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Add:: n. [A weak form occurs,
    Hml. S. 7, 129.
]
of physical impurity (or uncertain)
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  • Fúles horewes

    squalentis ceni,

      An. Ox. 3598.

  • Mixe, horwe

    ceno, i. luto,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 71.

  • Fúle horewas

    putidos (ergastuli) squalores,

      An. Ox. 11, 134.
of moral impurity
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  • Mód mid horuwe (

    sorde

    ) gewǽht,
      Hy. S. 37, 12.

  • Hwæt ligst þú on horwe leahtrum áfylled,

      Dóm. L. 77.

  • Mid þám fúlestan horwe (

    incest

    ),
      Ap. Th. 24, 14.

  • Micel tódǽlð betwuh clǽnnysse fǽmnenlicre sáwle and horwu (

    sordes

    ) hyre, seó þe manegra gǽlsum underlæg,
      Scint. 69, 14.

  • Þá áfeormadan fram horwum

    expiatos sordibus,

      Hy. S. 4, 22: Dóm. L. 156: Cant. M. ad fil. 5.

  • Fram eallum horwum heálicra leahtra,

      Hml. Th. ii. 242, 31.

  • Þurh ælfremede horwan gefýled,

      Hml. S. 7, 129.
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[v. N. E. D. hore.]
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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/53047.

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