awber

Scots

Alternative forms

aaber, abir

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse afberja.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑːbər/

Verb

awber (third-person singular present awbers, present participle awberin, past awbert, past participle awbert)

(Orkney) to thresh corn partially.

Noun

awber (plural awbers)

(Orkney) sheaf of grain half-threshed.

References

“awber, v.,n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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