yourn

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yourn

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)n

Where it comes from

From Middle English youren. Displaced in standard speech by the -s form, yours. See also ourn, hern. Cognate with West Flemish joen (“yourn”).

pronoun your'n

Appalachia, especially Yours. When I was a hired-out shepherd in a solitary hut, not seeing no faces but faces of sheep till I half forgot wot men's and women's faces wos like, I see yourn.

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@misc{yourn_2026,
  title = {yourn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yourn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}