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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Hort

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, H (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Hort
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Hort, m. (like Halle, Heim, and Gau, revived in the last cent., after being long forgotten, by the study of MidHG.), from the equiv. MidHG. hort, m., OHG. hort, n., ‘hoard’; OSax. hord (horth), n., ‘treasure,’ also ‘hidden, innermost room,’ AS. hord, n. and m., ‘treasure, store,’ E. hoard; Goth. huzd, ‘treasure,’ OIc. hodd, n., hoddr, m., ‘treasure.’ Teut. hozda-, from Teut. kuzdhó- for kudhto-, partic. ‘that which is hidden’ (comp. Gr. κεύθω, see also Hütte, Haus), Gr. κύσθος, any ‘hollow,’ espec. ‘pudenda muliebria.’