ord

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d

ord

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

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), of obscure origin (see *uzdaz).

Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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.

• orde

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, Adriaan Jacob Barnouw Esmoreit, 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.

• odds and ends

• D. Or., DRO, Dor, Dor., ODR, RDO, Rod, d'or, dor, dro, rod

ord (definite accusative ordu, plural ordlar)

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

• “ord” in Obastan.com.

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.

• IPA^(key): /oːˀr/, [ˈoɐ̯ˀ]
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

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

• “ord” in Den Danske Ordbog

• órd (superseded)

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /əuɾˠd̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɔːɾˠd̪ˠ/[1]

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Celtic *ordos (whence also Welsh gordd and Breton horzh).[2] Connections outside Celtic are uncertain, but it may be related to Old Armenian ուռն (uṙn, “hammer”).

ord m (genitive singular oird, nominative plural oird)

1. sledgehammer
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 12:

     kā giŕcr̥ ə dæšḱə n t-aurd ə viəs agī ə bŕišə nə glox?

     [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, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 12:

     fāȷīš nə h-aurȷ.

     [Faighidís na hoird.]

     Let them fetch the sledgehammers.

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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

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• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ord”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “órd”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 534

• orde

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Akin to Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Old High German ort (“point, beginning”), Old Norse oddr (“point of a weapon”). More at odd.

ord

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

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From Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo- (“word”). Cognates include Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), German Wort, and English word.

• IPA^(key): /uːɾ/

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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.

• “ord” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

• IPA^(key): [uːrˠ], [uːɽ], [uːɺ̠]
  • Homophone: or
• (thick L) IPA^(key): /uːɭ/ (see ol)

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

• “ord” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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).

• IPA^(key): /ord/, [orˠd]

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.

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• ordfruma

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From Latin foras de.

ord

1. outside

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːrd/, [ˈuːɖ]

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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.

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• ord in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)