orth

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Cornish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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A permanently lenited form of gorth, now modern gorth- (anti-). This mutation (go > o) is extremely uncommon, only occurring in gorsedh and gorour (from gor- + gour), aside from this word.

From Middle Cornish orth, from Proto-Celtic *writ- (compare Old Irish fri), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (turn) (compare Latin versus). Cognate with Welsh wrth, Breton ouzh.

Preposition

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orth

  1. at, against

Inflection

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