Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

ord

  • noun [ masculine ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
ord, es; m.
a
point,
of a weapon
Show examples

  • Ǽlces wǽpnes ord

    mucro,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 35.

  • Se ord (ðæs speres),

      L. Alf. pol. 36; Th. i. 84, 17.

  • Seaxes ord,

      Exon. Th. 472, 6; Rä. 61, 12.

  • Wordes ord breósthord þurhbræc,

      Beo. Th. 5576; B. 2791.

  • Ne ofstong hé hiene mid dý speres orde. Ðæt is ðonne swelc mon mid forewearde orde stinge ... suá suá Assael wæs deád bútan orde

    non cum recta, sed aversa hasta transforavit ... quasi sine ferro moriuntur,

      Past. 40, 5; Swt. 297, 10-23.

  • Mid gáres orde,

      Cd. Th. 92, 2; Gen. 1522.

  • Hé sette his swurdes ord tógeánes his innoþe,

      Homl. Th. ii. 480, 14.

  • Ðæt gebearh feore wið ord and wið ecge (cf. Icel. með oddi ok eggju)

    it protected life from thrust and cut,

      Beo. Th. 3102; B. 1549.
putting a part for the whole,
a spear, pointed weapon
Show examples

  • Mé sceal wǽpen niman, ord and íren (

    spear and sword

    ),
      Byrht. Th. 139, 12; By. 253.

  • Hwá ðǽr mid orde mihte on fǽgean men feorh gewinnan, wígan mid wǽpnum,

      135, 31; By. 124.

  • Hit is mycel nédþearf ðæt hié man forspille, and mid írenum þislum and ordum hié man sleá,

      Blickl. Homl. 189, 30.

  • Hildesercum, bordum and ordum,

      Elen. Kmbl. 469; El. 235.
of other point-shaped, conical things
Show examples

  • Ord

    apicem,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 64.

  • Ða hwíle ðe se móna ðære sceade ord (

    the shadow of the earth

    ) ofer yrnþ,
      Lchdm. iii. 240, 26.

  • Hafaþ tungena gehwylc xx orda, hafaþ orda gehwylc engles snytro,

      Salm. Kmbl. 461-464; Sal. 231-232.
of persons,
one who is at the topmost point, a head, chief, prince
Show examples

  • Æþelinga ord

    Christ,

      Exon. Th. 32, 19; Cri. 515: 46, 22; Cri. 741: 53, 5; Cri. 846: Elen. Kmbl. 785; El. 393.

  • Burgwarena ord,

      462, 22; Hö. 56.
of position,
head, front
Show examples

  • Se ðe on orde geóng

    he who went at the head of the band,

      Beo. Th. 6242; B. 3125.
line of battle, forefront
Show examples

  • Se ord on here

    acies,

      Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 14.

  • Hí Pantan streám bestódon, Eást-Seaxena ord and se æschere,

      Byrht. Th. 133, 52; By. 69.

  • Elamitarna ordes wísa,

      Cd. Th. 121, 3; Gen. 2004.

  • On orde stód Eádweard

    Edward stood in the forefront of the battle,

      Byrht. Th. 139, 52; By. 273.
the beginning, origin, source (applied to persons and things)
Show examples

  • Se ðe (

    the devil

    ) is ord ǽlcere leásunge and yfelnysse,
      Homl. Th. i. 4, 29.

  • Se leahter (

    pride

    ) is ord and ende ǽlces yfeles, ii.
      220, 34.

  • Ord moncynnes (

    Adam

    ),
      Cd. Th. 68, 2; Gen. 1111.

  • Dæges ord

    day-break,

      174, 10; Gen. 2876.

  • Sume úre þéningbec onginnaþ on Aduentum Domini; nis ðeáh ðǽr forðý ðæs geáres ord,

      Homl. Th. i. 98, 27.

  • From orde óþ ende forþ,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1176; El. 590.

  • Hé folcmǽgþa fruman áweahte, æþelinga ord, ðá hé Adam sceóp,

      77, 20; Gen. 1278.

  • Sóna ongeat cyning ord and ende ðæs ðe him ýwed wæs,

      225, 30; Dan. 162.

  • Ord onstellan

    to make a beginning, be the source of,

      272, 4; Sat. 114: Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 21.

  • Ðæt ðín sprǽc hæbbe ǽgðer ge ord ge ende,

      Past. 49; Swt. 385, 13.
Etymology
[Laym., A. R., O. and N. ord: Orm. ord and ende: O. Sax. O. L. Ger. O. Frs. ord: O. H. Ger. ort angulus, aculeus, acies, initium: Icel. oddr the point of a weapon, head of a troop, leader.]
Linked entries
v.  ord-wíga.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ord.” 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/24898.

Checked: 0
Full form

Word-wheel

  • ord, n.

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.