ouer

English

Preposition

ouer

1. Early Modern spelling of over.

Anagrams

• Euro, Euro-, euro, roué, ureo-

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈœʊ̯ər]

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• Hyphenation: ou‧er
• Rhymes: -œʊ̯ər

Etymology 1

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Noun

ouer (plural ouers, diminutive ouertjie)

1. parent, father or mother

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ouer

1. comparative predicative and attributive form of oud (“old”)
   • 1923, Willem Blommaert, C. K. Brain, Raymond William Wilcocks, editors, Annale van die Uniwersiteit van Stellenbosch‎^[1], page 22:

     Dit is ’n groot organisasie waaraan die oorweënde meerderheid van wynboere in die Westelike Kaapprovinsie behoort, onder wie ook die lede van die klompie ouer koöperatiewe wynmakerye. Dit sit egter nie die ouer tradiesie voort nie, daar dit nie die maak van wyn vir sy lede onderneem nie; ofskoon dit sedert ’n ruk stokerye in die Pêrel en op Stellenbosch besit.

     This is a large organisation to which the vast majority of wine farmers in the Western Cape Province belong, including the members of the few older cooperative wineries. It does not, however, continue the older tradition, as it does not undertake the making of wine for its members; although it has for some time owned distilleries in the Pearl and at Stellenbosch.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

ouer

1. alternative form of oure

Etymology 2

Determiner

ouer

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

Old English

Preposition

ouer

1. alternative form of ofer