ord

Meaning

1. point (especially of a weapon)

   Hē ġesēah ðā þæt hine ne mihte nān lǣċe ġehǣlan, and sette his swurdes ord tōġēanes his innoðe, and fēol him on uppon, þæt him þurhēode.

   He saw then that no doctor could heal him, and set the point of his sword against his stomach, and fell upon it, so that it ran him through.

   Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

2. point of origin, beginning

   Seo eahteoðe leahter is superbia gehaten þæt is on ænglisc modigynss gecweden. Seo is ord and ende ælcere synne. Seo geworhte englas to atelicum deoflum...

   The eighth sin is called Superbia that is called Pride, in English, which is the beginning and end of every sin; it made angels into horrible devils,...

   late 10th century, Ælfric, "Memory of the Saints"

3. front; vanguard, chief

   Finnesburh Fragment, line 12

   ... fight in the vanguard, be of [good] mood.

Declension