oures

oures

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ours, ouris, owrs, owres, ourez, owrys, ures, urs

Etymology

From oure +‎ -es.

Pronoun

oures (nominative we)

1. First-person plural genitive pronoun: ours.
2. Used determinatively when following the modified noun: our.
   • 1400 Cursor Mundi.

     For-giue us, fader, dettes ours.

Synonyms

• ouren

Descendants

• English: ours

References

• “oures, (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 May 2018.