eare

English

Noun

eare (plural eares)

1. Archaic spelling of ear.

Anagrams

• aere

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) eāre

1. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of eō

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Middle English

Noun

eare

1. Alternative form of ere (“ear”)

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Old English

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑː.re/

Noun

ēare n (nominative plural ēaran)

1. ear (organ of hearing)

Declension

Declension of ēare (weak)

Case	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

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Plautdietsch

Verb

eare

1. to honour, to dignify
2. to venerate, to revere

Related terms

• Ea

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West Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪə̯rə/

Noun

eare c (no plural)

1. honour

Further reading

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