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English
Etymology
Contraction of ever.
Pronunciation
Adverb
e'er
- (dialectal or poetic, otherwise archaic) Contraction of ever.
1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:“… No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. […]”
See also
Anagrams
Yola
Adverb
e'er
- Alternative form of eyver
1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 94:Maade a nicest coolecannan that e'er ye did zee.- Made the nicest coolecannan that ever you did see.
1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 106:Vear'd nodhing mot Portheare. Na skeine e'er ee-waare.- I feared nothing but Porter. No skein I ever wore.
References
- 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 94