æra

See also: aera, aerá, aéra, aerã, ära, aera-, œra, and Appendix:Variations of "era"

English

Noun

æra (plural æras)

  1. Archaic spelling of era.
    • 1798, Pierre Simon La Place, “Exposition du Système du Monde [On the System of the World]”, in The Monthly Review, new and improved[1], →ISBN, page 500:
      It is desirable that all people should adopt one and the same æra, independant of moral revolutions, and founded solely on astronomical phænomena.
    • 1892, Thomas Keightley, Fairy Mythology, London: George Bell and Sons, page 5:
      In the fourth century of our æra we find this word made plural, and even feminine, and used as the equivalent of Parcæ.

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

æra c (singular definite æraen, plural indefinite æraer)

  1. era

Inflection

Declension of æra
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative æra æraen æraer æraerne
genitive æras æraens æraers æraernes

Faroese

Etymology

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Noun

æra f (genitive singular æru, uncountable)

  1. honor (UK, honour)

Declension

f1s singular
indefinite definite
nominative æra æran
accusative æru æruna
dative æru æruni
genitive æru ærunnar

Further reading

  • "æra" at Sprotin.fo

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaiːra/
    Rhymes: -aiːra

Etymology 1

Noun

æra f (genitive singular æru, nominative plural ærur)

  1. reputation, honour
Declension
Declension of æra (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative æra æran ærur ærurnar
accusative æru æruna ærur ærurnar
dative æru ærunni ærum ærunum
genitive æru ærunnar æra æranna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse œra.

Verb

æra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ærði, supine ært)

  1. to drive crazy [with accusative]
Conjugation
æra – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur æra
supine sagnbót ært
present participle
ærandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég æri ærði æri ærði
þú ærir ærðir ærir ærðir
hann, hún, það ærir ærði æri ærði
plural við ærum ærðum ærum ærðum
þið ærið ærðuð ærið ærðuð
þeir, þær, þau æra ærðu æri ærðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú ær (þú), ærðu
plural þið ærið (þið), æriði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
ærast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að ærast
supine sagnbót ærst
present participle
ærandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég ærist ærðist ærist ærðist
þú ærist ærðist ærist ærðist
hann, hún, það ærist ærðist ærist ærðist
plural við ærumst ærðumst ærumst ærðumst
þið ærist ærðust ærist ærðust
þeir, þær, þau ærast ærðust ærist ærðust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú ærst (þú), ærstu
plural þið ærist (þið), æristi1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
ærður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
ærður ærð ært ærðir ærðar ærð
accusative
(þolfall)
ærðan ærða ært ærða ærðar ærð
dative
(þágufall)
ærðum ærðri ærðu ærðum ærðum ærðum
genitive
(eignarfall)
ærðs ærðrar ærðs ærðra ærðra ærðra
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
ærði ærða ærða ærðu ærðu ærðu
accusative
(þolfall)
ærða ærðu ærða ærðu ærðu ærðu
dative
(þágufall)
ærða ærðu ærða ærðu ærðu ærðu
genitive
(eignarfall)
ærða ærðu ærða ærðu ærðu ærðu
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Adjective

æra

  1. inflection of ær:
    1. masculine accusative plural
    2. feminine accusative singular

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Latin aera.

Noun

æra m (definite singular æraen, indefinite plural æraer, definite plural æraene)

  1. era

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

æra m sg or f sg

  1. definite feminine singular of ære

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Verb

æra

  1. simple past of ære
  2. 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)

  1. an era
    ein æra er forbian era is over

Etymology 2

From Old Norse æra (noun and verb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²æː.rɑ/

Noun

æra f (plural æra)

  1. definite singular of ære
  2. (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)

  1. 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)

  1. alternative form of ære

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæː.rɑ/

Noun

æra f

  1. definite singular of ær

References

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)

  1. honour
Declension
Declension of æra (weak ōn-stem, singular only)
feminine singular
indefinite definite
nominative æra æran
accusative æru æruna
dative æru ærunni
genitive æru ærunnar
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

  1. (intransitive) to row, pull
    Synonym: róa
Conjugation
Conjugation of æra — active (weak class 1)
infinitive æra
present participle ærandi
past participle ærðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular æri ærða æra ærða
2nd person singular ærir ærðir ærir ærðir
3rd person singular ærir ærði æri ærði
1st person plural ærum ærðum ærim ærðim
2nd person plural ærið ærðuð ærið ærðið
3rd person plural æra ærðu æri ærði
imperative present
2nd person singular ær, æri
1st person plural ærum
2nd person plural ærið
Conjugation of æra — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive ærask
present participle ærandisk
past participle ærzk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular ærumk ærðumk ærumk ærðumk
2nd person singular ærisk ærðisk ærisk ærðisk
3rd person singular ærisk ærðisk ærisk ærðisk
1st person plural ærumsk ærðumsk ærimsk ærðimsk
2nd person plural ærizk ærðuzk ærizk ærðizk
3rd person plural ærask ærðusk ærisk ærðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular ærsk, ærisk
1st person plural ærumsk
2nd person plural ærizk

Etymology 3

In an umlaut relationship with ár n (year).

Verb

æra

  1. (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 akrthe field becomes fertile
Conjugation
Conjugation of æra — impersonal, active (weak class 1)
infinitive æra
past participle ærðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
3rd-person singular ærir ærði æri ærði
Descendants

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

  1. third-person plural present indicative of vara