wor

动词 v. 限定词 det.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. Was; were. East-Midlands,Northern-England,West-Country,dialectal
    — “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.
限定词 det.
  1. Our. Geordie
    — If ye gannin oot the neet ye betta tell wor Jimmy.

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
From an altered pronunciation of was.
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