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Grammar
horh, [The hor(g)-, hor(e)w- forms seem to belong to the same original nominative, but they are so far differentiated in meaning that they are taken separately.]
Wright's OE grammar
§239; §337;
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  • Horh flegma, i. saliva, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 38:

    flegma

    ,
      35, 65.

  • Nytta þára lǽcedóma þe þone horh of þám heáfde teó,

      Lch. ii. 282, 25.

  • Þú forléte on þínne ondwlitan þá earman heora horh (spátl) spíwan,

      Angl. xii. 505, 13.

  • Horh

    flegmata

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 71: 35, 64.

  • Swiling wið hórum (hrum,

      MS.)
    and gillistrum tó heáfdes hǽlo, Lch. ii. 2, 3. [H]óras, i. 358, 13.
  • Dracontjan wiþ fúle hóras on men, ii. 174, 5.
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Etymology
[v. N. E. D. hore. Icel. horr mucus from the nose.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “horh.” 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/53003.

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