Buhurt

German Melee (tournament) Buhurt de Alternative forms nds Buhurd Etymology thumb|Bohort (melee) in King René's Tournament Book (1460s) From de gmh būhurt, gmh bēhurt, or de gml bohurt, gml burt, later the term for a ”tournament-melee”, a medieval tournament game, in which mock combat is conducted between two groups of knights,bohord alternatively a game in which an attack was made on a pretend fortress, but also a synonym for tournament in general.nfbc 0490.html bohord Cognates includes roa-oit bohordicum; en bohort; fr bohourt (fro behort, fro bohort, fro bohourt, fro bouhourd); sv bohord (gmq-osw bohordh, gmq-osw behordh); is burt (non burt).burt Also compare the verbal form (“to bohort”): gmh buhurdieren, gmh buhurtieren; fro behorder, fro bohorder, fro bouhourder, fro buhourder; gml borderen; sv bordera (gmq-osw bordera).sv 1880 Söderwall, Knut Fredrik Några svenska medeltidsord https://archive.org/details/ngrasvenskamede00sdgoog/page/n41/mode/2up bordera Noun m:n,(e)s,en a medieval tournament game: bohort, melee a hastilude of the 12th and 13th centuries, involving horse-riding, lance play, and clashing of shields de Declension m:n,(e)s,en Related terms de Buhurtieren to bohort References