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wor

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/wɔː/

Etymology

Likely ultimately a borrowing into Northumbrian Old English from Old Norse várr (“our”) (from the same Proto-Germanic root *unseraz that produced Standard English our). Compare Scots wir.

  1. derived from várr

Definitions

  1. Our.

    • If ye gannin oot the neet ye betta tell wor Jimmy.

  2. Was

    Was; were.

    • “I’ll bet ’er wor a toe-rag,” said Morel, following up his joke. ¶ “Don’t you be so cheeky about a queen,” said Annie.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for wor. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA