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bohort

bohort noun: an early type of jousting competition in medieval Europe.

bohort: an early type of jousting competition in medieval Europe
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Noun

bohort (plural bohorts)

  1. An early type of jousting competition in medieval Europe.
    • Bohorts were the spontaneous amusements of the young. They were not in general formally arranged and organised; most bohorts just happened.2005, David Crouch, Tournament, page 113
    • When the kings, and also their vassals, came to their horses, mighty Volker advised that they should hold a bohort [translating bûhurdieren] according to their land's custom.2010, anonymous author, translated by Cyril Edwards, The Nibelungenlied, Oxford, page 170

Forms of bohort

pluralbohorts

Origin of bohort

From Old French bohort or German Buhurt (Low German Buhurd), ultimately from Middle Low German bohurt, burt, or Middle High German būhurt, bēhurt, later the term for a ”tournament-melee”, a medieval tournament game, in which mock combat is conducted between two groups of knights, alternatively a game in which an attack was made on a pretend fortress, but also a synonym for tournament in general. Cognates includes Old Italian bohordicum; French bohourt (Old French behort, bohort, bohourt, bouhourd); Swedish bohord (Old Swedish bohordh, behordh); Icelandic burt (Old Norse burt). Also compare the verbal form (“to bohort”): Old French behorder, bohorder, bouhourder; Middle High German buhurdieren; Middle Low German borderen; Swedish bordera (Old Swedish bordera).

Questions about bohort

What does bohort mean?
Bohort means an early type of jousting competition in medieval Europe.
What part of speech is bohort?
Bohort is a noun.
What is the plural of bohort?
The plural of bohort is bohorts.

Words near bohort in the dictionary

  1. Bohorahs
  2. Bohoras
  3. Bohorquez
  4. Bohorquezes
  5. bohors
  6. bohort
  7. bohorts
  8. bohos
  9. bohr
  10. Bohr atom
  11. Bohr atoms

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