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Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English ūre, from Proto-West Germanic *unsar, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz. Compare Middle Dutch onse and Middle High German unser.
- our, ouer, ouwer, houre, hour, oyur, ouȝr, owre, ure, ur, urre, urr, hure, hur, wre, wr, vure, vur, ore, hore, ura
Pronunciation
Determiner
oure (nominative we)
- First-person plural genitive determiner: our
c. 1335-1361, William of Palerne (MS. King's College 13), folio 6, recto, lines 198-199; republished as W. W. Skeat, editor, The Romance of William of Palerne, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1867, →OCLC, page 12:Hit tidde after on a time · as tellus our bokes / as þis bold barn his beſtes · blybeliche keped […]- Afterwards, as our books record, it happened one day that / while this brave child was peacefully looking after his animals
- my, mine (This is equivalent to Modern English "royal we", but is also used informally).
Pronoun
oure (nominative we)
- First-person plural possessive pronoun: ours, of us
Descendants
See also
Middle English personal pronouns
|
nominative
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accusative
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dative
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genitive
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possessive
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singular
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1st-person
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I, ich, ik
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me |
min mi1 |
min
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2nd-person
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þou
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þe |
þin þi1 |
þin
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3rd-person
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m
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he |
him hine2 |
him |
his |
his hisen
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f
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sche, heo |
hire heo
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hire |
hire hires, hiren
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n
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hit |
hit him2 |
his, hit |
—
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dual3
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1st-person
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wit
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unk
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unker
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2nd-person
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ȝit
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inc
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inker
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plural
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1st-person
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we
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us, ous |
oure |
oure oures, ouren
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2nd-person4
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ye
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yow |
your |
your youres, youren
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3rd-person
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inh.
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he |
hem he2 |
hem |
here |
here heres, heren
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bor.
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þei
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þem, þeim |
þeir |
þeir þeires, þeiren
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1Used preconsonantally or before h.
2Early or dialectal.
3Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
4Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
References
Etymology 2
From Old English ūr (“aurochs”), from Proto-West Germanic *ūr, from Proto-Germanic *ūraz.
Pronunciation
Noun
oure
- (rare) aurochs
References
Etymology 3
Noun
oure
- Alternative form of houre
Etymology 4
Noun
oure
- Alternative form of ore (“ore”)
Etymology 5
Determiner
oure
- Alternative form of your
Portuguese
Verb
oure
- inflection of ourar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Yola
Determiner
oure
- Alternative form of oor
1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 5-6:an na plaine garbe o' oure yola talke,- and in the simple dress of our old dialect,
1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 6-7:wi vengem o' core t'gie oure zense o' ye gradès whilke be ee-dighte wi yer name;- to pour forth from the strength of our hearts, our sense of the qualities which characterise your name,
1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 9-11:Yn ercha an aul o' while yt beeth wi gleezom o' core th' oure eyen dwytheth apan ye Vigere o'dicke Zouvereine, Wilyame ee Vourthe,- In each and every condition it is with joy of heart that our eyes rest upon the representative of that Sovereign, William IV.,
1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 6-8:Na oure gladès ana whilke we dellt wi' mattoke, an zing t'oure caulès wi plou,- In our valleys where we were digging with the spade, or as we whistled to our horses in the plough,
1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 11-12:w'oul daie an ercha daie, our meines an oure gurles, praie var long an happie zins,- we will daily and every day, our wives and our children, implore long and happy days,
1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 12-14:shorne o'lournagh an ee-vilt wi benisons, an yerzel an oure gude Zovereine,- free from melancholy and full of blessings, for yourself and our good Sovereign,
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 114