"ora" meaning in Old English

See ora in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈoː.rɑ/
Etymology: Uncertain; possibly from ār (“ore, brass, copper”) and influenced by Proto-West Germanic *ōrikalk (“copper ore, brass”) (whence Old High German ōrkalk), borrowed from Latin orichalcum (“copper ore, brass”). Perhaps compare Low German Ur, Uurt, Uhr, Urt (“compact, reddish, iron-bearing soil”), Early Modern Dutch oor, oore (“mine; lead ore; vein bearing lead and silver”). Etymology templates: {{unc|ang}} Uncertain, {{der|ang|gmw-pro|*ōrikalk|t=copper ore, brass}} Proto-West Germanic *ōrikalk (“copper ore, brass”), {{cog|goh|ōrkalk}} Old High German ōrkalk, {{der|ang|la|orichalcum|t=copper ore, brass}} Latin orichalcum (“copper ore, brass”), {{cog|nds|Ur}} Low German Ur, {{cog|nl|oor}} Dutch oor Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=ōra|head2=|sort=}} ōra m, {{ang-noun|m|head=ōra}} ōra m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-m|ōr}}, {{ang-decl-noun|ōra|ōran|ōran|ōran|ōran|ōrena|ōran|ōrum|num=|title=|type=weak}} Forms: ōra [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], ōra [nominative, singular], ōran [nominative, plural], ōran [accusative, singular], ōran [accusative, plural], ōran [genitive, singular], ōrena [genitive, plural], ōran [dative, singular], ōrum [dative, plural]
  1. ore, unwrought metal
    Sense id: en-ora-ang-noun-a3GgveLi Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 67 11 11 11
  2. brass
    Sense id: en-ora-ang-noun-M6KLxPWC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ore
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈoː.rɑ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ōra (“shore”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|ang|la|ōra|t=shore}} Borrowed from Latin ōra (“shore”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=ōra|head2=|sort=}} ōra m, {{ang-noun|m|head=ōra}} ōra m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-m|ōr}}, {{ang-decl-noun|ōra|ōran|ōran|ōran|ōran|ōrena|ōran|ōrum|num=|title=|type=weak}} Forms: ōra [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], ōra [nominative, singular], ōran [nominative, plural], ōran [accusative, singular], ōran [accusative, plural], ōran [genitive, singular], ōrena [genitive, plural], ōran [dative, singular], ōrum [dative, plural]
  1. shore, edge
    Sense id: en-ora-ang-noun-ang:edge
  2. hill
    Sense id: en-ora-ang-noun-93~Lsh3e
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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        "5": "ōran",
        "6": "ōrena",
        "7": "ōran",
        "8": "ōrum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "weak"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "shore, edge"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shore",
          "shore"
        ],
        [
          "edge",
          "edge"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "ang:edge"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hill"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hill",
          "hill"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈoː.rɑ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ora"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-02 using wiktextract (f2d86ce and 633533e). 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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