ware
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English ware, war, from Old English wær, from Proto-West Germanic *war, from Proto-Germanic *waraz.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɛə(ɹ)/
- (General American) enPR: wâr, IPA(key): /wɛɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
- Homophones: wear, we're, where (wine-whine merger)
Adjective[edit]
ware (comparative more ware, superlative most ware)
- (poetic) Aware.
- 1485 July, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter I, in William Caxton, editor, Le Morte D’Arthur[1], volume 1:
- And in like wise as she said so they departed, that neither the king nor none of his council were ware of their departing.
Usage notes[edit]
Replaced by intensified form aware.
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English ware, from Old English waru, from Proto-West Germanic *waru, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“attention”) as in beware, in the sense of “an object of care, a valuable”,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *wer-, whence also ward. Cognate with Dutch waar (“goods offered for sale or use”) and Swedish vara, with the same meaning.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɛə(ɹ)/
- (General American) enPR: wĕr, IPA(key): /wɛɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
- Homophones: wear, where (wine-whine merger)
Noun[edit]
ware (usually uncountable, plural wares)
- (uncountable, usually in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.
- 1923, John Lord, Capital and steam-power, 1750–1800[2]:
- Astbury was the more successful and made frequent journeys to London, where he sold his ware and obtained further orders.
- 2002 March 28, “Kenya National Assembly Official Record”, in parliamentary debates:
- On Sunday, a Mr. Stephen Muturi Kamau, aged 20 years, was shot dead at Dandora while he was selling his ware. This is a well known hawker. He has been hawking his ware in Dandora.
- 2011, Tonya Kappes, Carpe Bead'em[3]:
- What in the world am I going to do with tarnished silver ware? The deeper I dig, I pull out more silver with carved handles.
- 2012, Julie Watson, Frommer's Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island[4], page 179:
- Artisans sell their ware in the historic district at the lower level of the Soldier's Barracks.
- (in the plural) See wares.
- (uncountable) Pottery or metal goods.
- damascene ware, tole ware
- (countable, archaeology) A style or genre of artifact.
- (Ireland) Crockery.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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Etymology 3[edit]
From Middle English waren (“to be ware, be on guard, be mindful, protect, guard”), from Old English warian, from Proto-West Germanic *warōn, from Proto-Germanic *warōną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian woarje (“to guard”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɛə(ɹ)/
- (General American) enPR: wĕr, IPA(key): /wɛɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
- Homophones: wear, where (wine-whine merger)
Verb[edit]
ware (third-person singular simple present wares, present participle waring, simple past and past participle wared)
- (obsolete or dialectal) To be ware or mindful of something.
- 1450, Palladius on Husbondrieː
- Ware the horn and heels lest they fling a flap to thee.
- c. 1450, Who Ðat Liste Lokeː
- Ware avoutrer untrue; Such love was never good ne may be true.
- c. 1470, The Macro Playsː
- ‘Ware that!’ quoth Ser Wyly.
- 1987, Kangs, Doctor Who: Paradise Towers:
- Ware cleaners.
- 1450, Palladius on Husbondrieː
- (obsolete) To protect or guard (especially oneself); to be on guard, be wary.
- Ware thee. ― Watch yourself.
Translations[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ware (comparative more ware, superlative most ware)
- (obsolete) Wary; cautious.
- 1549 April 1 (Gregorian calendar), Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer], Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[27 Sermons Preached by the Ryght Reuerende Father in God and Constant Matir of Iesus Christe, Maister Hugh Latimer, […].] The Thyrde Sermon of Maister Hughe Latymer whyche He Preached before the Kynge [Edward VI], wythin Hys Graces Palayce at Westminster, the XXII. Daye of Marche.”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […], London: […] John Day, […], published 1562, →OCLC, folio 39, verso:
- He is ware inough; he is wilye, and circumſpect for ſtirring vp any ſedition.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Timothy 4:15:
- Of whom be thou ware also.
- 1864, Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England, page 385:
- Be he quite wary, as wood is ware of fire, as thigh of bramble or of thistle, he, who may be thinking to mislead these beeves or to mispossess this cattle.
