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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse æra, from Middle Low German ere.
Pronunciation
Noun
ære c (singular definite æren, not used in plural form)
- honor
Inflection
Derived terms
Verb
ære (imperative ær, infinitive at ære, present tense ærer, past tense ærede, perfect tense æret)
- to honor
Conjugation
Further reading
French
Noun
ære f (plural æres)
- Obsolete form of ère.
1656, Cesare Baronio, Le Corps des Annales Sacrees et Ecclesiastiqves, page 378:Enfin l’on collige aſſurement par l’ære , ou nombre des années depuis Nabonaſſar , que Cyrus auoit commencé de regner long‐temps auparauant qu’il euſt acquis l’Empire , en ce que Ptolemée b tenant qu l’an ſeptiéme de Cambyſes a eſté le deux cens vingt‐cinquiéme des Nabonaſſar, & par conſequent le vingtiéme de Darius ; ſonſucceſſeur, le deux cens quarante‐ſixiéme de la meſme ære, & ainſi des autres ſucceſſeurs : ſi l’an premier du regne du Nabuchodonoſor a eſté comme nous auons veu, le cent vingt troiſiéme de cette ære , il s’enſuit que ſon dix neufiéme , qui eſt le premire de la captiuité des Iuifs en Babylone, eſt le cent quarante‐vniéme de cette ære ; & que l’an ſeptante & derniere de cette captiuité, eſt le deux cens onziéme de cette ære, & par ce moyen ſi l’on prenoit ſeulement le commencement du regne de Cyrus , de l’an ſeptante de la captiuité , qui du conſentement de tous, ainſi que nous auons remarqué, a duré trente ans, il s’enſuiuroit ſans doute, que le ſeptiéme du regne de Cambyſes ſe rencontreroit l’an deux cens quarante‐huitiéme de l’ære de Nabonaſſar , & le vingtiéme de Darius l’an deux cens ſoixante‐neufiéme de cette meſme ære, & ainſi des autres : en cette façon toute la Chronologie de Ptolemée, qui eſt tirée des obſeruations Astrologiques s’en iroit par terre.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Ligurian
Etymology
Derived from Latin āēr.
Pronunciation
Noun
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Noun
ære m or f (plural ære)
- Genoese (air)
Middle English
Noun
ære
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of ore (“honour”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse æra, from Middle Low German ere. Cognate with heder.
Noun
ære m or f (definite singular æra or æren) (uncountable)
- honour (UK) or honor (US)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German eren and late Old Norse æra.
Verb
ære (imperative ær, present tense ærer, passive æres, simple past and past participle æra or æret, present participle ærende)
- to honour (UK) or honor (US)
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “ære” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse æra, from Middle Low German ere.
Noun
ære f (definite singular æra, uncountable)
- an honour
Derived terms
Verb
ære (present tense ærar, past tense æra, past participle æra, passive infinitive ærast, present participle ærande, imperative ære/ær)
- to honour, praise
Etymology 2
From Old Norse æra. In an umlaut relationship with år (“year”).
Verb
ære (present tense ærer, past tense ærte, past participle ært, passive infinitive ærast, present participle ærande, imperative ær)
- (rare, of grains) to grow
References
- “ære” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.