Hired

English

Verb

hired

1. Simple past tense and past participle of hire.

Thesaurus

acquitted, chartered, discharged, employed, expended, hireling, leased, let, liquidated, mercenary, paid, paid in full, postpaid, prepaid, receipted, remitted, rented, salaried, settled, spent, subleased, sublet, waged

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hīw-rēdaz (“family, household, relationship”), from Proto-Indo-European *k'eiw-, *k'eim- (“relative, tribesman”). Cognate with Old High German hīrāt (German Heirat, “marriage”), Old English hīwen (“household”).

Noun

hīred m.

1. family, household
2. retinue
3. company, brotherhood

Declension

    Declension of Hired (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	hīred	hīrdas
accusative	hīred	hīrdas
genitive	hīrdes	hīrda
dative	hīrde	hīrdum