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Old English · noun

or

Normalised ōr

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /oːr/
Syllables: oːr (1 syllable)
Modern English: origin vanguard front beginning

Meaning

origin, beginning
front, vanguard

Declension

Declension of or
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ōr	ōr
Accusative	ōr	ōr
Genitive	ōres	ōra
Dative	ōre	ōrum

All forms (5)

ōr
ōres
ōra
ōre
ōrum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ōʀ, from Proto-Germanic *ōzą, *ōsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (“mouth”).

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