hired

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪəd/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪɹd/, /ˈhaɪɚd/ Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)d === Verb === hired simple past and past participle of hire === Anagrams === hider, rehid, rheid == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== hired alternative form of hird (“household”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Alternative forms ==== hirid, hyrede, hyrid, hyryd ==== Verb ==== hired inflection of hiren (“to hire”): first/third-person singular past indicative past participle == Old English == === Alternative forms === hēored, hīered, hīorad, hīræd, hīrd, hȳred === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *hīwarād (“family, marriage”). Cognate with Old High German hīrāt (“marriage”) (German Heirat), Old English hīwen (“household”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxiː.red/, [ˈhiː.red] === Noun === hīred m family, household c. 992, Ælfric, "Preface" retinue company, brotherhood ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== nunnhīred ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: hird, herd, herde, hert, hired, hyrd, hyrt, hirð, hireden, hirt → Old Norse: hirð Icelandic: hirð Faroese: hirð Norwegian Nynorsk: hird, hyrd → English: hird Old Swedish: hirþ Swedish: hird Danish: hird Norwegian Bokmål: hird → English: hird