hór

See also: hor, hoor, hör, and hør

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /houːr/

  Rhymes: -ouːr

Etymology 1

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

Noun

hór m (genitive singular hós, nominative plural hóar)

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

Declension

declension of hór

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hór	hórinn	hóar	hóarnir
accusative	hó	hóinn	hóa	hóana
dative	hó	hónum	hóum	hóunum
genitive	hós	hósins	hóa	hóanna

Synonyms

• (earmark): hóbiti, hóbit, hóbitað, hófbiti, hófur

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage)

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

Noun

hór n (genitive singular hórs, no plural)

1. adultery, fornication

Declension

declension of hór

n-s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	hór	hórið
accusative	hór	hórið
dative	hóri	hórinu
genitive	hórs	hórsins

Derived terms

• drýgja hór (to fornicate)

Etymology 3

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

Noun

hór m (genitive singular hórs, nominative plural hórar)

1. (obsolete) the lover of a married woman

Synonyms

• (lover of a married woman): friðill

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Irish

Noun

hór m

1. h-prothesized form of ór

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

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

Noun

hór n (genitive hórs)

1. adultery

Declension

  Declension of hór (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hór	hórit	hór	hórin
accusative	hór	hórit	hór	hórin
dative	hóri	hórinu	hórum	hórunum
genitive	hórs	hórsins	hóra	hóranna

Derived terms

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

Related terms

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

Descendants

• Icelandic: hór
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hor
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hor
• Old Swedish: hor, hōr
  • Swedish: hor
• Danish: hor

Etymology 2

Noun

hór m (genitive hós)

1. pot-hook

Descendants

• Icelandic: hór