ware
English
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
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From Middle English ware, war, from Old English wær, from Proto-Germanic *waraz.
Adjective
ware (comparative more ware, superlative most ware)
Usage notes
Replaced by intensified form aware.
Derived terms
Noun
ware (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The state of being aware; heed.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)
Etymology 2
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From Middle English ware, from Old English 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.
Noun
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[1]:
- Astbury was the more successful and made frequent journeys to London, where he sold his ware and obtained further orders.
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- 2011, Tonya Kappes, Carpe Bead'em[2]:
- 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.
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- (in the plural) See wares.
- (uncountable) Pottery or metal goods.
- damascene ware, tole ware
- (countable, archaeology) A style or genre of artifact.
- (Ireland) Crockery.
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Etymology 3
From Middle English waren (“to be ware, be on guard, be mindful, protect, guard”), from Old English warian, from Proto-Germanic *warōną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian woarje (“to guard”).
Verb
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- (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.
- 1450, Palladius on Husbondrieː
- (obsolete) To protect or guard (especially oneself); to be on guard, be wary.
- Ware thee. ― Watch yourself.
Translations
Adjective
ware (comparative more ware, superlative most ware)
- (obsolete) Wary; cautious.
- Bible, 2 Tim. iv. 15
- Of whom be thou ware also.
- (Can we date this quote by Latimer and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- He is ware enough; he is wily and circumspect for stirring up any sedition.
- Bible, 2 Tim. iv. 15
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Etymology 4
From Middle English ware, wore (as in sewor (“seaweed”), from Old English sǣwār (“seaweed”)), from Old English wār (“seaweed”). Cognate with Dutch wier (“seaweed”), Middle Dutch wier (“seaweed”).
Noun
ware
Derived terms
Etymology 5
Verb
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Etymology 6
Verb
ware
- Old eye dialect spelling of were.
- c. 1815, Mary Woody, A true account of Nayomy Wise
- A larg concors ware standing round
- c. 1815, Mary Woody, A true account of Nayomy Wise
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “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
Afrikaans
Verb
ware
Dutch
Pronunciation
Adjective
ware
Verb
ware
- (deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular past subjunctive of zijn
- (deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular present subjunctive of waren
Hausa
Verb
wārḕ (grade 4)
- to separate things, to set things aside
- to secede
Japanese
Romanization
ware
Maori
Adjective
ware
Noun
ware
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch *wara, from Proto-Germanic *warō.
Noun
wāre f
Inflection
Weak feminine | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | wāre | wāren |
Accusative | wāre | wāren |
Genitive | wāren | wāren |
Dative | wāre, wāren | wāren |
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
wâre
Further reading
- “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
Etymology 1
From Old French vair.
Noun
ware
- Alternative form of veir
Etymology 2
From Old English werre, wyrre.
Noun
ware
- Alternative form of werre
Scots
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
ware (plural wares)
- spring, springtime
- cold weather in springtime
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Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
ware (plural wares)
- a type of seaweed
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