hór
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Icelandic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse hór, related to Gothic 𐌷𐍉𐌷𐌰 (hōha).
Noun[edit]
hór m (genitive singular hós, nominative plural hóar)
- pot-hook
- (agriculture) a specific type of earmark for sheep
Declension[edit]
declension of hór
Synonyms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Norse hór, from Proto-Germanic *hōrą. Related to hóra (“whore”).
Noun[edit]
hór n (genitive singular hórs, no plural)
Declension[edit]
declension of hór
Derived terms[edit]
- drýgja hór (to fornicate)
Etymology 3[edit]
From Old Norse hórr (“adulterer”), from Proto-Germanic *hōraz.
Noun[edit]
hór m (genitive singular hórs, nominative plural hórar)
Synonyms[edit]
- (lover of a married woman): friðill
Irish[edit]
Noun[edit]
hór m
- h-prothesized form of ór
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *hōrą. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“desire, wish”).
Noun[edit]
hór n (genitive hórs)
Declension[edit]
Declension of hór (strong a-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
- hórdómr m (“adultery”)
- hórkarl m (“adulterer”)
- hórkerling f (“harlot”)
- hórkona f (“adulteress”)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
hór m (genitive hós)
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: hór
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