oer
See also: oer-, o'er, Oër, ör, and -ör
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Low German Uur, from Proto-Germanic *ōra, *ūra- (“ferriferous sand”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)wūr-. However, compare Irish úir (“soil, earth”) and Proto-Germanic *auraz (“wet earth, sand, mud”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
oer n (uncountable)
- ferrous ground, sand clotted by iron(III) oxide, bog iron ore
Synonyms
- ijzeroer
Derived terms
- oerbank
References
- Guus Kroonen, “Reflections on the o/zero-Ablaut in the Germanic Iterative Verbs”, in The Indo-European Verb: Proceedings of the Conference of the Society for Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles, 13-15 September 2010, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2012
Middle English
Noun
oer
- Alternative form of ore (“ore”)
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *ougros (compare Old Irish úar), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewǵ- (compare Old Armenian ոյծ (oyc)).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /oːɨ̯r/
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɔi̯r/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /oːr/
- Rhymes: -oːɨ̯r
Adjective
oer (feminine singular oer, plural oerion, equative oered, comparative oerach, superlative oeraf)
- cold
- Mae hi’n oer tu allan.
- It’s cold outside.
Derived terms
- oeri (“to cool, to get cold”)
- oerfel (“cold”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| oer | unchanged | unchanged | hoer |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian over, from Proto-Germanic *uber.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uə̯r/
Preposition
oer
- over, across
- oer lân of oer see
- over land or over sea
- about, concerning
- ynformaasje oer rinnende saken
- information concerning current events
- on, upon
Derived terms
- oersette
- oerwurk
Further reading
- “oer (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Yola
Preposition
oer
- Alternative form of ower
References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 60