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Old English · noun

gor

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ɡor/
Syllables
ɡor (1 syllable)
Modern English
dirtfecesgore

Meaning

  1. dirt, dung, feces

Declension

Declension of gor
Singular
Nominative gor
Accusative gor
Genitive gores
Dative gore

All forms (3)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gor, from Proto-Germanic *gurą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-. Cognate with Old High German gor, Middle (and modern) Dutch goor, Old Norse gor, and outside the Germanic languages with Welsh gôr (“pus”).

Descendants

gore

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