hjörð

See also: hjord, hjørð, and hjǫrð

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *herdō, from Proto-Indo-European *kerdʰ- (“file, row, herd”). Compare Norwegian and Danish hjord, English herd, German Herde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çœrð/

  Rhymes: -œrð

Noun

hjörð f (genitive singular hjarðar, nominative plural hjarðir)

1. herd, flock

Declension

declension of hjörð

f-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hjörð	hjörðin	hjarðir	hjarðirnar
accusative	hjörð	hjörðina	hjarðir	hjarðirnar
dative	hjörð	hjörðinni	hjörðum	hjörðunum
genitive	hjarðar	hjarðarinnar	hjarða	hjarðanna