eare – Old English noun declension

Noun: eare
Gender:

Nominative

Singular	ēare
Plural	ēaran

Genitive

Singular	ēaran
Plural	ēarena

Dative

Singular	ēaran
Plural	ēarum

Accusative

Singular	ēare
Plural	ēaran

Sample Sentences

Wonders of the East
Hī habbað eoseles ēaran ⁊ sċeapes wulle ⁊ fugles fēt. (They have the ears of a donkey, the wool of a sheep, and the feet of a bird.)
Þænne eft þæt galdor, þæt hēr æfter cweð, man sċeal singan, ǣrest on þæt wynstre ēare, þænne on þæt swīðre ēare, þænne hūfan þæs mannes moldan. (Then afterwards, the spell, that will be spoken hereafter, one should sing at first in the left ear, then in the right ear, then to the top of man's earth.) [11th century, Against a dwarf:]

Nouns inflected like eare

eage, eare,

Etymology

1. From Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.
2. Cognate with Old Frisian āre, Old Saxon ōra, Old Dutch ōra, Old High German ōra, Old Norse eyra, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉 (ausō). See: Old Norse Nouns 'eyra', Gothic Nouns '𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉'.