[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Niels M�ller) writes: > My popular ethymological handbook (V�ra Ord, Norstedts) says that > "hird" means body guard. It comes from old English "hir[e]d", via > Icelandic literature and old Swedish "hir�", where it meant body guard > or other court folks. Also the same word as German "Heirat", wedding.
Sounds more like the German word "Hirte", which means ... herdsman. -- GPG: D5D4E405 - 2F9B BCCC 8527 692A 04E3 331E FAF8 226A D5D4 E405 _______________________________________________ Help-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-hurd
