ear – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of ear

Noun: ear
Gender:

Nominative

Singularēar
Pluralēaras; ēar

Genitive

Singularēares
Pluralēara

Dative

Singularēare
Pluralēarum

Accusative

Singularēar
Pluralēaras; ēar

Sample Sentences

  • ᛠ byþ eġle eorla ġehwylċum þon fæstlīċe flǣsċ onġinnaþ hrāw cōlian, hrusan ċēosan, blāc tō ġebeddan; blēda ġedrēosaþ, wynna ġewītaþ, wera ġeswīcaþ. (The grave is grim to every nobleman When quickly begins the flesh, The corpse, to cool -- the livid one, to choose The earth for bed-companion; blossoms fall, Joys pass away, and treaties are broken.) [1967, Frederick George Jones, Jr., The Old English Rune Poem, An Edition, pages 78, 84:]

Nouns inflected like ear

ear,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aur, from Proto-Germanic *auraz. Akin to Old Norse aurr (“mud”). See: Old Norse Nouns 'aurr'.

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