ere – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of ere

Noun: ere
Sg.ere
Pl.eren; eres

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

  • If ony man haþ eeris of herynge .· here he (If anyone has ears for hearing, make him hear.) [c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Mark 7:16, folio 19, verso, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:]

Nouns inflected like ere

sterneleme, fo, be, ampte, ere,

Etymology

From Old English ēare, from Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws. See: Old English Nouns 'ēare'.

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