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horu

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
horu, gen. -wes; m.
Dirt, filth, foulness
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  • Fæormaþ gyf ðǽr hwæt horwes on biþ

    cleanse if there be any foulness in it,

      Herb. 9, 2; Lchdm. i. 100, 4.
  • Horewes, Mone B. 3561.

  • Gé mid horu speówdon on ðæs andwlitan

    ye foully spat on his face,

      Elen. Kmbl. 594; El. 297.

  • Mín flǽsc is ymscrýd mid dustes horwum

    my flesh is clothed with the filth of dust,

      Homl. Th. ii. 456, 10.

  • On his blóde áþwogen fram synna horwum

    washed in his blood from the impurities of sins,

      Homl. Swt. 11, 297.

  • Horewum,

      Homl. Th. ii. 56, 8.
Etymology
[O. E. Homl. horie, hore (of þe hore þat is cleped hordom): O. Sax. horu dirt: O. Frs. hore: O. H. Ger. horo; gen. horawes; dat. horowe, horewe, horwe, hore limus, cenum, lutum, palustre.]
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v. horh.
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v.  ge-horian horh hor-pyt.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “horu.” 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/19568.

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