eare

eare (plural eares)

1. Archaic spelling of ear.

• aere

eare

1. alternative form of ere (“ear”)

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)
   • Wonders of the East

     Hī habbað eoseles ēaran ⁊ sċeapes wulle ⁊ fugles fēt.

     They have the ears of a donkey, the wool of a sheep, and the feet of a bird.

   • 11th century, Against a dwarf:

     Þænne eft þæt galdor, þæt hēr æfter cweð, man sċeal singan, ǣrest on þæt wynstre ēare, þænne on þæt swīðre ēare, þænne hūfan þæs mannes moldan.

     Then afterwards, the spell, that will be spoken hereafter, one should sing at first in the left ear, then in the right ear, then to the top of man's earth.

Weak:

• īere

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

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