Ord. Definition
(now chiefly UK dialectal) A point.
(now chiefly UK dialectal) A point of land; a promontory.
(now chiefly UK dialectal) The point or edge of a weapon.
A city in Nebraska.
A civil parish and village in Northumberland, England.
Origin of Ord.
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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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