hirdman

H4I1R1D2M3A1N1

noun

A member of a Norwegian hird, or royal household.

OriginNorwegian hirdmann →
Scrabble 13
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounhirdman (plural hirdmen)

plural hirdmen

  1. historicalA member of a Norwegian hird, or royal household.

Origin

  1. Norwegianhirdmann
  2. Englishhirdman

Calque of Norwegian hirdmann; equivalent to hird + -man.

More words from Norwegian

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

hirdman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hirdman

MLA

“hirdman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hirdman. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hirdman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hirdman.

Source: hirdman on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.