ær

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

• IPA^(key): /ɛaːɹ/

ær f (genitive singular ær, plural ær)

1. ewe

   ofta eigur svørt ær hvítt lamb.

   Black ewes often give birth to white lambs.

• áseyður
• ærkjøt

• IPA^(key): /aiːr/
• Rhymes: -aiːr

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

ær f (genitive singular ær, nominative plural ær)

1. ewe

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

ær (comparative ærari, superlative ærastur)

1. mad

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

From Old Norse æðr (“eider”).

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

1. eider

• ærfugl

• ederdun
• ederdunsdyne

ær

1. imperative of ære

From Old Norse æðr.

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

1. eider

• The compound ærfugl is more commonly used.

ær

1. imperative of æra

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

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of arr

From Old Norse yðr.

• ør, øder

ær (possessive ærs)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) objective case of i

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

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

• IPA^(key): /æːr/

ǣr (comparative ǣrra, superlative ǣrest)

1. early, previous, former

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.

   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Til biþ sē þe his trēowe ġehealdeþ, · ne sċeal nǣfre his torn tō ryċene
     beorn of his brēostum ācȳþan, · nemþe hē ǣr þā bōte cunne,
     eorl mid elne ġefremman. · Wel bið þām þe him āre sēċeð,
     frōfre tō fæder on heofonum, · þǣr ūs eal sēo fæstnung stondeð.

     Good is that keeps his belief, should not ever unfold his wrath,
     fighter of his breasts, too quickly, unless before this help he would
     know how to help out a man with strength. It's good for him who seeks
     help from the Father in heavens, where this whole fastening stands for us.

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)
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "THE PASSION OF THE APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL"

     "Paulus cwæð to Petre, "Broðer, þu wære Gode gecoren ær ic,

     Paul said to Peter, "Brother, thou wast chosen of God before me

ǣr

1. previously
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Purification of St. Mary"

     Uton fon nu on þæt godspel ðær we hit ǣr forlēton.

     Let us now resume the gospel where we previously left it.

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.

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

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

ær f (genitive ær, plural ær)

1. ewe

• Icelandic: ær
• Faroese: ær
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ærsaud, ærsau
• Danish: ålam (Thy dialect)

ær

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