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ˈoxherd
[f. ox (in OE. in gen. sing. oxan or gen. pl. oxena) + herd n.2]
A keeper of oxen; a cowherd.
c1000ælfric Colloq. in Wr.-Wülcker 90/9 Bubulci, oxan⁓hyrdas. Ibid. 91/12 O Bubulce, eala oxanhyrde. a1100Ags. Voc. ibid. 274/28 Aubobulcus, oxnahyrde. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xviii. xiv. (MS. Bodl.) lf. 255 b/2 An oxe heerde hette Bubulcus, and is iordeyned bi office to kepe oxen. c1425Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 669/5 Hic bubulcus, oxarde. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 329 The art of the oxherd is the art of attending to oxen. |