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

• rho

Basque

Etymology 1

Pronoun

hor

1. there

Etymology 2

From Proto-Basque *hor.

Alternative forms

• or, ora, ho

Noun

hor

1. (Zuberoan) dog

Breton

Pronoun

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”).

Noun

hor f ‎(plural horren, diminutive horretje n)

1. insect screen

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːr

Etymology 1

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

Noun

hor m

1. booger, snot

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

hor m

1. emaciation, famine

Derived terms

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

hōr n

1. adultery

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: hor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowing 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

Related terms

References

• hor in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)