Etymology

wor

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Today it means: Our. Full definition →

Old Norse várr
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wor · determiner1

  1. Old Norse · derived fromvárr“our”
  2. English todaywor

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.

wor · verb2

From an altered pronunciation of was.

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