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HORD

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
HORD, es; n. m.
Wright's OE grammar
§106; §158; §244; §252; §279; §343;
HOARD, treasure
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  • Hord

    thesaurus.

    • Wrt. Voc. 86, 47.

  • Ðá wæs óþboren beága hord

    then was borne off the hoard of rings,

    • Beo. Th. 4557; B. 2284: 6015; B. 3011.

  • Hyrde ðæs hordes

    keeper of the hoard,

    • Exon. 130 a; Th. 498, 7; Rä. 87, 9: Beo. Th. 1778; B. 887.

  • Ðæs ðe heáh hlioþe horde onféngon

    after the lofty hills had received the treasure [the ark ],

    • Cd. 71; Th. 86, 32; Gen. 1439.

  • Hǽðnum horde,

    • Beo. Th. 4438; B. 2216.

  • Hord eald enta geweorc,

    • 5540; B. 2773.

  • Ðæt hord,

    • 6244; B. 3126.

  • Hord under hrusan

    [the nails of the cross],

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2181; El. 1092.

  • Hí ealgodon hord and hámas

    they defended treasures and homes,

    • Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 10; Æðelst. 10.

  • Hé ðæt fácen hafaþ in his heortan, hord unclǽne

    he hath that deceit in his heart, a hoard unclean,

    • Frag. Recd. 11; Leás 6.

  • Hord, heortan geþohtas.

    • Exon. 23 a; Th. 65, 1; Cri. 1048: 23 b; Th. 65, 17; Cri. 1056.

  • Breósta hord,

    • Th. 66, 17; Cri. 1074.

  • Breósta hord, gást

    the breast's treasure, the spirit,

    • Cd. 79; Th. 97, 6; Gen. 1608.

  • His synna hord onténde

    he confessed his sins,

    • Ps. C. 50, 28; Grn. ii. 277, 28: 151, 155; Grn. ii. 280, 151, 155.

  • Sáwle hord,

    • Beo. Th. 4835; B. 2422.

  • Hordas, gerýne

    arcana,

    • Mone B. 4216
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    (v. gold-hord).
Etymology
[Laym. Orm. A. R. Chauc. hord:
Goth. huzd;
n: O. Sax. hord;
n: Icel. hodd; n. ( but a late form hoddar; pl. occurs) in poetry only hoard, treasure:
O. H. Ger. hort; n. thesaurus.]
Derived forms
beáh-, bóc-, brand-, breóst-, feorh-, flǽsc-, gold-, greót-, líc-, máðm-, mód-, sáwl-, wamb-, word-, wyrm-hord
Linked entries
v.  hord-cófa hord-loca.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “HORD.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/19504.

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