Ord
Origin 1
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ord, Ord.- order
- (legal) ordinance
Origin 2
From Middle English ord, from Old English ord ("point, spear-point, spear, source, beginning, front, vanguard"), from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz ("point"), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- ("to stick, prick, pierce, sting") + Proto-Indo-European *dÊ°e- ("to set, place"). Cognate with 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.
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Full definition of ord
Noun
ord
(plural ords)- (now chiefly UK dialectal) A point.
- (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.
- (now chiefly UK dialectal) A point of land; a promontory.
- 1900, Cai.:When a man came from Sutherland into Caithness over the Ord Caithness, in the southern tip of the county, he was called an ord-louper .
- (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.