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Outen vs Oaten - What's the difference?

outen | oaten |

As adjectives the difference between outen and oaten

is that outen is being from without; strange; foreign; fremd; peculiar while oaten is made of oats.

As a preposition outen

is out; out of; out from.

As a verb outen

is to put out; extinguish.

outen

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) outen, uten, from (etyl) . More at (l).

Preposition

(English prepositions)
  • (archaic, or, dialectal) Out; out of; out from.
  • :* {{quote-book
  • , year=1914 , year_published=2009 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=Edgar Rice Burrows , title=The Mucker , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=so if any of you ginks are me frien's yeh better keep outen here so's yeh won't get hurted. }}

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (chiefly, dialectal) Being from without; strange; foreign; fremd; peculiar.
  • an outen man
    Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (transitive, chiefly, dialectal) To put out; extinguish.
  • outen the light
    ----

    oaten

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Made of oats