Gor

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gor

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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gor
n. Dung, dirt; fimus, lutum, coenum :-- Ðæs cealfes flǽsc, and fell, and gor ðú bærnst úte bútan fyrdwícon carnes vituli, et corium, et fimum combures foris extra castra, Ex. 29, 14. Ðæs gores sunu, ðone we wifel nemnaþ son of the dung, which we call [dung-] beetle, Exon. 111 a; Th. 426, 11; Rä. 41, 72. Mid swínenum gore with swine dung, Herb. 9, 3; Lchdm. i. l00, 11. Feares gor bull's dung, Med. ex Quadr. 11, 10, 11, 12; Lchdm. i. 368, 5, 7, 9. Gor sordem, Wrt. Voc. 65, 34. [Prompt. Parv. gore limus: Icel. gor: O. H. Ger. gor fimus.] gor
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