eare

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English

Noun

eare (plural eares)

  1. Archaic spelling of ear.

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

eāre

  1. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of eō

Middle English

Noun

eare

  1. Alternative form of ere (“ear”)

Old English

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

Noun

ēare n (nominative plural ēaran)

  1. ear (organ of hearing)

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

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

eare c (no plural)

  1. honour

Further reading

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