owt
Anything — northern shorthand you'll hear from Newcastle to Yorkshire.
Definitions
Anything. Northern English contraction of 'aught'. Pairs with its twin 'nowt' (nothing). Heard across Geordie, Yorkshire and Lancashire — slot it in wherever 'anything' would go.
owt In A Sentence
Origin & Usage
From Old English 'āwiht' (anything), surviving in northern dialects long after standard English moved on.
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