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Webster 1913 Edition

Hore

Hore

,
Adj.
Hoar.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hore

HORE

,
Noun.
A woman, married or single, who indulges unlawful sexual intercourse; also, a prostitute; a common woman; a harlot; a woman of ill fame. [This word comprehends adultress and fornicatrix, and all lewd women whether paid for prostitution or not.]

HORE

,
Verb.
I.
To indulge unlawful sexual commerce, as a male or female; to be habitually lewd.

Definition 2024

hóre

hóre

See also: hore, ĥore, höre, horë, and høre

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • óire
  • úaire

Conjunction

hóre (followed by relative clause)

  1. because
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 14c18
      hóre nondob·molor-sa et nom·moídim indib
      because I praise you and boast of you

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoːrʲe/

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