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wor.

Our.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

det/wɔː//wɐ//wə/
  1. Our.

    Geordie
    If ye gannin oot the neet ye betta tell wor Jimmy.
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/wɔː//wɐ//wə/
  1. Was; were.

    East-Midlands · Northern-England · West-Country · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From an altered pronunciation of was.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.