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 œrr, from Proto-Germanic *wōrijaz.

ær (comparative ærari, superlative ærastur)

1. mad

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.

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 Proto-Germanic *airiz, originally a comparative form (= ‘earlier’). Cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌶 (airiz), Old Norse ár (“early”) (adj.), árla (“early”) (adv.) (> Danish and Norwegian årle), Old High German ēr (German eher), Old Frisian ēr, Old Saxon ēr, Old Dutch ēr (Dutch eer). Cognate with Albanian errët (“dark”), herët (“early”).

• IPA^(key): /æːr/

ǣr (comparative ǣrra, superlative ǣrest)

1. early, previous, former

ǣr

1. before (in time)
   • Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase:

     Ær his swylt-dæge.

     Before his death-day.

ǣr

1. before (in time)
   • Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase:

     Ær heo wordum cwæþ...

     Before she said in words...

2. rather than, in preference to

• English ere, early

• 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: ærsaud
• Danish: ålam (Thy dialect)