æra

== English == === Noun === æra (plural æras) Archaic spelling of era. === Anagrams === Aare, area == Danish == === Noun === æra c (singular definite æraen, plural indefinite æraer) era ==== Inflection ==== == Faroese == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === æra f (genitive singular æru, uncountable) honor (UK, honour) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === "æra" at Sprotin.fo == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaiːra/ Rhymes: -aiːra === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== æra f (genitive singular æru, nominative plural ærur) reputation, honour ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse œra. ==== Verb ==== æra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ærði, supine ært) to drive crazy [with accusative] ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ærandi === Etymology 3 === ==== Adjective ==== æra inflection of ær: masculine accusative plural feminine accusative singular == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From Latin aera. ==== Noun ==== æra m (definite singular æraen, indefinite plural æraer, definite plural æraene) era === Etymology 2 === ==== Alternative forms ==== æren ==== Noun ==== æra m sg or f sg definite feminine singular of ære === Etymology 3 === ==== Alternative forms ==== æret ==== Verb ==== æra simple past of ære past participle of ære == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From Latin aera. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈæː.rɑ/ ==== Noun ==== æra m (definite singular æraen, indefinite plural æraer or æraar, definite plural æraene or æraane) an era ein æra er forbi ― an era is over === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse æra (noun and verb). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /²æː.rɑ/ ==== Noun ==== æra f (plural æra) definite singular of ære (pre-2012) alternative form of ære ==== Verb ==== æra (present tense ærar, past tense æra, past participle æra, passive infinitive ærast, present participle ærande, imperative æra/ær) alternative form of ære === Etymology 3 === From Old Norse æra. In an umlaut relationship with år (“year”). ==== Verb ==== æra (present tense ærer, past tense ærte, past participle ært, passive infinitive ærast, present participle ærande, imperative ær) alternative form of ære === Etymology 4 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈæː.rɑ/ ==== Noun ==== æra f definite singular of ær === References === “æra” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. === Anagrams === Æ-ar, æ-ar == Old Norse == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Middle Low German ēre, from Old Saxon ēra (“honour, renown, glory”), from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu (“honour; respect, reverence”), from Proto-Germanic *aizō (“fear, reverence; glory”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oys-éh₂, from *h₂eys- (“to respect”). Doublet of eir. ==== Noun ==== æra f (genitive æru) honour ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== Danish: ære Icelandic: æra Faroese: æra Norwegian Nynorsk: ære Norwegian Bokmål: ære Swedish: ära === Etymology 2 === In an umlaut relationship with ár f (“oar”). ==== Verb ==== æra (intransitive) to row, pull Synonym: róa ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 3 === In an umlaut relationship with ár n (“year”). ==== Verb ==== æra (impersonal) to cause to yield a good crop [with accusative ‘something, e.g. a field’] (idiomatically translated as "yield a good crop, become fertile" with the accusative object as the subject) ærir akr ― the field becomes fertile ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== Norwegian Nynorsk: æra, ære === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “æra”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 524; also available at the Internet Archive == Old Swedish == === Verb === æra third-person plural present indicative of vara