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Buhurt.

a medieval tournament game: bohort, melee

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. a medieval tournament game: bohort, melee

    masculine · mixed · neuter
  2. a hastilude of the 12th and 13th centuries, involving horse-riding, lance play, and clashing of shields

    masculine · mixed · neuter
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German būhurt, bēhurt, or Middle Low German bohurt, burt, 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; English bohort; 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”): Middle High German buhurdieren, buhurtieren; Old French behorder, bohorder, bouhourder, buhourder; Middle Low German borderen; Swedish bordera (Old Swedish bordera).

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