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† ˈherdness Obs.
[OE. hierd-, hyrdnys, f. hierde, hirde herd n.2 + -ness.]
1. Guard, keeping, custody. Only OE.
c1000ælfric Gen. xlii. 17 He betæhte hiᵹ þa þri daᵹas to hirdnysse. ― Exod. xxii. 7 Ᵹif hwa befæst his feoh to hyrdnysse.
2. A collective term for herds or flocks; ‘stock’.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 1664 Laban bi-taȝte him, siðen to sen, His hirdenesse ðat it wel ben. Ibid. 2771 Moyses was numen an sel In ðe deserd depe sumdel, for te loken hirdnesse fare. |