eare

== English == === Noun === eare (plural eares) Archaic spelling of ear. === Anagrams === aere == Middle English == === Noun === eare alternative form of ere (“ear”) == Old English == === Etymology === 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). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæ͜ɑː.re/ === Noun === ēare n (nominative plural ēaran) ear (organ of hearing) ==== Declension ==== Weak: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: ere, eare, eere, eyr, ȝhere, here, ire, yereEnglish: earTok Pisin: iaScots: ear == Plautdietsch == === Etymology === From Middle Low German êren, from Old Saxon ērōn. === Verb === eare to honour, to dignify to venerate, to revere ==== Related terms ==== Ea == West Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian āria, from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀēn (“to honor”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪə̯rə/ === Noun === eare c (no plural) honour ==== Further reading ==== “eare (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011