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Old English · noun

hære

Normalised hǣre

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
weak n-stem
IPA
/ˈxæː.re/
[ˈhæː.re]
Syllables
ˈxæː · re (2 syllables)
Modern English
sackclothhǣr

Meaning

  1. sackcloth

    Æfter ðisum ġebede, hē ābād on ðām leġere āne fēawa dagas, mid fefore ġewǣht, þurh wacolon ġebedum, on flōre liċġende, bestrēowod mid axum, on stīðre hǣran, upāhafenum ēagum and handum tō heofenum, and ne ġeswāc his ġebeda ōðþæt hē sāwlode.

    After this prayer, he remained in sickness for a few days, weakened by fever, in watchful prayer, lying on the floor, bestrewn with ashes, on stiff sackcloth, with eyes and hands turned up toward heaven, and he did not stop his prayers until he passed away.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
  2. (dative)(singular)dative singular of hǣr

Declension

Declension of hære
SingularPlural
Nominative hǣrehǣran
Accusative hǣranhǣran
Genitive hǣranhǣrena
Dative hǣranhǣrum

All forms (4)

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