Noun: schepherde
| Sg. | schepherde |
| Pl. | schepherdes |
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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I am a good ſchepparde / a good ſchepparde ȝyueþ his lijf foꝛ his ſcheep (I am a good shepherd; a good shepherd gives up his life for his sheep.) [c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Joon 10:11, folio 49, verso, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:]
Nouns inflected like schepherde
schepherde,
drope,
uncle,
werre,
ape,
synne,
sorwe,
fethere,
myle,
sege,
storie,
Etymology
From Old English sċēaphierde, from Proto-West Germanic *skāpahirdī; equivalent to schep (“sheep”) + herde (“herder”). See: Old English Nouns '
sċēaphierde'.
Verbs referencing "schepherde"
English Nouns
shepherd.
Translations