hoar

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 286 words | Copyright

hoar (arch.) grey-haired, greyish-white. OE. hār = OS., OHG. hēr old, venerable (G. hehr august, stately), ON. hárr hoary, old :- Gmc. *χairaz :- IE. *koira- (cf. OSl. sěrū grey). Survives in hoarfrost (XIII) and hoarhound, HOREHOUND.
Hence hoary XVI.

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