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yr

UK/yːr/ rare

noun

1.

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

  • “she is 4 years old”
  • “in the year 1920”
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Origin

Learned borrowing from Old English ȳr, the literal translation of which is uncertain: perhaps “yew” or “bow (made of yew)”, based on Old Norse ýr.

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