Old English · noun
hors
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /xors/[horˠs]
- Syllables
- xors (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- horsehoss
Meaning
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horse
Ēac swylċe þǣr beoð cende Healfhundingas ðā syndon hātene Conopoenas. Hī habbað horses manan ⁊ eoferes tucxas ⁊ hunda hēafda, ⁊ heora oruð byð swylċe fȳres līġ.
Born there, too, are the Half-Hounds, who are known as Conopoenas. They have a horse's mane and a boar's tusks and the heads of dogs, and their breath is like a fiery flame.
Wonders of the East
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hross, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).
Descendants
horse, hoss
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