"hore" meaning in Middle English

See hore in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective|altform=1}} hore
  1. alternative form of har (“hoar”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: har (extra: hoar)
    Sense id: en-hore-enm-adj-S2sU8Txb Categories (other): Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 11 6 4 5 11 2 2 5 5 2 5 11 2 3 2 10 5 5 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 4 3 4 19 2 1 3 3 1 4 8 1 2 1 19 4 4 1 1 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 15 6 4 4 4 5 7 13 2 7 4 14 8 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3 Categories (other): Sex Disambiguation of Sex: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Determiner

Head templates: {{head|enm|determiner|altform=1}} hore
  1. (chiefly Early Middle English and West Midland) alternative form of here (“their”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: here (extra: their)
    Sense id: en-hore-enm-det-fYH9qqB2 Categories (other): Early Middle English, West Midland Middle English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5 Categories (other): Sex Disambiguation of Sex: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Determiner

Head templates: {{head|enm|determiner|altform=1}} hore
  1. alternative form of oure (“our”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: oure (extra: our)
    Sense id: en-hore-enm-det-3VtnlmvD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 7 Categories (other): Sex Disambiguation of Sex: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈhoːr(ə)/ Forms: hores [plural], horen [plural], hoor [alternative], hoore [alternative], hor [alternative], houre [alternative], hure [alternative]
Etymology: From Old English hōre, from Proto-West Germanic *hōrā, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ. Cognate to Middle Dutch hoere, Middle Low German hôre, Middle High German huore, and Old Swedish hōra. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|whore}}, {{inh|enm|ang|hōre}} Old English hōre, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*hōrā}} Proto-West Germanic *hōrā, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*hōrǭ}} Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, {{cog|dum|hoere}} Middle Dutch hoere, {{cog|gml|hôre}} Middle Low German hôre, {{cog|gmh|huore}} Middle High German huore, {{cog|gmq-osw|hōra}} Old Swedish hōra Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} hore, {{enm-noun|hores|pl2=horen}} hore (plural hores or horen)
  1. A whore (female prostitute)
    Sense id: en-hore-enm-noun-i-H8Ebno Categories (other): Female people Disambiguation of Female people: 0 0 0 66 9 10 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  2. A whore (lascivious or adulterous woman)
    Sense id: en-hore-enm-noun-Q5aFG5n-
  3. (rare) A people who are morally transgressive. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-hore-enm-noun-D~sYz7mH Categories (other): Ethics, People Disambiguation of Ethics: 7 7 7 3 3 20 5 3 12 6 7 6 7 7 Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 13 0 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  4. (rare, derogatory) An insult used towards women. Tags: derogatory, rare
    Sense id: en-hore-enm-noun-GRON~2Od
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hordom, horesone, horlynge
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Sex Disambiguation of Sex: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈhɔ̞ːr(ə)/, /ˈhɔrɔu̯(ə)/, /ˈhɔriu̯(ə)/, /ˈhɔrwə/ Forms: heore [alternative], hoore [alternative], hor [alternative], horewe [alternative], horowe [alternative], horwe [alternative], horwȝ [alternative], ore [alternative]
Etymology: From Old English horu, horh, from Proto-West Germanic *hurhu, from Proto-Germanic *hurhwą. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|muck}}, {{inh|enm|ang|horu}} Old English horu, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*hurhu}} Proto-West Germanic *hurhu, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*hurhwą}} Proto-Germanic *hurhwą Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} hore, {{enm-noun|-}} hore (uncountable)
  1. Muck, mud; that which is filthy or dirty. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-hore-enm-noun-gHwMN-tb Categories (other): Pages with 12 entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 11 6 4 5 11 2 2 5 5 2 5 11 2 3 2 10 5 5 2 2 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 15 6 4 4 4 5 7 13 2 7 4 14 8 8
  2. Iniquity, evil, sin; that which is morally foul. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-hore-enm-noun-~XrzLREv
  3. (rare, physiology) Phlegm or rheum. Tags: rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-hore-enm-noun-P60CsnRL Categories (other): Physiology Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hory, horyen
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Sex Disambiguation of Sex: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|altform=1}} hore
  1. alternative form of her (“hair”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: her (extra: hair)
    Sense id: en-hore-enm-noun-aLn2XI3C
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4 Categories (other): Sex Disambiguation of Sex: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|altform=1}} hore
  1. alternative form of ore (“oar”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: ore (extra: oar)
    Sense id: en-hore-enm-noun-R~fGzoTP Categories (other): Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 11 6 4 5 11 2 2 5 5 2 5 11 2 3 2 10 5 5 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 4 3 4 19 2 1 3 3 1 4 8 1 2 1 19 4 4 1 1 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 15 6 4 4 4 5 7 13 2 7 4 14 8 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 6 Categories (other): Sex Disambiguation of Sex: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|altform=1}} hore
  1. alternative form of horyen Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: horyen
    Sense id: en-hore-enm-verb-XHN0Xeiq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 8 Categories (other): Sex Disambiguation of Sex: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|altform=1}} hore
  1. alternative form of horen Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: horen
    Sense id: en-hore-enm-verb-1LrHHTtJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 9 Categories (other): Sex Disambiguation of Sex: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              145,
              149
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          "english": "And one of the seven angels (who had seven beakers) came and spoke with me, and said: \"Come, I'll show you the damnation of the great whore, who sits by lots of water, and who the Earth's rulers engaged in adultery with.\"",
          "ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 17:1, folio 123, recto, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
          "text": "And oon of þe ſeuene aungels cam· þat hadde ſeuene viols .· ⁊ ſpak wiþ me / ⁊ ſeide / come þou· I ſchal ſchewe to þee þe dampnacioun of þe greet hoꝛe· þat ſittiþ on manye watris.· wiþ which kyngis of erþe diden foꝛnicacioun",
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          "ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 17:1, folio 123, recto, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
          "text": "And oon of þe ſeuene aungels cam· þat hadde ſeuene viols .· ⁊ ſpak wiþ me / ⁊ ſeide / come þou· I ſchal ſchewe to þee þe dampnacioun of þe greet hoꝛe· þat ſittiþ on manye watris.· wiþ which kyngis of erþe diden foꝛnicacioun",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (05c257f and 9d9a410). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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