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Contents 1 Faroese 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Declension 1.2.2 Proverb 2 Icelandic 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Noun 2.1.1.1 Declension 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Noun 3 Norwegian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Synonyms 3.2.2 Derived terms 4 Old English 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Adjective 4.4 Preposition 4.5 Conjunction 4.6 Descendants 4.7 Derived terms

[edit] Faroese

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɛar]

[edit] Noun

ær f.

1. ewe

[edit] Declension

f20	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ær	ærin	ær	ærnar
Accusative	ær	ærina	ær	ærnar
Dative	ær	ærini	óm	ónum
Genitive	ær	ærinnar	áa	áanna

[edit] Proverb

ofta eigur svørt ær hvítt lamb - often give black ewe birth to white lambs

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Etymology 1

Old Norse

[edit] Noun

ær f. (genitive singular ær, plural ær)

[edit] Declension

Declension of ær
	(singular)		(plural)
	(indefinite)	(definite)	(indefinite)	(definite)
nominative	ær	ærin	ær	ærnar
accusative	á	ána	ær	ærnar
dative	á	ánni	ám	ánum
genitive	ær	ærinnar	áa	ánna
Other words with the same declension

• ewe

[edit] Etymology 2

Inflection of ær

[edit] Noun

ær

1. indefinite genitive singular of ær
2. Plural form of ær.
3. indefinite accusative plural of ær

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse æðr (“‘eider’”).

[edit] Noun

ær m. and f. (definite singular æra/æren; indefinite plural ærer; definite plural ærene)

1. eider

[edit] Synonyms

• ærfugl

[edit] Derived terms

• ederdun
• ederdunsdyne

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *airiz, originally a comparative form (= ‘earlier’). Cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌶 (áiriz), Old Norse ár (“‘early’”) (adj.), árla (“‘early’”) (adv.) (> Danish and Norwegian årle), Old High German ēr (German eher), Old Frisian ēr, Old Saxon ēr (Dutch eer).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /æ:r/

[edit] Adjective

ǣr (comparative ǣrra, superlative ǣrest)

1. early, previous, former

[edit] Preposition

ǣr

1. before (in time)

   Ær his swylt-dæge. Before his death-day. (Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase)

[edit] Conjunction

ǣr

1. before (in time)

   Ær heo wordum cwæþ... Before she said in words... (Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase)

2. rather than, in preference to

[edit] Descendants

• English ere, early

[edit] Derived terms