yr

A letter of the Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet, ᚣ, representing the vowel sounds /y/ and /yː/ in Old English.

Contraction

  1. Contraction of you + are.

Determiner

  1. Abbreviation of your.
    • Got yr card. Problem is: don't have yr address! Wd love to see you. Write w/number! xo Jeremy. - 1985 December 7, “Albert in NYC (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 21, page 13:
    • On her street he reached into his pocket, pulled out his phone and typed: On yr St. U free? The answer came back: Door open. - 2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 136:

Noun abbreviation, alt of

  1. Abbreviation of year.

    Related: y mul:a

Forms

yrs

Noun Entry 4

  1. A letter of the Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet, ᚣ, representing the vowel sounds /y/ and /yː/ in Old English.

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.