oer

== 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 === === Noun === oer n (uncountable, no diminutive) ferrous ground, sand clotted by iron(III) oxide, bog iron ore ==== Synonyms ==== ijzeroer ==== Derived terms ==== oerbank === 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 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 === (North Wales) IPA(key): /oːɨ̯r/ (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɔi̯r/ (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /oːr/ Rhymes: -oːɨ̯r === Adjective === oer (feminine singular oer, plural oerion, equative oered, comparative oerach, superlative oeraf) cold ==== Derived terms ==== digon oer i sythu brain (“cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey”, literally “cold enough to stiffen crows”) iasoer (“chilly”) oeri (“to cool, to get cold”) oerfel (“cold”) === Mutation === === Further reading === Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “cold”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “oer”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin 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 === IPA(key): /uə̯r/ === Preposition === oer over, across about, concerning on, upon ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Further reading ==== “oer (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011 == Yola == === Preposition === oer alternative form of ower === 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