oer

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See also: oer-, OER, o'er, Oër, ör, and -ör

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German Uur, from Proto-Germanic *ōra, *ūra- (“ferriferous sand”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)wūr-. However, compare Irish úir (“soil, earth”) and Proto-Germanic *auraz (“wet earth, sand, mud”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

oer n (uncountable)

  1. ferrous ground, sand clotted by iron(III) oxide, bog iron ore

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References

  • Guus Kroonen, “Reflections on the o/zero-Ablaut in the Germanic Iterative Verbs”, in The Indo-European Verb: Proceedings of the Conference of the Society for Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles, 13-15 September 2010, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2012

Middle English

Noun

oer

  1. Alternative form of ore (“ore”)

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ougros (compare Old Irish úar), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewǵ- (compare Old Armenian ոյծ (oyc)).

Pronunciation

Adjective

oer (feminine singular oer, plural oerion, equative oered, comparative oerach, superlative oeraf)

  1. cold
    Mae hi’n oer tu allan.
    It’s cold outside.

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
oer unchanged unchanged hoer
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “oer”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian over, from Proto-Germanic *uber.

Pronunciation

Preposition

oer

  1. over, across
    oer lân of oer see
    over land or over sea
  2. about, concerning
    ynformaasje oer rinnende saken
    information concerning current events
  3. on, upon

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “oer (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola

Preposition

oer

  1. Alternative form of ower
    • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 106:
      At skelpearès an slaugheardhès mye leeigh aar oer vill.
      That the piglings and pigs may laugh their overfill.

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 60
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