hired

See also: híred

English

Pronunciation

Verb

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  1. simple past and past participle of hire

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

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  1. alternative form of hird (“household”)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Verb

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  1. inflection of hiren (“to hire”):
    1. first/third-person singular past indicative
    2. past participleCategory:Middle English first/third-person singular past forms#HIREDCategory:Middle English past participles#HIRED

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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From Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#HIREDCategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#HIRED *hīwarād (“family, marriage”). Cognate with Old High German hīrāt (“marriage”) (German Heirat), Old English hīwen (“household”).

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. family, household
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "Preface"
      Clypa and ne geswic ðu, ahefe þine stemne swā swā byme, and cȳð minum folce heora leahtras, and Iacobes hīrede heora synna.
      Cry and cease not, raise your voice as a trumpet, and declare to my people their crimes, and to the family of Jacob their sins.
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  2. retinue
  3. company, brotherhood

Declension

Strong a-stem:

Derived terms

Descendants

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