See also: Sord

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Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English sowrde, from Old French sourdre (to rise), that is, "to rise in flight, as a flock of birds", from Latin surgō. Related to surge.

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sord (plural sords)

  1. (rare, obsolete) A flock of mallards.
    • 1893 September 27, The Bazaar, the Exchange and Mart, London, page 800, column 3:
      "Oh, I, well, I too fell into error, for I frittered away my morning in stalking yonder exaltation of larks, thinking they were dunlin, and in doing so disturbed the only sord of mallards on the whole marsh."

Etymology 2 edit

See sward.

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sord (plural sords)

  1. Obsolete form of sward.

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  • sort (alternative medieval spelling)

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Catalan sord, from Latin surdus, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (ringing, whistling).

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sord (feminine sorda, masculine plural sords, feminine plural sordes)

  1. deaf

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