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

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 — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” 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, 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.

ǣr

1. before, (in negative sentences) until

   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)

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

• ǣrlīċe
• ǣrdæġ
• ǣrgōd
• ǣrra ġēola (“December”)

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. second/third-person singular present indicative of æja

• ær in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.