See also:

• HERD (a word common to Teutonic languages; the O. Eng. form was heord; cf. Ger. Herde, Swed. and Dan. hjord; the Sans. ca'rdhas, which shows the pre-Teutonic form, means a troop)

HERD (a word See also:

• COMMON

common to See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages; the O. Eng. See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form was heord; cf. Ger. Herde, Swed. and See also:

• DAN

Dan. hjord; the Sans. ca'rdhas, which shows the pre-Teutonic form, means a See also:

• TROOP (an adaptation of Fr. troupe, O. Fr. trope; cf. Ital. troppa, troppa; Med. Lat. truppus; the origin is doubtful; suggestions have been made that it represents a German conception of Latin turba, crowd, or is an adaptation of Norw. tarp, flock)

troop)  , a number of animals of one See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind driven or fed together, usually applied to See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle as "See also:

• FLOCK

flock " is to See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep, but used also of whales, porpoises, &c., and of birds, as swans, See also:

• CRANES (so called from the resemblance to the long neck of the bird, cf. Gr. 'y pavor, Fr. grue)

cranes and curlews . A " See also:

• HERD (a word common to Teutonic languages; the O. Eng. form was heord; cf. Ger. Herde, Swed. and Dan. hjord; the Sans. ca'rdhas, which shows the pre-Teutonic form, means a troop)

herd-See also:

• BOOK

book " is a book containing the See also:

• PEDIGREE

pedigree and other See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information of any breed of cattle or pigs, like the " flock-book " for sheep or " See also:

• STUD

stud-book " for horses . Formerly the word " herdwick " was applied to the pasture ground under the care of a shepherd, and it is now used of a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• HARDY, ALEXANDRE (1569?-1631)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS DUFFUS (1804-1878)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN
• HARDY, THOMAS (1840- )

hardy breed of sheep in See also:

• CUMBERLAND
• CUMBERLAND, DUKES AND EARLS OF
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1632-1718)
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1732-1811)
• CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Cumberland and See also:

• WESTMORLAND
• WESTMORLAND, EARLS OF

Westmorland . The word " herd " is also applied in a disparaging sense to a See also:

• COMPANY

company of See also:

• PEOPLE

people, a See also:

• MOB

mob or See also:

• RABBLE

rabble, as " the vulgar herd." As the name for a keeper of a herd or flock of domestic animals, the herdsman, it is usually qualified to denote the kind of See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal under his See also:

• HERDER, JOHANN GOTTFRIED VON (1744-1803)

HERDER 347 See also:

• PROTECTION

protection, as See also:

• SWINE

swine-herd, shepherd, &c., but in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland and the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, " herd " alone is commonly used .