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Hurd, Hurde, n. Also: hwrd, huird, hord, hoord. [North. ME. hurd (c 1340), ME. hoord (c 1386), hord, OE. hord.] A hoard.

1. A hidden or buried treasure. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxii. 304.
Tel now quhare the hurdis are c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1918.
In ane ald draw-well Thar was a gret hurde c1420 Wynt. v. 5428.
He fand a hwrde off fyne gold hyde 14.. Acts I. 342/1.
All thai that conselis the Kingis wathe ... or hurdis a1500 Henr. Orph. 536.
To haue distresse on bak … and burde And spare till othir men of gold a hurde 1491 Treasurer's Accounts I. 199.
Ane Bercla that fand a hwrd a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 1704.
Hid thingis that the erd ar wndere, Gold hurdis 1501–2 Treasurer's Accounts II. 136.
To ane man passand to the Abbot of Scone with ane writing of the Kingis for the men that fand the hurd 1531 Bell. Boece I. 195.
As may be previt be sindry auld hurdis and treasouris, found in divers partis of Scotland, with uncouth cunye 1562 Treasurer's Accounts XI. 179.
[The] findaris of ane hurde in the Commoun of Selkirk to compeir … befoir the Justice a1598 Ferg. Prov. (1641) 8.
He that hes twa huirds [MS. hoords] is able to get the third 1600 Haddington Mem. II. 206.
Least his brother … might intercept the huirde 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. Table 65 b.
The fraudfull conceling of ane huird or thresour ? 1614 Melrose P. 138.
Sum golde fund in ane hurdeattrib. 1503 Treasurer's Accounts II. 372.
To ane man brocht lxx hurd pennyis to the King to see

b. transf. and fig. Something (espec. non-material) treasured as precious; a ‘treasure’. a1400 Legends of the Saints i. 232.
I ame … Goddis awne wourde, And I am his precious hurde a1500 Henr. Orph. 409.
Hart is on the hurd, and hand is on the sore a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 347.
Of gud consciens the mast precious depois, Of hevinlie hurdis hieast of excellens a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 1234.
Syne to the croce a lang ledder thai june, Of that hurde to lows the lokis strang a1508 Ib. 1311.
That hevinly hurd [sc. the body of Christ], of God the tabernakill

2. An accumulation or deposit of something. In various phrases, as mak (ane) hurde, and (lay, have, etc.) in, into hurde. Freq. fig. of non-material things.(1) a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxviii. 134.
Of the riches he has here [to] Mak hurde in hewine c1420 Wynt. vii. 2587.
Thai off thame [sc. the men] made na hurde, Bot in the se kest thame oure burde a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow ii. 252.
He … avowit … That he suld nevir study to mak ane hord [of money] c1460 Wisdom of Solomon 413.
I maid hurdis of gold and tresore(2) a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow 12.
The thrid [penny] he hid in a hurde a1500 Ib. 899.
Study nevir … warldis gud in hurd till ley a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 825.
Gold and siluer in hurd had he That vnes it mycht novmerit be a1500 Prestis of Peblis 207.
Foroutin gold and siluer into hurde, Worth three thousand was his cope burde(3) fig. a1400 Legends of the Saints v. 42.
[He] prechit furth ay Goddis word, That he had plentuisly in hurd a1400 Ib. xiii. 52, etc. a1400 Ib. vi. 496.
The sawle … Ma hafe na helpe of Goddis word But it be hyd in-to his hurd(4) 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 3508.
Hurde of huredome, vpon thé fy! 1573 Satirical Poems xli. 40.
Quhen craftie heidis sall na mair hyde The hurde of thair hypocrasie