"or" meaning in Middle English

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Determiner

Head templates: {{head|enm|determiners}} or
  1. (chiefly Early Middle English and West Midland) Alternative form of here (“their”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: here (extra: their)
    Sense id: en-or-enm-det-489OzY1b Categories (other): Early Middle English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Determiner

Head templates: {{head|enm|determiners}} or
  1. Alternative form of your Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: your
    Sense id: en-or-enm-det-7u~fH9fk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Noun

IPA: /oːr/
Etymology: Inherited from Old English ōr, from Proto-West Germanic *ōʀ, from Proto-Germanic *ōsaz, form Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (“mouth”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|ōr|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English ōr, {{inh+|enm|ang|ōr}} Inherited from Old English ōr, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*ōʀ}} Proto-West Germanic *ōʀ, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*ōsaz}} Proto-Germanic *ōsaz, {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*h₃éh₁os|t=mouth}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (“mouth”) Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns}} or
  1. (Early Middle English, hapax) beginning, start Tags: Early-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-or-enm-noun-6aPwyslj Categories (other): Early Middle English, Middle English hapax legomena, Middle English determiners, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, West Midland Middle English Disambiguation of Middle English determiners: 19 12 40 19 11 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 17 15 36 18 14 Disambiguation of West Midland Middle English: 18 11 41 21 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns}} or
  1. Alternative form of ore (“honour”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: ore (extra: honour)
    Sense id: en-or-enm-noun-VHPUUD0D
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns}} or
  1. Alternative form of ore (“ore”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: ore (extra: ore)
    Sense id: en-or-enm-noun-WtpVWoKZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4
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Download raw JSONL data for or meaning in Middle English (4.7kB)

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