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gor

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
gor, es; n.
Dung, dirt; fimus, lutum, coenum
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  • Ðæs cealfes flǽsc, and fell, and gor ðú bærnst úte bútan fyrdwícon

    carnes vituli, et corium, et fimum combures foris extra castra,

      Ex. 29, 14.
  • Ðæs gores sunu, ðone we wifel nemnaþ

    son of the dung, which we call [dung-] beetle,

      Exon. 111 a; Th. 426, 11; Rä. 41, 72.
  • Mid swínenum gore

    with swine dung,

      Herb. 9, 3; Lchdm. i. l00, 11.
  • Feares gor

    bull's dung,

      Med. ex Quadr. 11, 10, 11, 12; Lchdm. i. 368, 5, 7, 9.
  • Gor

    sordem,

      Wrt. Voc. 65, 34.
Etymology
[Prompt. Parv. gore limus: Icel. gor: O. H. Ger. gor fimus.]
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v.  gyr gyru.
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