A British dialect exclamation expressing surprise, shock, or mild oath; variant of 'lord'.
A dialectal pronunciation and spelling of 'Lord', originally used as a mild oath or exclamation. It's a phonetic spelling that reflects how 'Lord' was pronounced in certain English dialects.
Regional dialects preserve pronunciation patterns that were once more common but have changed in standard English—'lor' is a window into how medieval and early modern speakers actually pronounced words. Dialect words can act like linguistic fossils, showing us the sound systems of the past.
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