Old English · noun

hore

Normalised hōre

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: weak n-stem
IPA: /ˈxoː.re/
[ˈhoː.re]
Syllables: ˈxoː · re (2 syllables)
Modern English: whore prostitute

Meaning

whore, prostitute

Ða wolde heora fæder læton heo beon horan þæt hi mihton his earme lif huru mid þan forðbringan.

Then their father wanted to let her become a whore so that they might thereby sustain his wretched lifestyle.
996-7, Ælfric, Lives of Saints/Life of Saint Nicholas

Declension

Declension of hore
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hōre	hōran
Accusative	hōran	hōran
Genitive	hōran	hōrena
Dative	hōran	hōrum

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear, loved”). Compare Old High German huora (German Hure), Dutch hoer, Old Norse hóra (Danish hore, Swedish hora); compare also Latin carus (“dear”).

Descendants

whore

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