alternative form of hord
Etymology 3
Verb
hurd
- alternative form of horden
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse hurð. Attested in Norwegian since 17th century (by Christen Jensøn and David Klim).
Noun
hurd f (definite singular hurda, indefinite plural hurder, definite plural hurdene)
- door
- Synonym: dør
References
- “hurd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “hurd” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
- Torleiv Hannaas (1911) Ældre norske Sprogminder : Ordsamling fraa Robyggjelaget (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 22
- Torleiv Hannaas (1915) Ældre norske Sprogminder : Christen Jensøns Den Norske Dictionarium (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 36
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian herde, from Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī).
Adjective
hurd
- hard
Inflection
Further reading
- “hurd (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011