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ower

See also: ower- and Ower

English

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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ower (plural owers)

  1. A person who owes something, especially money.
Translations
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Etymology 2

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

Preposition

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ower

  1. (Geordie) over
    Get ower thor noo!

Adverb

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ower (not comparable)

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

Adjective

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ower (not comparable)

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

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Anagrams

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Luxembourgish

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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ower

  1. Alternative form of awer

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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ower

  1. Alternative form of houre

Etymology 2

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Determiner

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ower

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

Scots

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Adverb

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ower (not comparable)

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

Adjective

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ower (not comparable)

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

Yola

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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ower

  1. over

Derived terms

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References

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  • 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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