Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yure

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yure
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

det

Pronunciation spelling of your.

noun

Uncountable

noun

British usage

Example Sentences

"I've heard of yure old lot."
"But as soone as you can come to yure loving own girl--ROBINA.""
"Aw know'd him when his yure stickt out at top ov his hat; and his shurt would ha' hanged eawt beheend, too,--like a Wigan lantron,--iv he'd had a shurt."
"Her skin wor all a deep blue black, / Her yure, a dark braan red."

Etymology

From Middle English ȝowre, from Old Norse júr, júgr (“udder”), from Proto-Germanic *eudarą, *ūdarą. More at udder.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: ȝowre, júr, *eudarą

Usage

Uncountable
British usage

Inflected Forms

yures (plural) ewer (alternative) ure (alternative)

Questions

What does yure mean?: Pronunciation spelling of your.
Where does yure come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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