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ˈnowtherd
[f. nowt n.]
= neatherd.
c1330Newminster Cartul. 259 Gylbertus dictus noutherd. c1440Alph. Tales 254 Þe kyngis nowte-hard come home with his catell. Ibid., Þis nowterd & his wife. 1483Cath. Angl. 257/1 A Nowthyrde, armentareus. 1530Palsgr. 248/2 Noetherde or bulherde, bovuier. 1691Ray N.C. Words (ed. 2), A Note-heard; a Neat-heard. 1818Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck viii, There was wee Willy the nout⁓herd. 1882J. Walker Jaunt to Auld Reekie 9 Across the rigs the nowtherd drags the rake.
attrib.1641Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 119 Wee must pay noutheard-wages, and sesses, and layes; the noutheard⁓wages weare (for every beast) 2d.
Hence ˈnowtherdship. rare.
1592in Northumbld. Gloss. (1894) s.v., Paid to Mr. Marmaduke Thirlekill..for the nowtardshipp of this towne. 1596in Welford Hist. Newcastle III. 96. |