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† ourwhere, ouerwhere, adv. Obs.
Forms: 4 our, ouþer-, our-, or-quar(e; awre-, aure-quare, aure quere, 4–5 ouerwhere, owerwhere, -whare, ourwhar(e; 5 owr-qwher, awre where.
[A reduction of outherwhere, autherwhere, f. outher + where, the contraction being the same as in outher, our, ather, ar, either, er, other, or, whether, wher. The etymological sense was thus ‘either-where’, i.e. ‘either one where or the other’, ‘somewhere or other’, and thus at length = owhere anywhere.
It is possible that our- or ouer- was later associated with over, and so with such combinations as overall, overall-where, whence perh. sense b; but the northern forms in awre-, aure-, could be derived only from awther.]
Anywhere; = owhere.
a1300Cursor M. 1837 (Cott.) Þe heiest fell þat was our⁓quare [Fairf. awre-quare, Gö tt. aware, Tr. owhore]. Ibid. 11795 (Cott.) Was noght a temple or-quar in tun. Ibid. 14570 (Gött.) Þe freindes þat we haue ouþerquar [F. aure⁓quare, C. our-quar, Tr. elles where]. Ibid. 15184 (Gött.) Sal we ȝuu ani paskes dight ouþerquar [F. aure-quere, C. our-quar, Tr. o where] in land? 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 4339 Under erthe, or ourwar elles. Ibid. 6983 In helle..or ourwhare elles. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) vii. 25 Þe fairest smaragdes þat er ower whare. 1435Misyn Fire of Love 46 If any slike be lifand owr-qwher in flesch. c1460Towneley Myst. xxvii. 127 Is ther fallen any affray In land awre whare?
b. Everywhere.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace Prol. 107 Alle þat þai wild ouerwhere. c1425Found. St. Bartholomew's (E.E.T.S.) 20 To his seruyce I shall me subdew Ouerwher' calle hym and preche hym my lorde. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 394 The child looked here and þare, On þe cowe aboute our whare. |