Horh

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - horh

According to the Old English Dictionary:

The hor(g)-, hor(e)w- forms seem to belong to the same original nominative, but they are so far differentiated in meaning that they are taken separately.

horh
Add :-- Horh flegma, i. saliva, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 38: flegma, 35, 65. Nytta þāra lǣcedōma þe þone horh of þām heáfde teó, Lch. ii. 282, 25. Þū forlēte on þīnne ondwlitan þā earman heora horh (spātl) spīwan, Angl. xii. 505, 13. Horh flegmata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 71: 35, 64. Swiling wid hōrum (hrum, MS.) and gillistrum tō heáfdes hǣlo, Lch. ii. 2, 3. [H]ōras, i. 358, 13. Dracontjan wiþ fūle hōras on men, ii. 174, 5. [N. E. D. hore. Icel. horr mucus from the nose.] horh
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