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ord

See also: Ord, òrd, and orð

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

ord

  1. Abbreviation of order.
  2. (law) Abbreviation of ordinance.

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle English ord (“point, point of a weapon, beginning”), from Old English ord (“point, spear-point, spear, source, beginning, front, vanguard”), from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), of obscure origin (see *uzdaz).

Cognate with Middle English ord, 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 formsEdit

NounEdit

ord (plural ords)

  1. (now chiefly UK dialectal) A point.
  2. (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.
  3. (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 .
  4. (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 termsEdit

AnagramsEdit

AzerbaijaniEdit

NounEdit

ord (definite accusative ordu, plural ordlar)

  1. Alternative form of ovurd (“inside of cheek”)

DeclensionEdit

    Declension of ord
singular plural
nominative ord
 ordlar
definite accusative ordu
 ordları
dative orda
 ordlara
locative ordda
 ordlarda
ablative orddan
 ordlardan
definite genitive ordun
 ordların
    Possessive forms of ord
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ordum ordlarım
sənin (“your”) ordun ordların
onun (“his/her/its”) ordu ordları
bizim (“our”) ordumuz ordlarımız
sizin (“your”) ordunuz ordlarınız
onların (“their”) ordu or ordları ordları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ordumu ordlarımı
sənin (“your”) ordunu ordlarını
onun (“his/her/its”) ordunu ordlarını
bizim (“our”) ordumuzu ordlarımızı
sizin (“your”) ordunuzu ordlarınızı
onların (“their”) ordunu or ordlarını ordlarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) orduma ordlarıma
sənin (“your”) orduna ordlarına
onun (“his/her/its”) orduna ordlarına
bizim (“our”) ordumuza ordlarımıza
sizin (“your”) ordunuza ordlarınıza
onların (“their”) orduna or ordlarına ordlarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ordumda ordlarımda
sənin (“your”) ordunda ordlarında
onun (“his/her/its”) ordunda ordlarında
bizim (“our”) ordumuzda ordlarımızda
sizin (“your”) ordunuzda ordlarınızda
onların (“their”) ordunda or ordlarında ordlarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ordumdan ordlarımdan
sənin (“your”) ordundan ordlarından
onun (“his/her/its”) ordundan ordlarından
bizim (“our”) ordumuzdan ordlarımızdan
sizin (“your”) ordunuzdan ordlarınızdan
onların (“their”) ordundan or ordlarından ordlarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ordumun ordlarımın
sənin (“your”) ordunun ordlarının
onun (“his/her/its”) ordunun ordlarının
bizim (“our”) ordumuzun ordlarımızın
sizin (“your”) ordunuzun ordlarınızın
onların (“their”) ordunun or ordlarının ordlarının

Further readingEdit

  • “ord” in Obastan.com.

DanishEdit

 
Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, cognate with English word, German Wort. The Germanic noun goes back to Proto-Indo-European *werdʰh₁om (“word”), which is also the source of Latin verbum.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ord n (singular definite ordet, plural indefinite ord)

  1. word (a single word)
  2. word (an utterance)

InflectionEdit

Declension of ord
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ord ordet ord ordene
genitive ords ordets ords ordenes

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

IrishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Irish ord, from Proto-Celtic *ordos (whence also Welsh gordd and Breton horzh). Connections outside Celtic are uncertain, but it may be related to Old Armenian ուռն (uṙn, “hammer”).

NounEdit

ord m (genitive singular oird, nominative plural oird)

  1. sledgehammer
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 12:
      kā giŕcr̥ ə dæšḱə n t-aurd ə viəs agī ə bŕišə nə glox?
      conventional orthography:
      Cá gcuirtear i dtaisce an t-ord a bhíos agaibh a briseadh na gcloch?
      Where is the sledgehammer you have for breaking the rocks kept?
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 12:
      fāȷīš nə h-aurȷ.
      conventional orthography:
      Faighidís na hoird.
      Let them fetch the sledgehammers.

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Irish ord, ordd, from Latin ōrdō.

NounEdit

ord m (genitive singular oird, nominative plural oird)

  1. (religion, agriculture, etc.) order
  2. sequence, arrangement
  3. (literary) ordered manner, rule
  4. (literary) function
  5. (ecclesiastical) prescribed form of service
Derived termsEdit

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ord

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ord oird
Vocative a oird a orda
Genitive oird ord
Dative ord oird

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-ord na hoird
Genitive an oird na n-ord
Dative leis an ord

don ord

leis na hoird

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
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.

Further readingEdit

Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.

NounEdit

ord

  1. a point
  2. the point of a weapon
  3. a point of origin, beginning

DescendantsEdit

  • English: ord

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ord n (definite singular ordet, indefinite plural ord, definite plural orda or ordene)

  1. a word (a distinct unit of language with a particular meaning)
    Jeg forstår ikke dette ordet. ― I can’t understand this word.
  2. 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.
  3. word (a discussion)
    Kunne vi få et ord med deg? ― Could we have a word with you?
  4. reputation
    Han har godt ord på seg. ― He has a good reputation.
  5. (definite singular only) permission to speak
    Jeg overlater ordet til min kollega. ― I’ll let my colleague speak.

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from ord

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo- (“word”). Akin to English word.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ord n (definite singular ordet, indefinite plural ord, definite plural orda)

  1. a word (a distinct unit of language with a particular meaning)

Derived termsEdit

For other terms please refer to ord (Bokmål) above.

Terms derived from ord

ReferencesEdit

Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“stab”).

Cognate with Middle Dutch ort (Dutch oord), Old High German ort (German Ort), Old Norse oddr (Icelandic oddur, Swedish udd, Danish od).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ord m

  1. point (especially of a weapon)
    Þæs sweordes ord is swīðe sċearp.
    The point of the sword is very sharp.
  2. point of origin, beginning
  3. front; vanguard, chief
    • Finnesburh Fragment, line 12:
      ... winnað on orde, wesað on mōde.
      ... fight in the vanguard, be of [good] mood.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ord (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative ord ordas
accusative ord ordas
genitive ordes orda
dative orde ordum

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

RomanschEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin foras de.

AdverbEdit

ord

  1. outside

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Swedish orþ, from Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo- (“word”).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈuːrd/, [ˈuːɖ]
  • audio(file)

NounEdit

ord n (plural ord, definite singular ordet, definite plural orden)

  1. (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.
  2. Something promised.
  3. (computing) A numerical value with a bit width native to the machine.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ord 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ord ordet ord orden
Genitive ords ordets ords ordens

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

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