worとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

Likely ultimately a borrowing into Northumbrian 古期英語 from Old Norse várr (“our”) (from the same Proto-Germanic root *unseraz that produced Standard English our). Compare Scots wir.

限定詞

wor

1. (Geordie) Our.

   If ye gannin oot the neet ye betta tell wor Jimmy.

使用する際の注意点

• Used primarily with family members or close friends of a family.

派生語

• wor kid (Geordie)
• wor lass (Geordie)

語源 2

From an altered pronunciation of was.

動詞

wor

1. (dialect, Northern England, East Midlands, West Country) Was; were.
   • 1913, D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin Lawrence Edition, Penguin, published 1994, →ISBN, page 213:

     “I’ll bet ’er wor a toe-rag,” said Morel, following up his joke. ¶ “Don’t you be so cheeky about a queen,” said Annie.

アナグラム

• Row, ORW, row, ROW

語源

From 古期英語 wār, from Proto-West Germanic *wair.

発音

• IPA: /ˈwɔːr(ə)/

名詞

wor (uncountable)

1. The seashore, beach; sand (on a seashore).
2. seaweed (in sewor)

派生した語

• English: ware
• Scots: ware
• Yola: wore

参照

• “wōr(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.