Hór
Old Norse Dictionary - hórMeaning of Old Norse word "hór" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
hór Old Norse word can mean:
- hór
- 1. m., acc. hó, gen. hós, [the same word as Goth. hoha = a plough-share; Engl. hoe, though different in sense]:—a pot-hook (= hadda, q. v.), in a nursery rhyme bidding one who has sore lips go into the kitchen, kiss the pot-hook thrice (kyssa hóinn þrysvar), and say these words: Heill og sæll hór minn, | eg skal kyssa snös þína, ef þú græðir vör mína, Ísl. Þjóðs. ii. 553, which throw a light ou the passage in Hbl. 48 (Sif á hó heima), insinuating that Thor busied himself with cooking and dairy-work. The hós in Ls. 33 seems to be a gen. = hvers, cujus, answering to the dat. hveim, abl. hví.
- hór
- COMPDS: hóband, hónef.
- hór
- 2. n. [Goth. horinassus = μοιχεία; Engl. whoredom], adultery, Jb. 448, n. G. l. i. 70, Sks. 693, v. l.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- dat.
- dative.
- Engl.
- English.
- gen.
- genitive.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- f.
- feminine.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hbl.
- Harbarðs-ljóð. (A. I.)
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
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