ord

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d

Etymology 1

Noun

ord

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

Etymology 2

From Middle English ord (“point, point of a weapon, beginning”), from Old English ord (“point, spear-point, spear, source, beginning, front, vanguard”), from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), of obscure origin (see *uzdaz).

Cognate with Middle English ord, 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.

Alternative forms

• orde

Noun

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 , 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.

Derived terms

• odds and ends

Anagrams

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

Azerbaijani

Noun

ord (definite accusative ordu, plural ordlar)

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

Declension

Further reading

• “ord” in Obastan.com.

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

ord

Wikipedia ^da

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːˀr/,
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Noun

ord n (singular definite ordet, plural indefinite ord)

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

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “ord” in Den Danske Ordbog

Irish

Alternative forms

• órd (superseded)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ord, from Proto-Celtic *ordos (whence also Welsh gordd and Breton horzh). Connections outside Celtic are uncertain, but it may be related to Old Armenian ուռն (uṙn, “hammer”).

Noun

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.

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ord, ordd, from Latin ōrdō.

Noun

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

Derived terms

Declension

Mutation

References

Further reading

• 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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• orde

Etymology

From Old English ord. Akin to Old Frisian ord (“place, point”), Old Saxon ord (“point”), Old High German ort (“point, beginning”), Old Norse oddr (“point of a weapon”). More at odd.

Noun

ord

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

Descendants

• English: ord

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo- (“word”). Cognates include Danish ord, Swedish ord, German Wort, and English word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːɾ/

Noun

ord n (definite singular ordet, indefinite plural ord, definite plural orda or ordene)

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.

Derived terms

References

• “ord” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): , ,
  • Homophone: or
• (thick L) IPA^(key): /uːɭ/ (see ol)

Noun

ord n (definite singular ordet, indefinite plural ord, definite plural orda)

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

Derived terms

References

• “ord” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Alternative forms

• or (Northumbrian dialect)

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ord/,

Noun

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
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Memory of the Saints"

     Seo eahteoðe leahter is superbia gehaten þæt is on ænglisc modigynss gecweden. Seo is ord and ende ælcere synne. Seo geworhte englas to atelicum deoflum...

     The eighth sin is called Superbia that is called Pride, in English, which is the beginning and end of every sin; it made angels into horrible devils,...

3. front; vanguard, chief
   • Finnesburh Fragment, line 12:

     ... winnað on orde, wesað on mōde.

     ... fight in the vanguard, be of mood.

Declension

Derived terms

• ordfruma

Descendants

• Middle English: ord
  • English: ord, orde
  • Scots: ord

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin foras de.

Adverb

ord

1. outside

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːrd/,

• audio

  (file)

Noun

ord n (plural ord, definite singular ordet, definite plural orden)

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.

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• ord in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)