English

Prefix

or-

1. (no longer productive) A prefix of Old English origin meaning: "from the outset", "original", "out", "out of", or "without".

   ordalian, ordeal, orlay, ort

Derived terms

References

• or- in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch ur-, or-, from Proto-Germanic *uz-.

Prefix

or-

1. A prefix with a variety of meanings, but originally meaning "out" or "original".

Derived terms

Old English

Alternative forms

• a-, ā-, ur-, ǣ-

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uz- ‎(“out”), from unstressed Proto-Indo-European *uss-, from *uds- ‎(“up, out”). Cognate with Old High German ur-, ir-, ar-, er-. More at out.

Prefix

or-

1. original; denotes origin
2. former
3. -ex, out of
4. Without, lacking
5. causing deprivation, privative

Derived terms

• oreald
• ordāl ‎(“ordeal, a dealing out (of judgement)”)
• orblēde ‎(“without blood, bloodless”)
• orsorg ‎(“without care, confident, worriless”)
• orwēne ‎(“without hope, hopeless”)