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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ær, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ær f (genitive singular ær, plural ær)

  1. ewe
    ofta eigur svørt ær hvítt lamb.
    Black ewes often give birth to white lambs.

Declension

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f20 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ær ærin ær ærnar
accusative ær ærina ær ærnar
dative ær ærini óm ónum
genitive ær ærinnar áa áanna

Derived terms

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Norse ær, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

Noun

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ær f (genitive singular ær, nominative plural ær)

  1. ewe
Declension
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse ǿrr, from Proto-Germanic *wōrijaz. Cognate to Old English wērig (modern weary).

Adjective

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ær (comparative ærari, superlative ærastur)

  1. mad
Declension
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References

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse æðr (eider).

Noun

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ær f or m (definite singular æra or æren, indefinite plural ærer, definite plural ærene)

  1. eider
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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ær

  1. imperative of ære

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse æðr.

Noun

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ær f (definite singular æra, indefinite plural ærer, definite plural ærene)

  1. eider
Usage notes
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  • The compound ærfugl is more commonly used.

Etymology 2

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Verb

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ær

  1. imperative of æra

Etymology 3

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Noun

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ær n (definite singular æret, indefinite plural ær, definite plural æra)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of arr

Etymology 4

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From Old Norse yðr.

Alternative forms

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Pronoun

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ær (possessive ærs)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) objective case of i

References

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  • “ær” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • Ivar Aasen (1850) “i”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog[1] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *airiz, originally a comparative form (=‘earlier’).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ǣr (comparative ǣrra, superlative ǣrest)

  1. early, previous, former

Declension

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Preposition

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ǣr

  1. before, (in negative sentences) until
    Hēo becōm ānre niht ǣr mē.
    She arrived one day before me.
    Earge sweltaþ manigum sīðum ǣr heora dēaðum.
    Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Conjunction

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ǣr

  1. before, (in negative sentences) until
    • 10th century, The Wanderer:
      forþon ne mæġ wearþan wīs · wer, ǣr hē āge
      wintra dǣl in woruldrīċe. · Wita sċeal ġeþyldiġ.
      thus a man cannot become wise, before he would own
      a part of years in world-kingdom. A wise man must be patient.
    Ne telle man nānne mann ġesǣliġne ǣr hē biþ dēad.
    No one should be considered lucky until he is dead.
    Ǣr þon þe hē hit cwæþ, nyste hē nā hwæt hē cweðan wolde.
    Until he said it, he did not know what he was going to say.
  2. rather than (in preference to)

Adverb

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ǣr

  1. previously
  2. already
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "For Palm Sunday"
      Þam folce wearð cūð þæt se Hælend arærde lytle ær Lazarum of deaðe, seðe læg stincende feower niht on byrgene: þa comon þa togeanes Criste þe geleaffulle wæron, mid þam wurðmynte, swa we ǣr cwædon.
      It was known to the people that Christ a little before had raised Lazarus from death, who had lain stinking four nights in the grave: then those, who were believing, came to meet Christ with the honours which we have already mentioned.

Descendants

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  • Middle English: er
    • English: ere
    • Scots: air
    • Yola: ear

Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

Noun

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ær f (genitive ær, plural ær)

  1. ewe

Declension

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Descendants

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Old Swedish

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Verb

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ær

  1. inflection of vara:
    1. first-person singular indicative present
    2. third-person singular indicative present