ower

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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English owere, oȝere, awer, equivalent to owe +‎ -er.

Noun

ower (plural owers)

  1. A person who owes something, especially money.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English ower, a variant of Middle English over. Compare Scots ower (“over”), English o'er (“over”). More at over.

Preposition

ower

  1. (Geordie) over
    Get ower thor noo!

Adverb

ower (not comparable)

  1. (Geordie) over
    She's ower canny hor, like

Adjective

ower (not comparable)

  1. (Geordie) overly, too
    Thats ower much that!

References

  • 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

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

Adverb

ower

  1. Alternative form of awer

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

ower

  1. Alternative form of houre

Etymology 2

Determiner

ower

  1. (chiefly Early Middle English) Alternative form of your

Scots

Adverb

ower (not comparable)

  1. (South Scots) over
    If ee gaun ower the hill ee'll sei eet.
    If he gone over the hill, he will see it.

Adjective

ower (not comparable)

  1. (South Scots) too
    That's ower much for mei, like!
    That's too much for me, like!

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English over, from Old English ofer, from Proto-West Germanic *obar.

Pronunciation

Preposition

ower

  1. over

Derived terms

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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