hors
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Danish hors, Old Norse hross n, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą, cognate with English horse, German Ross n.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hors n (singular definite horset, plural indefinite hors)
- (archaic, poetic, dialect) horse, mare
- 1906 Johs. V. Jensen, Digte, 20
- Christofer Columbus fra han var Dreng \ befandt sig bedst \ paa det blaa Hors med den hvide Man
- “Since he was a boy, Christopher Columbus \ was at his best \ on the blue horse with the white mane”
- 1906 Johs. V. Jensen, Digte, 20
Declension edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch hors, from Old Dutch hors, from Proto-West Germanic *hross, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą. Doublet of ros.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hors n (plural horsen, diminutive horsje n)
- (rare, dialectal, now mostly found in names) horse
- 1558, Gaathije Pietersz, "Inventaris, gemaeckt den IVen Januarii anno XVC acht ende vijftich", in Anne Hallema, "Nogmaals een drietal inventarissen van Franeker burgers en boeren kort na 1550", Bijdragen en Mededeelingen van het Historisch Genootschap, Vol. 49, 1928, 286.
- Een coopbrief ende quitantie, gepasseert by Fopke Wopkezn. ende Hessel Thomaszn., als mombers tot Jacob Pieterszoons weesen, aen Jan Jacobszn. ende Anne Jans dochter, vanden huijsinge te Syaerda, mit hecken, heckpalen, van noch vijftien koeijen, twee rieren, een os, twee horsen ende andere dieren, alles gecoft ende betaelt voer vier hundert ende anderhalf gouden guldens, sijnde in date den XXIen Novembris anno 1549;
- 1897, Guido Gezelle, “Twee horsen”, in Rijmsnoer om en om het jaar:
- Ze stappen hun’ bellen al klinken, / de vrome twee horsen te gaar;
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1942, Cor Bruijn, Een gave van God, Uitgeverij Ploegsma, section 16:
- Het hors zet aan, Gossen valt terug op zijn zitplaats.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2009, Henk Gras, ‘Een stad waar men zich koninklijk kan vervelen?’ De modernisering van de theatrale vermakelijkheden buiten de schouwburg in Rotterdam, cica 1770-1860, Uitgeverij Verloren, 218, quoting Scaramouche, Scaramouche en zijne Vrienden op de Rotterdamsche Kermis, 1815, 15 & 16.
- Een zekere BERG bragt een lomp stuk HOUT voort; dit hout vormde zich tot allerlei gedaantes, en bekwam die eindelijk van Palvenier, nu beklom hij den Bok en achtte zich gelukkig de horsen van anderen voorttezwepen; dan zijne onrustige geaartheid deed hem van den bok tuimelen;
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1558, Gaathije Pietersz, "Inventaris, gemaeckt den IVen Januarii anno XVC acht ende vijftich", in Anne Hallema, "Nogmaals een drietal inventarissen van Franeker burgers en boeren kort na 1550", Bijdragen en Mededeelingen van het Historisch Genootschap, Vol. 49, 1928, 286.
Synonyms edit
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse hors, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *kers- (“run”).
Noun edit
hors n (genitive singular hors, plural hors)
Declension edit
n11 | Singular | Plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | hors | horsið | hors | horsini |
Accusative | hors | horsið | hors | horsini |
Dative | horsi | horsinum | horsum | horsunum |
Genitive | hors | horsins | horsa | horsanna |
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French fors, from Old French fors, from Latin forīs, or more likely derived from dehors (in Middle and Old French defors).
Pronunciation edit
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɔʁ/
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Preposition edit
hors
- (obsolete except in set phrases) outside
- hors la ville ― outside the city
Usage notes edit
- Mostly displaced by hors de and en dehors de.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “hors”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
hōrs
- Romanization of 𐌷𐍉𐍂𐍃
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English hors, from Proto-West Germanic *hross, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *kers- (“run”).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hors (plural hors or horsen or horses)
- a horse (especially male and fully-grown)
- c. 1335-1361, William of Palerne (MS. King's College 13), folio 36, recto, lines 2177-2179; republished as W. W. Skeat, editor, The Romance of William of Palerne[1], London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1867, →OCLC, page 74:
- þan haſtely hiȝed eche wiȝt · on hoꝛſe ⁊ on fote / huntyng wiȝt houndes · alle heie wodes / til þei neyȝyed ſo neiȝh · to nymphe þe ſoþe
- Then each man went quickly, hunting with hounds amongst tall trees, on horse and on foot, until he came close enough to notice the truth.
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)[2], published c. 1410, Apocalips 6:8, page 119r, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- ⁊ lo a pale hoꝛs .· and þe name was deþ to him þat ſat on hym and helle ſuede him / and power was ȝouen to him on foure partis of þe erþe .· to ſle with ſwerd / ⁊ wiþ hungur / ⁊ wiþ deþ / ⁊ wiþ beeſtis of þe erþe
- And lo! A pale horse, and the name was Death for who that sat on him, and hell trailed him. And power was given to him over four parts of the earth, to slay with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the earth's creatures.
- (rare) A horseman; a mounted soldier.
- (rare) A means of transport (like a horse)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “hors, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-19.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English *hārs, variant of hās.
Adjective edit
hors
- Alternative form of hos
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French fors, hors, from Latin foris, or back-derived from dehors, from Late Latin dē forīs.
Adverb edit
hors
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse hors, metathesis of hross, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą. Akin to English horse.
Noun edit
hors n (definite singular horset, indefinite plural hors, definite plural horsa)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “hors” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *hross, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hors n
Declension edit
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Hyponyms edit
Derived terms edit
- horscamb (“horsecomb”)
- horshierde (“groom”)
- horselene (“elecampane”)
- horshwæl (“walrus”)
- horsminte (“horsemint”)
Descendants edit
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Derived from dehors, defors. See fors.
Adverb edit
hors
- (rare or Late Old French) from; out (of)
- c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:
- Puis errerent tant que il virent
gent qui hors del chastel issirent.- They walked until they saw
People coming out of the castle.
- They walked until they saw
Synonyms edit
Descendants edit
Old Frisian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *hross, from Proto-Germanic *hursą, *hrussą.
Noun edit
hors n
Inflection edit
Declension of hors (neuter a-stem) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | hors | hors |
genitive | horses | horsa |
dative | horse | horsum, horsem |
accusative | hors | hors |
Descendants edit
Old Norse edit
Noun edit
hors n
- Alternative form of hross
Declension edit
Declension edit
References edit
- “hors”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
hors m (Cyrillic spelling хорс)
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Swedish edit
Noun edit
hors