eare

English

Noun

eare (plural eares)

1. Archaic spelling of ear.

Anagrams

• aere

Middle English

Noun

eare

1. alternative form of ere (“ear”)

Old English

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Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

Cognate with Old Frisian āre, Old Saxon ōra, Old Dutch ōra, Old High German ōra, Old Norse eyra, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉 (ausō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑː.re/

Noun

ēare n (nominative plural ēaran)

1. ear (organ of hearing)
   • 11th century, Against a dwarf:

     Þænne eft þæt galdor, þæt hēr æfter cweð, man sċeal singan, ǣrest on þæt wynstre ēare, þænne on þæt swīðre ēare, þænne hūfan þæs mannes moldan.

     Then afterwards, the spell, that will be spoken hereafter, one should sing at first in the left ear, then in the right ear, then to the top of man's earth.

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	ēare	ēaran
accusative	ēare	ēaran
genitive	ēaran	ēarena
dative	ēaran	ēarum

Descendants

• Middle English: ere, eare, eere, eyr, ȝhere, here, ire, yere
  • English: ear
    • Tok Pisin: ia
  • Scots: ear

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German êren, from Old Saxon ērōn.

Verb

eare

1. to honour, to dignify
2. to venerate, to revere

Related terms

• Ea

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian āria, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀēn (“to honor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪə̯rə/

Noun

eare c (no plural)

1. honour

Further reading

• “eare (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011