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Old English · noun

ear

Normalised ēar

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/æ͜ɑːr/
Syllables
æ͜ɑːr (1 syllable)
Modern English
earbillowgrain

ear1 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. billow, wave

  2. sea, ocean

  3. earth

  4. the runic character (/æ͜ɑ(ː)/)

    byþ eġle eorla ġehwylċum þon fæstlīċe flǣsċ onġinnaþ hrāw cōlian, hrusan ċēosan, blāc tō ġebeddan; blēda ġedrēosaþ, wynna ġewītaþ, wera ġeswīcaþ.

    The grave is grim to every nobleman When quickly begins the flesh, The corpse, to cool -- the livid one, to choose The earth for bed-companion; blossoms fall, Joys pass away, and treaties are broken.

    1967, Frederick George Jones, Jr., The Old English Rune Poem, An Edition, pages 78, 84:

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of ear
SingularPlural
Nominative ēarēaras
Accusative ēarēaras
Genitive ēaresēara
Dative ēareēarum

ear2 · noun · neuter

Senses

  1. ear (of grain)

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of ear
SingularPlural
Nominative ēarēar
Accusative ēarēar
Genitive ēaresēara
Dative ēareēarum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aur, from Proto-Germanic *auraz. Akin to Old Norse aurr (“mud”).

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *ahaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *ahaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“pointed”).

Descendants

ear

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