eare

eare (plural eares)

1. Archaic spelling of ear.

• aere

eāre

1. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of eō

eare

1. Alternative form of ere (“ear”)

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From Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, 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).

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑː.re/

ēare n (nominative plural ēaran)

1. ear (organ of hearing)

Weak:

• Middle English: ere, eare, eere, eyr, ȝhere, here, ire, yere
  • English: ear
    • Tok Pisin: ia
  • Scots: ear

From Middle Low German êren, from Old Saxon ērōn.

eare

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

• Ea

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪə̯rə/

eare c (no plural)

1. honour

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