Old English Dictionary Entry

Hóring

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

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1 hóring

m. An adulterer, fornicator :-- Hér sindon miltestran and bearnmyrðran and fúle forlegene hóringas, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 110, 181. [Cf. Goth. hórs : Icel. hórr.] horing

Similar Words

-hád
-háda
-hafen-ness
-hafness
-hafol

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚩᚱᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Goth.: Gothic
Icel.: Icelandic

Works & Authors

S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader

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