ankre

ankre n

1. indefinite plural of anker

ankre (imperative ankr, infinitive at ankre, present tense ankrer, past tense ankrede, perfect tense har ankret)

1. to anchor

• “ankre” in Den Danske Ordbog

ankre

1. inflection of ankern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

• ancre, anker, auncre
• anchor, ankir, ankyr (Late Middle English)

Inherited from Old English ancra, ancor, from Late Latin anachōrēta, anachōrīta, either with remodelling of the ending in Old English or through a Old Irish intermediary (compare Middle Irish ancharae).

• IPA^(key): /ˈankrə/, /ˈankər/

ankre (plural ankres)

1. An anchorite, hermit or anchoress; one living alone for religious reasons.
2. (more generally) A monastic; a monk or nun.

• English: anchor
• → Old Cornish: ancar
• → Anglo-Norman: ancre
• → Middle Welsh: ancr

• “ancre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

• anker, ankere

ankre n

1. indefinite plural of anker

From the noun anker.

ankre (imperative ankr or ankre, present tense ankrer, simple past and past participle ankra or ankret, present participle ankrende)

1. to anchor

• forankre

• “ankre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.