oure

Middle English

Alternative forms

• our, ouer, ouwer, houre, hour, oyur, ouȝr, owre, ure, ur, urre, urr, hure, hur, wre, wr, vure, vur, ore, hore, ura

Etymology 1

From Old English ure, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz. Compare Middle Dutch onse and Middle High German unser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːr(ə)/
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /ˈur(ə)/

Determiner

oure (nominative pronoun we)

1. our
2. my, mine (This is equivalent to Modern English "royal we", but is also used informally).

Descendants

• English: our
• Scots: oor, wir

References

• “ǒure (pron.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.

Alternative forms

• ore

Etymology 2

From Old English ūr (“aurochs”), from Proto-Germanic *ūraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːr/

Noun

oure

2. (rare) aurochs

Descendants

• English: owre (obsolete)

References

• “ǒure (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.

Etymology 3

From Anglo-Norman houre.

Noun

oure

1. Alternative form of houre

Etymology 4

Determiner

oure

1. Alternative form of youre

References

• “your (pron.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 May 2018.