erde2 (c.1136-37)
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erde2 (c.1136-37)

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[ FEW: 16,198a *herda; Gdf: 4,418a harde 1; GdfC: ∅; TL: 4,900 harde; DEAF: H386 herde; DMF:  harde 1; TLF:  harde 1; OED:  herd n. 1; MED:  herd(e n. 1; DMLBS: 1148c herda ]
eerde,  herde  

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1herd: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  [Talent] li prist d’un cerf berser Qu’en une herde vit aler  6308
( s.xiii2/4; MS: c.1275 )  Une herde de granz cers trova  130
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xiv4/4 )  Item diversitas scripture facit differenciam aliquarum diccionum, quamvis in voce sint consimiles, verbi gracia [...] herde, erde, enerde  15.L50
♦orn.zool.flock (of thrushes): 
( c.1290; MS: s.xv1 )  Primes ou cerfs (M.E. hertes) sont assemblez (M.E. gadred) Une herde (M.E. herde) en françois vous appellez (M.E. called) , [...], Mes des grives (M.E. feldfares) sanz h. erde (M.E. floc)  (O) 333rb
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