owt

From Old English āuht, āuhtes; see aught.

• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /aʊt/

  Homophone: out

• Rhymes: -aʊt
• (Midlands) IPA^(key): /əʊt/

  Homophone: oat

• Rhymes: -əʊt

owt

1. (Northern England) aught, anything
   • 2024 July 14, Rachel Hall, “‘I’ve never seen owt like it’: England fans in Benidorm in high spirits before Euro final”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     “I’ve never seen owt like it,” said Hancox. “There were flags everywhere, people on people’s shoulders, crowdsurfing. It was like human Jenga.”

   • 2025, “The Hymn of the North”, in Jarvis Cocker (lyrics), More, performed by Pulp:

     You can fill your life with love / You can fill your life with owt / You can fill your lifе with food and drink / Or whatever floats your boat

owt (uncountable)

1. (Northern England) anything

owt (not comparable)

1. (Northern England) anything

• nowt

• Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “owt”, in A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Northumbria University Press, →ISBN.
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[2]

• OTW, TOW, Tow, WTO, tow, two, wot

owt

1. alternative form of ocht

• “ocht, n., pron., adj., adv.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.