Meaning

4 senses

  1. (UK, dialectal)A point.

  2. (UK, dialectal)A point of origin; a beginning.

  3. (UK, dialectal)A point of land; a promontory.

  4. (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.

Origin

From Middle English ord (“point, point of a weapon, beginning”), from Old English ord (“po

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).

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Forms

plural: ords
Singularord
Pluralords

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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