hore

• hoarã

hore f (plural hor, definite articulation hora)

1. village

From Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear, loved”).

hore c (singular definite horen, plural indefinite horer)

1. whore (sexually promiscuous woman)

hore (imperative hor, infinitive at hore, present tense horer, past tense horede, perfect tense har horet)

1. to screw (have sexual intercourse)
2. to fornicate, to whore

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hore

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of horen

• hoer

hore

1. scrofula

From Old English hōre, from Proto-West Germanic *hōrā, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ. Cognate to Middle Dutch hoere, Middle Low German hôre, Middle High German huore, and Old Swedish hōra.

• hoor, hoore, hor, houre, hure

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoːr(ə)/

hore (plural hores or horen)

1. A whore (female prostitute)
2. A whore (lascivious or adulterous woman)
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Apocalips 17:1, page 123r, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     And oon of þe ſeuene aungels cam· þat hadde ſeuene viols .· ⁊ ſpak wiþ me / ⁊ ſeide / come þou· I ſchal ſchewe to þee þe dampnacioun of þe greet hoꝛe· þat ſittiþ on manye watris.· wiþ which kyngis of erþe diden foꝛnicacioun

     And one of the seven angels (who had seven beakers) came and spoke with me, and said: "Come, I'll show you the damnation of the great whore, who sits by lots of water, and who the Earth's rulers engaged in adultery with."

3. (rare) A people who are morally transgressive.
4. (rare, derogatory) An insult used towards women.

• hordom
• horesone
• horlynge

• English: whore
• Scots: hure, hoor
• → Welsh: hŵr

• “họ̄r(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-25.

From Old English horu, horh, from Proto-West Germanic *hurhu, from Proto-Germanic *hurhwą.

• heore, hoore, hor, horewe, horowe, horwe, horwȝ, ore

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔːr(ə)/, /ˈhɔrɔu̯(ə)/, /ˈhɔriu̯(ə)/, /ˈhɔrwə/

hore (uncountable)

1. Muck, mud; that which is filthy or dirty.
2. Iniquity, evil, sin; that which is morally foul.
3. (rare, physiology) Phlegm or rheum.

• hory
• horyen

• “hōr(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-23.

hore

1. Alternative form of har (“hoar”)

hore

1. Alternative form of her (“hair”)

hore

1. (chiefly Early Middle English and West Midlands) Alternative form of here (“their”)

hore

1. Alternative form of ore (“oar”)

hore

1. Alternative form of oure (“our”)

hore

1. Alternative form of horyen

hore

1. Alternative form of horen

From Old Norse hóra, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear, loved”).

hore f or m (definite singular hora or horen, indefinite plural horer, definite plural horene)

1. a whore

• horehus

• “hore” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse hóra.

hore f (definite singular hora, indefinite plural horer, definite plural horene)

1. a whore

• horehus

• “hore” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear, loved”). Compare Old High German huora (German Hure), Dutch hoer, Old Norse hóra (Danish hore, Swedish hora); compare also Latin carus (“dear”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈxoː.re/, [ˈhoː.re]

hōre f

1. whore, prostitute
   • 996-7, Ælfric, Lives of Saints/Life of Saint Nicholas

     Ða wolde heora fæder læton heo beon horan þæt hi mihton his earme lif huru mid þan forðbringan.

     Then their father wanted to let her become a whore so that they might thereby sustain his wretched lifestyle.

• Middle English: hore, hoor, hoore, hor, houre, hure
  • English: whore
  • Scots: hure, hoor
  • → Welsh: hŵr

hore

1. Alternative spelling of hóre

• IPA^(key): [ˈhore]

hore f

1. inflection of horă:
   1. indefinite plural
   2. indefinite genitive/dative singular

hore f

1. dative/locative singular of hora