vare

See also väre

English

Etymology 1

Noun

vare (plural vares)

1. (UK, dialect) A weasel.

Derived terms

• vare widgeon

Etymology 2

Spanish vara (“staff, wand”), Latin vara (“forked pole”)

Noun

vare (plural vares)

1. A wand or staff of authority or justice.
   • Dryden

     His hand a vare of justice did uphold.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vara.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vaːrə/, [ˈvɑːɑ]

Noun

vare c (singular definite varen, plural indefinite varer)

1. article
2. commodity
3. item
4. (in the plural) goods, merchandise, wares

Inflection

    Inflection of vare

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	vare	varen	varer	varerne
genitive	vares	varens	varers	varernes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vari.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vaːrə/, [ˈvɑːɑ]

Noun

vare c

1. only used in the expression tage vare på, tage vare om: take care of, look after

Etymology 3

From Middle Low German waren.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vaːrə/, [ˈvɑːɑ]

Verb

vare (imperative var, infinitive at vare, present tense varer, past tense varede, past participle har varet)

1. last
2. continue, endure
3. take

Etymology 4

From Old Norse vara.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vaːrə/, [ˈvɑːɑ]

Verb

vare

1. only used in the expressions:

   vare sig: be careful

   vare sin mund: be careful about what to say

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Dutch

Verb

vare

1. singular present subjunctive of varen

Anagrams

• rave

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Estonian

Noun

vare (^??? please provide the genitive and partitive!)

1. ruin (construction withered by time)

Declension

This Estonian noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Latin

Adjective

vāre

1. vocative masculine singular of vārus

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Spanish

Verb

vare (infinitive varar)

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of varar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of varar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of varar.

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Swedish

Verb

vare

1. be, subjunctive of vara.

   Gud vare med er. God be with you.

See also

• vore