English Explanatory Dictionary

wor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

det
  1. Our.
verb
  1. Was; were.

Pronunciation

/wɔː/ En-uk-war.ogg /wɐ/ /wə/

Word forms

wor

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.

Derived words

wor kid wor lass
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