oyr

IPA^(key): [oːr]

From Old Irish óre, hóre, from Latin hōra (“hour”), ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, season, year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”). Cognate with Irish óir and Scottish Gaelic oir.

oyr m (genitive singular oyr, plural oyryn)

1. reason, cause
2. incentive, motive
3. matter
4. occasion

• (reason, cause): fa

• cre'n oyr
• er-yn-oyr
• gyn fa gyn oyr

• IPA^(key): /oˈiɾ/

oyr

1. Alternative form of ouir
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 69 (facsimile):

     Como ſ[ant]a M[aria] fez oyr e falar o que era ſordo e mudo en Toledo.

     How Holy Mary made the deaf-mute hear and speak in Toledo.

• Galician: oír