ær
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse ær, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.
Pronunciation
Noun
ær f (genitive singular ær, plural ær)
- ewe
- ofta eigur svørt ær hvítt lamb.
- Black ewes often give birth to white lambs.
Declension
Declension of ær | ||||
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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 |
Derived terms
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ær, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.
Noun
ær f (genitive singular ær, nominative plural ær)
Declension
Etymology 2
From Old Norse œrr, from Proto-Germanic *wōrijaz.
Adjective
ær (comparative ærari, superlative ærastur)
Inflection
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | ærastur | ærust | ærast |
accusative | ærastan | ærasta | ærast |
dative | ærustum | ærastri | ærustu |
genitive | ærasts | ærastrar | ærasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | ærastir | ærastar | ærust |
accusative | ærasta | ærastar | ærust |
dative | ærustum | ærustum | ærustum |
genitive | ærastra | ærastra | ærastra |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | ærasti | ærasta | ærasta |
accusative | ærasta | ærustu | ærasta |
dative | ærasta | ærustu | ærasta |
genitive | ærasta | ærustu | ærasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | ærustu | ærustu | ærustu |
accusative | ærustu | ærustu | ærustu |
dative | ærustu | ærustu | ærustu |
genitive | ærustu | ærustu | ærustu |
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Noun
ær f or m (definite singular æra or æren, indefinite plural ærer, definite plural ærene)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
ær
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *airiz, originally a comparative form (=‘earlier’). Cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐍃 (airis), Old Norse ár (“early”) (adj.), árla (“early”) (adv.) (> Danish and Norwegian årle), Old High German ēr (German eher), Old Frisian ēr, Old Saxon ēr, Old Dutch ēr (Dutch eer). Cognate with Albanian errët (“dark”), herët (“early”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ǣr (comparative ǣrra, superlative ǣrest)
Declension
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | ǣr | ǣr | ǣr |
Accusative | ǣrne | ǣre | ǣr |
Genitive | ǣres | ǣrre | ǣres |
Dative | ǣrum | ǣrre | ǣrum |
Instrumental | ǣre | ǣrre | ǣre |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | ǣre | ǣra, ǣre | ǣr |
Accusative | ǣre | ǣra, ǣre | ǣr |
Genitive | ǣrra | ǣrra | ǣrra |
Dative | ǣrum | ǣrum | ǣrum |
Instrumental | ǣrum | ǣrum | ǣrum |
Preposition
ǣr
- before (in time)
- Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase:
- Ær his swylt-dæge.
- Before his death-day.
- Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase:
Conjunction
ǣr
- before (in time)
- Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase:
- Ær heo wordum cwæþ...
- Before she said in words...
- Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase:
- rather than, in preference to
Descendants
Derived terms
- ǣrdæġ
- ǣrgōd
- ǣrra ġēola (“December”)
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.
Noun
Declension
Descendants
- Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
- Faroese terms with usage examples
- fo:Sheep
- Icelandic 1-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/aiːr
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- Icelandic adjectives
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders
- Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Bokmål verb forms
- nb:Birds
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English adjectives
- Old English prepositions
- Old English terms with quotations
- Old English conjunctions
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse feminine nouns
- Old Norse feminine i-stem nouns
- non:Mammals
- non:Sheep