Hord

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

hord

Add: I. an accumulation of valuable things hidden away or laid by for preservation or future use (see also IV). (l) of precious metals, jewels, &c. :-- Sege ūs nū hwǣr se ealda hord (of coins) sȳ þe þū dīgellīce fundest, Hml. S. 23, 661. Hord sceal in streónum bīdan, Gn. Ex. 68. Wyrm, hordes hyrde, B. 887. Mādma hord mīnne, 2799. Scealt þū þīnes unþances þone hord āmeldian, þe þū sylfwilles ǣr noldest cȳdan, Hml. S. 23, 716. Ne hȳdeþ eów hord in eorþe nolite thesaurizare vobis thesauros in terra, Mt. R. 6, 19. Draca hord beweotode, B. 2212. Se gūdsceada hord gesceát, dryhtsele dyrnne, 2319. Gong hord sceáwian under hārne stān, 2744. Hord warian, Rä. 32, 21 : 88, 22. (2) of material valuable for its properties :-- Sege eallum mannum ꝥ sōna swā hī geopeniad mīne byrgene, ꝥ hī magon dǣr findan swā deórwurdne hord (the miracle-working remains of St. Swithin) ꝥ heora dȳre gold ne bid nāhte wurd wid þā foresǣdan mādmas, Hml. 8. 21, 54. II. a valuable article :-- Bid seó mōddor hordum gehroden, Rä. 81, 17. III. of non-material things, (l) that are valued :-- Hȳdeþ eów hord in heofonum, Mt. R. 6, 20. Ðurh sefan snyttro, searodonca hord, Past. 9, II. Sceal þæs heánan hyge hord unginnost, Gn. Ex. 206. Hē (Christ) æteówde mē eác his ǣnlican hordas, dā hē mē gehēt, Hml. S. 7, 38. (2) that are concealed :-- Synna hord. Ps. C. 155. Dyrne hordas abdita (secretorum) archana, An. Ox. 4216. IV. a place where treasure is deposited; the condition of being deposited (in the phrases of horde, on hard, but perhaps the passages might be taken under I. See N. E. D. hoard; 2) :-- Þū hī gaderast and heist on þīnum horde tuis ea divitiis annumerare maluisti, Bt. 14, 2 ; F. 44, 5. Wæs gold āhæfen of horde, B. 1108. Bēg and siglu, eall swylce hyrsta swylce on horde ǣr nīdhȳdige genumen hæfdon, 3165. hord