ware
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old English wær, from Proto-Germanic *waraz.
Usage notes
Replaced by intensified form aware.
Noun
ware (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The state of being aware; heed.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)
Etymology 2
From Old English waru, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“attention”) as in beware, in the sense of “an object of care, a valuable”,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *wer-, whence also ward. Cognate with Dutch waar (“goods offered for sale or use”) and Swedish vara, with the same meaning.
Noun
ware (usually uncountable, plural wares)
- (uncountable, usually in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.
- 2002 March 28, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- On Sunday, a Mr. Stephen Muturi Kamau, aged 20 years, was shot dead at Dandora while he was selling his ware. This is a well known hawker. He has been hawking his ware in Dandora.
- (in the plural) See wares.
- (uncountable) Pottery or metal goods.
- damascene ware, tole ware
- (countable, archaeology) A style or genre of artifact.
- (Ireland) Crockery.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English waren (“to be ware, be on guard, be mindful, protect, guard”), fromw Old English warian, from Proto-Germanic *warōną.
Verb
ware (third-person singular simple present wares, present participle waring, simple past and past participle wared)
- (obsolete or dialectal) To be ware or mindful of something.
- 1450, Palladius on Husbondrieː
- Ware the horn and heels lest they fling a flap to thee.
- c1450, Who Ðat Liste Lokeː
- Ware avoutrer untrue; Such love was never good ne may be true.
- c1470, The Macro Playsː
- ‘Ware that!’ quoth Ser Wyly.
- 1450, Palladius on Husbondrieː
- (obsolete) To protect or guard (especially oneself); to be on guard, be wary.
- Ware thee.(watch yourself)
Adjective
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 4
From Old English war (“seaweed”). Cognate with Dutch wier (“seaweed”), Middle Dutch wier (“seaweed”).
Derived terms
Verb
ware (third-person singular simple present wares, present participle waring, simple past and past participle wared)
Verb
ware
- Old eye dialect spelling of were
- 1800's, Mary Woody, A true account of Nayomy Wise:
- A larg concors ware standing round
- 1800's, Mary Woody, A true account of Nayomy Wise:
References
- “ware” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ware in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Afrikaans
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - IPA(key): /ˈʋaːrə/
Verb
ware
- (archaic) singular past subjunctive of zijn
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of waren
Hausa
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch *wara, from Proto-Germanic *warō.
Inflection
Weak feminine | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | wāre | wāren |
Accusative | wāre | wāren |
Genitive | wāren | wāren |
Dative | wāre, wāren | wāren |
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Further reading
- “ware (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “ware (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [wer], [war], [voːr]
Synonyms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [weːr]
Derived terms
- warebrak