owr

Cornish

Chemical element
Au
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Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *awr, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin aurum. Compare Welsh awr, aur, Breton aour.

Pronunciation

Noun

owr m

  1. gold

Derived terms

  • kesten owr (“golden chestnuts”)
  • owr an bobba (“fool's gold, pyrite”)
  • owraval (“orange (fruit)”)
  • owrbysk (“goldfish”)
  • owrek (“golden”)
  • owrgi (“jackal”)

Yola

Preposition

owr

  1. alternative form of ower
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 21-23:
      Ye pace——yea, we mai zei, ye vaste pace whilke bee ee-stent owr ye londe zince th'ast ee-cam,
      The peace——yes, we may say the profound peace—which overspreads the land since your arrival,

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, published 1867, page 114
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