ower

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English owere, oȝere, awer, equivalent to owe +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== ower (plural owers) 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. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Northumbria) IPA(key): /aʊæ/ ==== Preposition ==== ower (Geordie) over ==== Adverb ==== ower (not comparable) (Geordie) over She's ower canny hor, like ==== Adjective ==== ower (not comparable) (Geordie) overly, too ==== References ==== Frank Graham, editor (1987), “OWER”, in The New Geordie Dictionary, Rothbury, Northumberland: Butler Publishing, →ISBN. Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “ower”, in A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Northumbria University Press, →ISBN. Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4 === Anagrams === wore, Rowe, owre, Wroe, wero, WORE == Luxembourgish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈoːvɐ/ === Adverb === ower alternative form of awer == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== ower alternative form of houre === Etymology 2 === ==== Determiner ==== ower (chiefly Early Middle English) alternative form of your == Scots == === Adverb === ower (not comparable) (Southern Scots) over === Adjective === ower (not comparable) (Southern Scots) too === References === “ower, prep., adv., adj., v., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. == Yola == === Alternative forms === owr, oer === Etymology === From Middle English over, from Old English ofer, from Proto-West Germanic *obar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /uːr/, /ɔːr/ Homophone: oor === Preposition === ower over ==== Derived terms ==== yeeoure === 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