e'er

== English == === Etymology === Contraction of ever, similar to o'er from over. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛə/, /ˈɛʔə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɛɚ/, /ˈɛʔɚ/ Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Homophones: air, Ayr, ere, eyre, heir, are (unit of measurement); err (one pronunciation) === Adverb === e'er (not comparable) (dialectal or poetic, otherwise archaic) Contraction of ever. === See also === ne'er ne'er-do-well whene'er where'er === Anagrams === 'ere, Ere, REE, Ree, ere, ree == Yola == === Adverb === e'er alternative form of eyver === 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