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§106; §158; §244; §252; §279; §343;
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an accumulation of valuable things hidden away or laid by for preservation or future use (
see also
).
of precious metals, jewels, &c.
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  • Sege ús nú hwǽr se ealda hord (

    of coins

    ) sý þe þú dígellíce fundest,
      Hml. S. 23, 661.

  • Hord sceal in streónum bídan,

      Gn. Ex. 68.

  • Wyrm, hordes hyrde,

      B. 887.
  • Máðma hord mínne, 2799.

  • Scealt þú þínes unþances þone hord ámeldian, þe þú sylfwilles ǽr noldest cýðan,

      Hml. S. 23, 716.

  • Ne hýdeþ eów hord in eorþe

    nolite thesaurizare vobis thesauros in terra

    ,
      Mt. R. 6, 19.

  • Draca hord beweotode,

      B. 2212.
  • Se gúðsceaða hord gesceát, dryhtsele dyrnne, 2319.
  • Gong hord sceáwian under hárne stán, 2744.

  • Hord warian,

      Rä. 32, 21 : 88, 22.
of material valuable for its properties
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  • Sege eallum mannum ꝥ sóna swá hí geopeniað míne byrgene, ꝥ hí magon ðǽr findan swá deórwurðne hord (

    the miracle-working remains of St. Swithin

    ) ꝥ heora dýre gold ne bið náhte wurð wið þá foresǽdan máðmas,
      Hml. 8. 21, 54.
a valuable article
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  • Bið seó móddor hordum gehroden,

      Rä. 81, 17.
of non-material things,
that are valued
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  • Hýdeþ eów hord in heofonum,

      Mt. R. 6, 20.

  • Ðurh sefan snyttro, searoðonca hord,

      Past. 9, II.
    Sceal þæs heánan hyge hord unginnost, Gn. Ex. 206.

  • Hé (

    Christ

    ) æteówde mé eác his ǽnlican hordas, ðá hé mé gehét,
      Hml. S. 7, 38.
that are concealed
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  • Synna hord. Ps. C. 155.

  • Dyrne hordas

    abdita (secretorum) archana

    ,
      An. Ox. 4216.
a place where treasure is deposited; the condition of being deposited (in the phrases
of horde, on hard, but perhaps the passages might be taken under
See
N. E. D. hoard; 2)
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  • Þú hí gaderast and heist on þínum horde

    tuis ea divitiis annumerare maluisti

    ,
      Bt. 14, 2 ; F. 44, 5.

  • Wæs gold áhæfen of horde,

      B. 1108.
  • Bég and siglu, eall swylce hyrsta swylce on horde ǽr níðhýdige genumen hæfdon, 3165.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hord.” 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/52994.

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