ower
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English owere, oȝere, awer, equivalent to owe + -er.
Noun[edit]
ower (plural owers)
- A person who owes something, especially money.
Translations[edit]
person who owes money
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English ower, a variant of Middle English over. Compare Scots ower (“over”), English o'er (“over”). More at over.
Preposition[edit]
ower
Adverb[edit]
ower (not comparable)
Adjective[edit]
ower (not comparable)
References[edit]
- Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
Anagrams[edit]
Luxembourgish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ower
- Alternative form of awer
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
ower
- Alternative form of houre
Etymology 2[edit]
Determiner[edit]
ower
- (chiefly Early Middle English) Alternative form of your
Scots[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ower (not comparable)
- (South Scots) over
- If ee gaun ower the hill ee'll sei eet.
- If he gone over the hill, he will see it.
Adjective[edit]
ower (not comparable)
- (South Scots) too
- That's ower much for mei, like!
- That's too much for me, like!
Yola[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English over, from Old English ofer, from Proto-West Germanic *obar.
Pronunciation[edit]
Preposition[edit]
ower
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 60
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