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hordere

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hordere, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§602;
A treasurer, steward, chamberlain [v. Kemble's Saxons in England ii. 106]
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  • Hordere

    cellerarius,

      Wrt. Voc. 83, 6.

  • Ðá hét hé his hordere ðæt glæsene fæt syllan ðam biddendan subdiácone. Se hordere cwæþ him tó andsware gif hé ðam biddendum sealde ðæt hé nán þing næfde his gebróðrum tó syllenne

    then he bade his steward give the glass vessel to the requesting subdeacon. The steward said in answer, that if he gave it he should have nothing to give to his brethren,

      Homl. Th. ii. 178, 22: Chr. 1131; Erl. 260, 12.

  • Ðis forward was makid wid ordríc hordere,

      Chart. Th. 438, 3, 7.

  • Cynges hordera oððe úra geréfena swilc,

      L. Ath. 1, 3; Th. i. 200, 23, see note.
    Nán man ne hwyrfe nánes yrfes bútan ðæs geréfan gewitnesse ... oððe ðæs horderes, 9; Th. i. 204, 19.
Etymology
[Ayenb. hordier treasurer.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hordere.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/19508.

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