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▪ I. ourn, poss. pron. dial. (aʊən) Also 5 ouren, ourun. [f. our poss. pron., as in hern, etc., app. by form-association with my, mine, thy, thine: see hisn. These -n forms are midland and southern.] = ours.c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 154 His conversacioun is in hevene, as ouren shulden be. 1382 ― G...
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East Midlands English
Personal and possessive pronouns
Personal pronouns differ from standard English as follows:
Example: It eent theirn; it's ourn!
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theirn
theirn a midl., south., and U.S. dial. form for theirs, on the analogy of ourn, yourn, hisn, hern. See also Eng. Dial. Dict.1836 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. x. 50 When other folks lost theirn from the boys, hisn always hung there like bait to a hook. 1896 ‘Mark Twain’ in Harper's Mag. Sept....
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Appalachian English
The possessive absolutive forms, Standard yours, his, hers, theirs, and ours appear as yourn, hisn, hern, theirn, and ourn.
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Henry Huttleston Rogers
I thought it was one of ourn. It looked like one we used to have, but it shan't occur again, and don't you worry.
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yourn
yourn, poss. pron. dial. (jʊən) Also 4 ȝouren, 9 your'n. [f. your + -n as in hern, hisn, ourn, q.v.] = yours.1382 Wyclif Gen. xxxiv. 16 Thanne we shulen ȝyue and take togidere our dowȝtris and ȝouren. 1825 Jennings Obs. Dial. W. Eng., Yourn, yours. 1837 Dickens Pickw. xxiii, Sam..replied that his ma...
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urne
▪ I. urne dial. var. ourn poss. pron.▪ II. urne s.w. dial. var. run v.
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testor
▪ I. † ˈtestor Obs. rare. [f. test v.1 + -or 2 d.] One who testifies; a witness.1570 Levins Manip. 170/37 A Testor, testator, -oris. 1621 Burton Anat. Mel. iii. iv. ii. iii, Conscience..a continual testor to give in evidence, to empanel a jury to examine us, to..cry guilty.▪ II. testor, -orne, -ourn...
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his'n
hisn, his'n, absol. poss. pron. dial. (ˈhɪz(ə)n) Also 5 hysene, 6 hizzen, 20 hissn. [f. his poss. pron., analogous to hern, ourn, yourn, theirn, apparently by form-association with my, mine, thy, thine, earlier m{iacu}, m{iacu}n, th{iacu}, th{iacu}n, in which the -n distinguishes the absolute from t...
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ours
ours, poss. pron. (aʊəz) Forms: 4 ures, uris, urs, ors, 4–6 ouris, 4–5 ourys, owres, 5–6 oures, owris, 5 ourez, 7–9 our's, 4– ours. [In form a double possessive, f. poss. pron. ur, ure, our + -es (cf. hers, yours, theirs); of northern origin: cf. the midl. and southern ouren, ourn; and see our poss....
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ourne
▪ I. † orn, ourn(e, v. Obs. [ME. ourne corresponds in form to an OF. *ourner:—L. ornāre to fit out, equip, adorn; but as the simple vb. is not cited in OF., which had the compound aourner (see adorn), the ME. word was app. either an aphetic form of aourne, or directly from L. with the vowel conforme...
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hern
▪ I. hern, hirn, n. Chiefly Sc. (in form hirn, hyrn) or dial. after 1500. (hɜːn) Forms: 1–6, 9 dial. hyrne, 3–5 (also 9 dial.) hurne, herne, 3–6 hirne, (3 huyrne, 4 huir(e)ne, heorne, 5 hierne, hyerne, heerne, h(e)yron, heryn), 5–6 hyrn, 5–8 hirn. [OE. hyrne wk. fem. = OFris. herne, ON. hyrna (Da. h...
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