hure
Ainu
Verb
hure (フレ)
- (be) red
Dutch
Verb
hure
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of huren
French
Etymology
Origin uncertain; probably Germanic.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /yʁ/
Noun
hure f (plural hures)
- head (of an animal, especially a boar or pig)
- pork brawn; head cheese
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hure” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
Old English huru (“at least, especially”).
Adverb
hure
- at intervals, frequent, at least, in any case
- hure and hure
- at intervals
- la hure
- at least
- 1225, Dialogue on Vices and Virtue:
- And ðo þe on annesse wuniᵹen ne muᵹen, hure and hure, ðanne hie willeð here ibede to godde bidden, swa derneliche swa hie muᵹen, swa don hie.
- especially, particularly; much less
- (Can we date this quote?) Hali Meidenhad:
- Ne kepeð he wið na mon, & hure wið his famon, nan half dale.
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- truly, certainly, indeed
- 1225, Trinity Homilies:
- Nis nefre no stede to strene bicumeliche bute hie ben bispused rihtliche to-gedere, ne hure riht time þenne men fasten shal oðer halgen.
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- even
- 1225, Lambeth Homilies:
- Ne mihte þer nan wiðstonden, ne prophete, ne patriarche ne hure Sancte iohannes baptiste.
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Related terms
Etymology 2
Determiner
hure
- Alternative form of hire
Pronoun
hure
- Alternative form of hire
References
- “hir, (pron.1)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 May 2018.
Etymology 3
Pronoun
hure
- Alternative form of hire
References
- “hir(e), pron (2)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 June 2018.
Etymology 4
Determiner
hure
- Alternative form of oure
References
- “our(e (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 May 2018.
Etymology 5
Determiner
hure
- (chiefly southern West Midland and Southern dialectal) Alternative form of here (“their”)
References
- “her(e (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Verb form of Hur.
Verb
hure
- to fornicate
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