hor

See also: hoor, hór, hör, and hør

English

Pronoun

hor (personal pronoun)

  1. (Geordie) her

References

  • Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin,
  • Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977
  • Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4

Anagrams


Basque

Etymology 1

Pronoun

hor

  1. there

Etymology 2

From Proto-Basque *hor.

Alternative forms

Noun

hor

  1. (Zuberoan) dog

Breton

Determiner

hor

  1. our

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hór.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hoːr/, [hoɐ̯ˀ]
  • Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Noun

hor n (singular definite horet, not used in plural form)

  1. (dated) adultery
  2. lechery, whoring, fornication

Declension

Verb

hor

  1. imperative of hore

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch horde (braided latticework).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

hor f (plural horren, diminutive horretje n)

  1. insect screen

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔːr/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse horr, from Proto-Germanic *hurhwą (dirt, mucus).

Noun

hor m (genitive singular hors, no plural)

  1. snot, mucus (from the nose)
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse horr, from a nominalization of Proto-Germanic *hurhaz (lean, thin).

Noun

hor m (genitive singular hors, no plural)

  1. emaciation, famine
Declension
Synonyms
  • (emaciation): megurð
Derived terms

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hēr.

Noun

hor

  1. Alternative form of her (hair)

Etymology 2

From Old English hār, from Proto-Germanic *hairaz.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔːr/

Adjective

hor

  1. Grey, greyish, grey-white (usually referring to hair)
  2. Having white or gray hair.
  3. Old, advanced in age.
Descendants
References

Noun

hor

  1. An elderly person; a senior.
  2. Old age; elderliness.
Descendants
References

See also

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)
     whit      grey, hor      blak
             red ; cremesyn, gernet              citrine, aumbre ; broun, tawne              yelow, dorry ; canevas
             grasgrene              grene             
             plunket ; ewage              asure, livid              blewe, blo, pers
             violet ; inde              rose, murrey ; purpel              claret

Etymology 3

From Old English hire.

Pronoun

hor

  1. Alternative form of hire

References

Etymology 4

From Old English heora.

Determiner

hor

  1. (chiefly early and West Midland dialectal) Alternative form of here (their)
References

Etymology 5

From Old English hōre.

Noun

hor

  1. Alternative form of hore (whore)

Etymology 6

From Old English horu, horh.

Noun

hor

  1. Alternative form of hore (muck)

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Old High German hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą. Compare German Haar, Dutch haar, English hair, Swedish hår.

Noun

hor n

  1. (anatomy) hair

References

  • “hor” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hór, from Proto-Germanic *hōrą.

Noun

hōr n

  1. adultery

Declension

Descendants


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek χορός (chorós).

Noun

hor m (Cyrillic spelling хор)

  1. chorus
  2. choir

Somali

Noun

hor ?

  1. in front

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hōr, from Old Norse hór, from Proto-Germanic *hōrą, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ro- (loved). Related to English whore.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /huːr/

Noun

hor n (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) adultery, fornication (marital infidelity, as opposed to sexual interaction between human and, among others, fallen angel): begå hor “commit adultery”
    Hon fick tjugo rapp på torget för att hon begått hor.
    She received twenty lashes in the public square for committing adultery.

Declension

Declension of hor 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative hor horet
Genitive hors horets

References


Zazaki

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhoɾ]
  • Hyphenation: hor

Noun

hor m

  1. Alternative form of hewr
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