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Etymology 4[edit]
From Middle English wor (in sewor) from Old English wār (“seaweed”), ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *wīraz; compare wire. Cognate with Dutch wier (“seaweed”), Middle Dutch wier (“seaweed”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ware
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 5[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
ware (third-person singular simple present wares, present participle waring, simple past and past participle wared)
Etymology 6[edit]
Verb[edit]
ware
- Old eye dialect spelling of were.
- 1684, Historical Notices of Scotish Affairs, Selected from the Manuscripts of John Lauder of Fountainhall, Bart., One of the Senators of the College of Justice, volumes second (1683–1688), Edinburgh, published 1848, page 533:
- Againſt this ther ware many objections made by the creditors, viz., that quoad the 9000 lƀ. a year contained in his contract of marriage, they ware præferable, being præferable and prior creditors, and ſo he was ſucceſſor titulo lucrativo poſt contractum debitum; and as to the 6000 lƀ. per annum added, 1o. before that letter they had a jus quæſitum by the ſignitor; 2do. They had rights præferable.
- c. 1815, Mary Woody, A true account of Nayomy Wise
- A larg concors ware standing round
Etymology 7[edit]
Verb[edit]
ware
- (obsolete) simple past of wear
- 1553, John Brende, Historie of Quintus Curcius:
- He ware upon his head a diademe of purple interpaled with white, like as Darius was accustomed.
- [c. 1585], [Philip Sidney], The Countess of Pembrookes Arcadia:
- Over all this, hee ware a certeyne Mantell of like ſtuffe, made in ſuche maner, that coming under his righte arme, and covering moſte parte of that ſyde, yt tuched not the lefte ſyde, […]
- c. 1588–1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Most Lamentable Romaine Tragedie of Titus Andronicus: […] (First Quarto), London: […] Iohn Danter, and are to be sold by Edward White & Thomas Millington, […], published 1594, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- And Countrimen my louing followers, / Plead my ſucceſſiue Title with your ſwords: / I am his firſt borne ſonne, that was the last / That ware the Imperiall Diademe of Rome, / Then let my Fathers honours liue in me, / Nor wrong mine age with this indignitie, […]
References[edit]
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “ware”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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.
(See the entry for “ware”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams[edit]
Afrikaans[edit]
Verb[edit]
ware
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ware
- inflection of waar:
Verb[edit]
ware
- (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of zijn
- (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of waren
Hausa[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
wārḕ (grade 4)
- to separate things, to set things aside
- to secede
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
ware
Maori[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ware
Noun[edit]
ware
Middle Dutch[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Dutch *wara, from Proto-Germanic *warō, probably related to *waraz (“wary, watchful”).
Noun[edit]
wāre f
Inflection[edit]
Weak feminine | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | wāre | wāren |
Accusative | wāre | wāren |
Genitive | wāren | wāren |
Dative | wāre, wāren | wāren |
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
wâre
Further reading[edit]
- “ware (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “ware (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
ware
- Alternative form of veir
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
ware
- Alternative form of werre
Pennsylvania German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German wërden, from Old High German werdan. Compare German werden.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
ware
- to become
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | ware | |
---|---|---|
past participle | iss ware | |
future tense | waerd ware | |
subjunctive | daet ware | |
present tense | ||
1st person singular | wa | |
2nd person singular | wascht | |
3rd person singular | watt | |
1st person plural | ware | |
2nd person plural | watt | |
3rd person plural | ware | |
imperative | du war, dihr watt |
Scots[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ware (plural wares)
- spring, springtime
- cold weather in springtime
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English ware, from Old English wār, from Proto-West Germanic *wair, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *wīraz; compare wire.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ware (plural wares)
- a type of seaweed
Derived terms[edit]
Yola[edit]
Verb[edit]
ware
- Alternative form of war (“were”)
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3:
- Aar gentrize ware bibbern, aamzil cou no stoane.
- Their gentry were quaking, themselves could not stand.
References[edit]
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 84
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