hór

• IPA^(key): /houːr/

  Rhymes: -ouːr

Inherited from Old Norse hór, related to Gothic 𐌷𐍉𐌷𐌰 (hōha).

hór m (genitive singular hós, nominative plural hóar) (archaic)

1. pot-hook
2. (agriculture) a specific type of earmark for sheep

   Synonyms: hóbiti, hóbit, hóbitað, hófbiti, hófur

From Old Norse hór, from Proto-Germanic *hōrą. Related to hóra (“whore”).

hór n (genitive singular hórs, no plural)

1. adultery, fornication

• drýgja hór (“to fornicate”)

From Old Norse hórr (“adulterer”), from Proto-Germanic *hōraz.

hór m (genitive singular hórs, nominative plural hórar)

1. (archaic) the lover of a married woman

   Synonym: friðill

hór m

1. h-prothesized form of ór

From Proto-Germanic *hōrą. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“desire, wish”).

hór n (genitive hórs)

1. adultery

• hórdómr m (“adultery”)
• hórkarl m (“adulterer”)
• hórkerling f (“harlot”)
• hórkona f (“adulteress”)

• hóra (“whore, harlot”)
• hórr (“adulterer”)

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hór m (genitive hós)

1. pot-hook

• Icelandic: hór