ord
English
Etymology 1
Abbreviation
ord, Ord.
- order
- (law) ordinance
Etymology 2
From Middle English ord, from Old English ord (“point, spear-point, spear, source, beginning, front, vanguard”), from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to stick, prick, pierce, sting”) + Proto-Indo-European *dʰe- (“to set, place”). Cognate with North Frisian od (“tip, place, beginning”), Dutch oord (“place, region”), German Ort (“location, place, position”), Danish od (“a point”), Swedish udd (“a point, prick”), Icelandic oddur (“tip, point of a weapon, leader”). See also odd.
Alternative forms
Noun
ord (plural ords)
- (now chiefly UK dialectal) A point.
- (now chiefly UK dialectal) A point of origin; a beginning.
- 1897, Frank Cowan, The millionaire:
- "[...] But such is life — hard upon hard from ord to end; and if I had not been made of the best of neat-leather, the longer in water the tougher, I would have melted away with my tears long ago!"
- 1924, Esmoreit, Adriaan Jacob Barnouw, An ingenious play of Esmoreit: the king's son of Sicily:
- [...] Tell me wholly as it was From ord to end how it did pass When first your father was of me ware.
- 1897, Frank Cowan, The millionaire:
- (now chiefly UK dialectal) A point of land; a promontory.
- 1900, Cai.:
- When a man came from Sutherland into Caithness over the Ord [of Caithness, in the southern tip of the county], he was called an ord-louper .
- 1900, Cai.:
- (now chiefly UK dialectal) The point or edge of a weapon.
- Saul drew his sword, And ran even upon the ord. — Cursor Mundi.
- And touched him with the spear's ord. — Romance of Sir Otuel.
- 1814, Henry William Weber, Robert Jamieson, Sir Walter Scott, Illustrations of northern antiquities:
- Hadubraht, the son of Hiltibrant, said, "Gladly gifts should be received; ord (spear's point) against ord.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo- (“word”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /oːr/, [oɐ̯ˀ]
Noun
ord n (singular definite ordet, plural indefinite ord)
Derived terms
Inflection
| neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | ord | ordet | ord | ordene |
| genitive | ords | ordets | ords | ordenes |
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish ord, ordd.
Noun
ord m (genitive oird, nominative plural oird)
Declension
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Etymology 2
From Old Irish ord, ordd, from Latin ōrdō.
Noun
ord m (genitive oird, nominative plural oird)
- (religion, agriculture, etc.) order
- sequence, arrangement
- (literary) ordered manner, rule
- (literary) function
- (ecclesiastical) prescribed form of service
Declension
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Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ord | n-ord | hord | t-ord |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English ord. Akin to Old Frisian ord "place, point", Old Saxon ord "point", Old High German ort "point, beginning", Old Norse oddr "point of a weapon". More at odd
Noun
ord
Descendants
- English: ord
Norwegian
Etymology
From Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo- (“word”). Cognates include Danish ord, Swedish ord, German Wort, and English word.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /uːɾ/
Noun
ord n
- word (a distinct unit of language with a particular meaning)
- Jeg forstår ikke dette ordet.
- I can’t understand this word.
- Jeg forstår ikke dette ordet.
- word (something promised)
- Jeg gir deg mitt ord på at jeg skal være der i tide.
- I give you my word that I will be there on time.
- Jeg gir deg mitt ord på at jeg skal være der i tide.
- word (a discussion)
- Kunne vi få et ord med deg?
- Could we have a word with you?
- reputation
- Han har godt ord på seg.
- He has a good reputation.
- Han har godt ord på seg.
- (definite singular only) a permission to speak
- Jeg overlater ordet til min kollega.
- I’ll let my colleague speak.
- Jeg overlater ordet til min kollega.
Inflection
Derived terms
- gjetord
- komme til orde
- ordblind
- ordbok
- ordflom
- ord for ord
- ordgyter
- ordholden
- ordkløver
- ordlek
- ordrett
- ordspill
- ordspråk
- ta til orde
Old English
Etymology
Proto-Germanic *uzdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“stab”). Cognates with Middle Dutch ort (Dutch oord), Old High German ort (German Ort), Old Norse oddr (Icelandic oddur, Swedish udd, Danish od).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ord/
Noun
ord m
Declension
Derived terms
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo- (“word”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
ord n (pl ord, def sing ordet, def pl orden)
- (linguistics) word; A distinct unit of language (sounds in speech or written letters) with a particular meaning, composed of one or more morphemes, and also of one or more phonemes that determine its sound pattern.
- Something promised.
- (computing) A numerical value with a bit width native to the machine.