Horig

Old English Dictionary Entry

Horig

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: horhig; Related words:

Definitions

1 horig

adj. Foul, dirty, defiled :-- Swá hit gedafenlíc is ðæt his reáf ne beó horig so is it proper that his vestment be not foul, L. Ælfc. C. 22 : Th. i. 350, 21. Næs his reáf horig, Homl. Th. i. 456, 20. Mid horium reáfe, 528, 24. Mid horhgum scicelse, Th. Ap. 13, 26. [O. E. Homl. þat brinþ hori to clene : Wick. hoori unclean : Chauc. horowe; pl : O. H. Ger. horig lutulentus, cenosus.] horig

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚩᚱᛁᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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