yure – English noun declension

English noun forms of yure

Noun: yure
Singularyure
Pluralyures

Sample Sentences

  • Aw know'd him when his yure stickt out at top ov his hat; and his shurt would ha' hanged eawt beheend, too,--like a Wigan lantron,--iv he'd had a shurt. [1862, Edwin Waugh, Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine:]
  • Her skin wor all a deep blue black, / Her yure, a dark braan red. [1898, John Hartley, Yorkshire Lyrics:]

Etymology

From Middle English ȝowre, from Old Norse júr, júgr (“udder”), from Proto-Germanic *eudarą, *ūdarą. More at udder. See: Middle English Nouns 'ȝowre', Old Norse Nouns 'júr'.