oures

Middle English

Alternative forms

ours, ouris, owrs, owres, ourez, owrys, ures, urs

Etymology

From oure +‎ -es.

Pronoun

oures (nominative we)

First-person plural genitive pronoun: ours.
Used determinatively when following the modified noun: our.
- 1400 Cursor Mundi.
  For-giue us, fader, dettes ours.

Synonyms

ouren

Descendants

English: ours

References

“oures, (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 May 2018.

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