wor

W4O1R1
/wɔː/unstressed/wɐ/unstressed/wə/

determiner

Our.

“If ye gannin oot the neet ye betta tell wor Jimmy.”

OriginOld Norse várr →
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Meanings

wor1

determiner
  1. GeordieOur.

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

wor2

verb
  1. East MidlandsNorthern EnglandWest CountrydialectalWas; 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.

    1913, D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin Lawrence Edition, Penguin, published 1994, →ISBN, page 213

Origin

wor · determiner

  1. Old Norsevárr“our”
  2. Englishwor

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.

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wor · verb

From an altered pronunciation of was.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with wor

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Anagrams

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APA

wor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wor

MLA

“wor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wor. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wor.

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