Owe

OWE, v. and adj. Var. dial. forms and uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng. Also written ow Cum.1; and in forms aa Sc. Nhb.1 Cum.1; aw Sh.I. Cum.4 Wm. n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2; awe Dur.1 s.Dur. Cum.2 n.Yks.1 n.Yks.4 ne.Yks.1 m.Yks.1; o' m.Yks.1; oa Cum.1; ou Nhb.1 [ou, ǭ, ā.] I. Dial. forms. 1. Preterite: (1) Aad, (2) Awd, (3) Awed, (4) Eught, (5) Ew, (6) Ewe, (7) Ewet, (8) Ewt, (9) Hewt, (10) Owe, (11) Owt. (1) Cai.1 (2) Abd. Cash colleckin' Frae country customers wha aw'd them, Anderson Poems (ed. 1826) 41. (3) m.Yks.1 (4) w.Yks. Brooke Tracts Gl.; w.Yks.1 He eught me five shillings. (5) Nrf. N. & Q. (1888) 7th S. vi. 295. Suf. I thought they ew us five pounds, Raven Hist. Suf. (1895) 260. (6) m.Yks.1 e.An.1 He ewe me sixpence. Nrf. (W.P.E.); N. & Q. (1891) 7th S. xii. 106. Suf. I never ewe anyone anything (C.G.B.); Suf.1 He ewe me five pound. (7) n.Lin. Sutton Wds. (1881). (8) n.Lin.1, e.An.2 (9) n.Lin.1 He hewt his sarvant chaps o'must a year waage. (10) Suf. Raven Hist. Suf. (1895) 260. (11) n.Yks.2 2. Pp.: (1) Aan, (2) Awen, (3) Awn, (4) Ewe, (5) Ewt, (6) Own. (1) Cai.1 (2) m.Yks.1 (3) n.Yks.2 I hae neea awn brass te come in. (4) e.Suf. (F.H.) (5) e.Yks.1 (6) e.An.2 II. Dial. uses. 1. v. In phr. to owe it on to, to lay the blame upon. Wor. He owed it on to that (W.C.B.). 2. To own, possess; to have belonging to one. Sh.I. Gibbie aws da half o' him wi' mi midder, Sh. News (Dec. 18, 1898); Is doo niver heard 'at dem 'at aws da coo min geng nearest his tail? Sh. News (July 24, 1897). Ir. You'll be a credit to them that owes you, Carleton Traits Peas. (ed. 1843) 95. Uls. Lord help the poor woman that owes you, Uls. Jrn. Arch. (1858) VI. 41. n.Cy. (J. Losh 1783); N.Cy.1 Cum.1 Who oa's this? n.Yks.1 n.Yks.4 m.Yks. Let ta awe ta, an' ta tither [let the one person own, or possess the one, and the other person the remaining one] (C.C.R.). w.Yks. He owes an house, Watson Hist. Hlfx. (1775) 544; w.Yks.1 Whea owes this? w.Yks.4 e.An.1 Mr. Brown owes that farm. Nrf. The man owes several cottages (W.H.); Yow ewe that black hoss a sort of years (W.P.E.). Suf. Mr. Smith owe that there little farm now, Raven Hist. Suf. (1895) 260; (C.T.); Suf.1 ‘Hue owe that there hoss?’ ‘Mr. Johnson he owe it.’ w.Cy. He do owe it, Longman's Mag. (Apr. 1898) 544. Hence (1) who's owe or who's owes? phr. who owns? to whom belongs? (2) who's was owe? phr. who owned? to whom belonged? See Awe. (1) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 193. n.Ir. N. & Q. (1873) 4th S. xii. 159. Nhb.1, Dur.1 s.Dur. Whe's awe't? (J.E.D.) Cum.2 Cum.4 Wm. Sullivan Cum. and Wm. (1857) 98. Yks. Weäse owe they tweä kye? Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Dec. 20, 1890). n.Yks. Wheea's ow't? (T.S.); n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2, ne.Yks.1 m.Yks. Who's owes he? (C.C.R.); m.Yks.1 (2) Sc. Quheae was aa thys hoose afuore yee bowcht it? Murray Dial. (1873) 193. 3. adj. Indebted, owing. Abd. I am owe, Sir, mony a pound To ither fouk, Anderson

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OWE, OWER, see Ewe, sb.1, Over