/hɑɹdz/, /hɑːdz/
OriginFrom Middle English herdes, hurdes, plural of herde (“piece of hards”), from Old English heordan (“hards of flax, tow”), weak feminine plural of heorde (“headhair”), from Proto-West Germanic *heʀdā, from Proto-Germanic *hezdǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to comb, card”).
- form-of, pluralplural of hard
- uncountableThe short coarser fibers of flax or hemp; tow.
- form-of, pluralplural of Hard
- A surname.
Formshurds(alternative)