different between ower vs fower

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 1

From fow.

Noun

fower (plural fowers)

1. (Early Modern English, obsolete) One who cleans (fows), as in cooking utensils or house maintenance.

Etymology 2

Middle English four, fower, from Old English f?ower. In the NATO phonetic alphabet, the two-syllable pronunciation avoids confusion with other digits.

Numeral

fower

1. (Tyneside) four

Noun

fower (uncountable)

1. The digit 4 in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

Middle English

Numeral

fower

1. Alternative form of four

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English fower, from Old English fe?wer, from Proto-Germanic *fedw?r, from Proto-Indo-European *k?etwóres.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [f?ur], [?f?u?r]
• (Southwestern Scotland) IPA^(key): [fuwr]

Numeral

fower

1. four

Derived terms

• fowert (“fourth”)

References

• Scots-English Dictionary on Scots Wikipedia