different between ower vs dower

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English owere, o?ere, awer, equivalent to owe +? -er.

Noun

ower (plural owers)

1. A person who owes something, especially money.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English ower, a variant of Middle English over. Compare Scots ower (“over”), English o'er (“over”). More at over.

Preposition

ower

1. (Tyneside) over

   Get ower thor noo!

Adverb

ower (not comparable)

1. (Tyneside) over

   She's ower canny hor, like

Adjective

ower (not comparable)

1. (Tyneside) overly, too

   Thats ower much that!

References

• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4

Anagrams

• Rowe, WORE, owre, wore

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?v?/

Adverb

ower

1. Alternative form of awer

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

ower

1. Alternative form of houre

Etymology 2

Determiner

ower

1. (chiefly early) Alternative form of youre

References

• “your, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 May 2018.

Scots

Adverb

ower (not comparable)

1. (South Scots) over

   If ee gaun ower the hill ee'll sei eet.

   If he gone over the hill, he will see it.

Adjective

ower (not comparable)

1. (South Scots) too

   That's ower much for mei, like!

   That's too much for me, like!

Yola

Alternative forms

• oer

Etymology

From Middle English over, from Old English ofer, from Proto-West Germanic *obar.

Preposition

ower

1. over

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , 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, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Etymology

From Middle English dower, dowere, from Old French doeire, from Medieval Latin d?t?rium, from Latin d?s.

Pronunciation

• enPR: dau?-?r, IPA^(key): /?da?.??/
• (UK) IPA^(key): [?da?.?(?)]
• (US) IPA^(key): [?da?.?]
• Rhymes: -a?.?(?)
• Homophone: dour (for some speakers)

Noun

dower (plural dowers)

1. (law) The part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate.
2. (law) Property given by a groom directly to his bride at or before their wedding in order to legitimize the marriage; dowry.
   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 3 scene 1

     […] how features are abroad, / I am skill-less of; but, by my modesty,— / The jewel in my dower,—I would not wish / Any companion in the world but you […]
3. (obsolete) That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
   • c. 1600, John Davies, The Dignity of Man

     How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower!

   • 1793, William Wordsworth, Descriptive Sketches

     Man in his primeval dower arrayed.

Antonyms

• curtesy

Related terms

Translations

See also

• bride price
• dower on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

dower (third-person singular simple present dowers, present participle dowering, simple past and past participle dowered)

1. To give a dower or dowry.
2. To endow.

Anagrams

• e-word, rowed, worde

Middle English

Alternative forms

• dowere, douweer, dowaire, dowaire, dowayr, douere

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French doeire, from Medieval Latin d?t?rium; equivalent to dowen +? -er. Doublet of dowarye.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du????r(?)/, /?du??r(?)/

Noun

dower (plural dowers)

1. A dower; a life estate of a male spouse's property.
2. (rare) A gift given by the bride's family to the groom or his relatives; dowry.
3. (rare, figuratively) A intrinsic or inherent property or attribute.
4. (rare, astrology) A portion of the world under the domination of a particular star sign.

Descendants

• English: dower
• Scots: dower

References

• “d?u??r(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-12.