hoere

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *huora, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ.

Noun

hoere f

whore, prostitute

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

verhoeren

Descendants

Dutch: hoer
Limburgish: hoor

Further reading

“hoere”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
“hoere (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

hoere

Alternative form of hor (“hoar”)

Etymology 2

Determiner

hoere

(chiefly early and West Midland dialectal) Alternative form of here (“their”)

References

“her(e (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.

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