vare
English
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Etymology 1
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Noun
vare (plural vares)
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish vara (“staff, wand”), Latin vara (“forked pole”).
Noun
vare (plural vares)
- A wand or staff of authority or justice.
- 1681-1682, John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel
- His hand a vare of justice did uphold.
- 1681-1682, John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel
References
- “vare”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “vare”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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Albanian
Etymology
From var.
Noun
vare m (plural varja, definite varja, definite plural varjat)
Declension
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
vare
Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse vara f, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“attention, care”), cognate with Swedish vara, English ware, German Ware. Derived from Proto-Germanic *waraz (“cautious, aware”) (cf. Danish var).
Noun
vare c (singular definite varen, plural indefinite varer)
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Etymology 2
From Old Norse vari m, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“attention, care”), originally the same word as the previous one. The phrase tage vare is influenced by Middle Low German warnemen, compare German wahrnehmen (“to perceive”), Dutch waarnemen.
Noun
vare c
- protection
- only in the expression tage vare (på/om) (“take care of, look after”)
References
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Middle Low German wāren, from Proto-West Germanic *waʀōn, *weʀēn (“to stay, remain”), cognate with German währen. Derived from the verb *wesaną (“to be”) (Danish være).
Verb
vare (past tense varede, past participle varet)
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Etymology 4
From Old Norse vara, from Proto-Germanic *warōną (“to watch, protext”), derived from Proto-Germanic *waraz (“cautious, aware”) (cf. Danish var) Cognate with English ware (“to guard”) and German wahren (“to protect”).
Verb
vare (past tense varede, past participle varet)
- (transitive, archaic) to warn
- 1857, Hans Christian Andersen, At være eller ikke være, p. 160 / https://books.google.dk/books?id=kjKgDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT185
- Bodil vilde have sagt, at det var Guds Stemme, der varede ham og kaldte.
- Bodil would have said that it was God's voice that was warning and calling him.
- 1857, Hans Christian Andersen, At være eller ikke være, p. 160 / https://books.google.dk/books?id=kjKgDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT185
- (transitive, archaic) to guard
- in the modern language only in the expression vare sin mund "be careful about what to say"
- (reflexive) to be careful, beware
- 1970, Willy-August Linnemann, Det andet Europa[1]:
- I hvert andet sving har man den herligste udsigt over Nauplionbugten, og i hvert tredje må man vare sig mod de skønne grækerinders opkastninger.
- In every other curve, one has the most wonderful view over the Nafplio Bay, and in every third curve, one must beware of the vomits of the beautiful Greek ladies.
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Dutch
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Audio: (file)
Verb
vare
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Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *varëh, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *waruz.
Noun
vare (genitive vareme, partitive varet)
- ruin (construction withered by time)
Declension
Declension of vare (ÕS type 4/ase, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | vare | varemed | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | vareme | ||
genitive | varemete | ||
partitive | varet | varemeid | |
illative | varemesse | varemetesse varemeisse | |
inessive | varemes | varemetes varemeis | |
elative | varemest | varemetest varemeist | |
allative | varemele | varemetele varemeile | |
adessive | varemel | varemetel varemeil | |
ablative | varemelt | varemetelt varemeilt | |
translative | varemeks | varemeteks varemeiks | |
terminative | varemeni | varemeteni | |
essive | varemena | varemetena | |
abessive | varemeta | varemeteta | |
comitative | varemega | varemetega |
Galician
Verb
vare
- inflection of varar:
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯aː.re/, [ˈu̯äːrɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈva.re/, [ˈväːre]
Adjective
vāre
Middle English
Noun
vare
- Alternative form of fare
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Noun
vare f or m (definite singular vara or varen, indefinite plural varer, definite plural varene)
- an article or item (of goods)
- varer og tjenester ― goods and services
- a commodity
- (in the plural form) goods, merchandise, wares
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Etymology 2
Noun
vare (indeclinable)
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Etymology 3
From Middle Low German waren; also related to være.
Verb
vare (imperative var, present tense varer, simple past varte, past participle vart, present participle varende)
Derived terms
References
- “vare” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Noun
vare f (definite singular vara, indefinite plural varer, definite plural varene)
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Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- vara (a- and split infinitives)
Pronunciation
Verb
vare (present tense varar, past tense vara, past participle vara, passive infinitive varast, present participle varande, imperative vare/var)
- to watch, keep
- 1968, O.Havdal, Meldal bygdebok: Bygdesoga til ikring 1700:
- Det var fleire som gjerne ville vere godvener med tussom for det lønt seg. Gamla i Groeggen sa alltid: "Var dokk", når ho slo ut varmt vatn.
- There were many who gladly wished to be good friends with the Subterraneans, because it paid off itself. The Old Lady in Groeggen was always saying "Watch you (out)!" when she threw away hot water.
- to warn
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Etymology 3
Noun
vare m
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Derived terms
Etymology 4
Adjective
vare
References
- “vare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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Old Swedish
Verb
vare
Pali
Alternative forms
Adjective
vare
- inflection of vara (“excellent”):
Noun
vare
Verb
vare
Portuguese
Verb
vare
- inflection of varar:
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
vare (Cyrillic spelling варе)
Spanish
Pronunciation
Verb
vare
- inflection of varar:
Swedish
Pronunciation
Verb
vare
- (archaic) present subjunctive of vara; be
- Gud vare med er. ― God be with you.
Usage notes
Although labelled as archaic here, this form remains in common use in fixed phrases and (more or less sincere) prayers like the usage example above. Compare hjälpe, the present subjunctive of hjälpa.
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Phrase
vare
- (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of "var det" (was it, it was).
- Vem vare som kasta[de]?
- Who threw it? ("Who was it that threw?")
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