ord

• (UK, Australia, India) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːd/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːɹd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d

ord

1. Abbreviation of order.
2. (law) Abbreviation of ordinance.
3. (informal, stock market) Clipping of ordinary share.

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 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.

• orde

ord (plural ords)(now chiefly UK dialectal)

1. A point.
2. 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. A point of land; a promontory.
   • 1900, Cai.:

     When a man came from Sutherland into Caithness over the Ord [of Caithness, in the southern tip of the county], he was called an ord-louper .

4. 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.

• odds and ends

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

ord (definite accusative ordu, plural ordlar)

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

• “ord” in Obastan.com.

From Old Danish orth, from Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, cognate with English word, German Wort. The Germanic noun goes back to Proto-Indo-European *werdʰom (“word”), which is also the source of Latin verbum.

• IPA^(key): /oːˀr/, [ˈoɐ̯ˀ]
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

ord n (singular definite ordet, plural indefinite ord)

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

• “ord” in Den Danske Ordbog

• órd (superseded)

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /auɾˠd̪ˠ/^[1]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɔːɾˠd̪ˠ/^[2]

From Old Irish ord, from Proto-Celtic *ordos (whence also Welsh gordd and Breton horzh).^[3] Connections outside Celtic are uncertain, but it may be related to Old Armenian ուռն (uṙn, “hammer”).

ord m (genitive singular oird, nominative plural oird)

1. sledgehammer
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], 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 [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 12:

     fāȷīš nə h-aurȷ.

     [Faighidís na hoird.]

     Let them fetch the sledgehammers.

From Old Irish ord, from Latin ōrdō.^[4]

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ord”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “órd”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 534

• orde

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.

ord

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

• English: ord

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.

• IPA^(key): /uːɾ/

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.

• “ord” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

• IPA^(key): [uːrˠ], [uːɽ], [uːɺ̠]
  • Homophone: or
• (thick L) IPA^(key): /uːɭ/ (see ol)

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

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

• “ord” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• or (Northumbrian dialect)

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).

• IPA^(key): /ord/, [orˠd]

ord m

1. point (especially of a weapon)
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Hē ġesēah ðā þæt hine ne mihte nān lǣċe ġehǣlan, and sette his swurdes ord tōġēanes his innoðe, and fēol him on uppon, þæt him þurhēode.

     He saw then that no doctor could heal him, and set the point of his sword against his stomach, and fell upon it, so that it ran him through.

   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 [good] mood.

Strong a-stem:

• ordfruma

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

• ordd

• IPA^(key): /ˈord̪/

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”).

ord m (genitive uird, nominative plural uird)

1. sledgehammer

• Irish: ord
• Manx: oard
• Scottish Gaelic: òrd

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ord(d)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Learned borrowing from Latin ōrdō.

ord m (genitive uird, nominative plural uird)

1. (religion, agriculture, etc.) order
2. sequence, arrangement
3. ordered manner, rule
4. function

• Irish: ord
• Scottish Gaelic: òrd

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ord(d)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Latin foras de.

ord

1. outside

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːrd/, [ˈuːɖ]

• Audio (Gotland); “ett ord”:

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

1. a word (unit of language)

   "Myrslok" är ett ord

   "Anteater" is a word

   Hon sa inte ett ord

   She didn't say a word

   En bok innehåller många ord

   A book contains many words

   få sista ordet

   have the last word

   • 1991, Eva Dahlgren, “Vem tänder stjärnorna? [Who lights the stars?]”, in En blekt blondins hjärta [The Heart of a Bleached Blonde]‎^[1]:

     Det var evighetssekunder. Tre korta andetag. Hela livet vände. Vem valde? Inte jag. Jag hörde ord från mina läppar som aldrig vilat i min mun. Tankar aldrig tänkta, som nya väggar i ett rum.

     It was seconds of eternity. Three short breaths. My whole life ["the whole life" – Swedish often prefers to express possession by putting a noun in the definite instead of with a separate possessive pronoun] turned around. Who chose? Not me. I heard words from my lips that had [implied from vilat (“rested”) being supine] never rested in my mouth. Thoughts never thought, like new walls in a room.

   • 1994, Uno Svenningsson, “Under ytan [Beneath the Surface]”, in Uno‎^[2]:

     Jag tänker på dig ofta. Om du varit min egen bror, då hade också jag förvandlats till ett monster utan ord.

     I think about you often. If you had been my own brother, then I too would have turned into a monster without words.

2. a word (promise)

   Du har mitt ord

   You have my word

3. (usually in the singular definite "ordet") an opportunity to speak (during a formal discussion or the like); the floor, etc.

   ge någon ordet

   give someone the floor [the word]

   ha ordet

   have the floor [the word]

4. (computing) a word

• “ord”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “ord”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “ord”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)