ära

From Old Norse heyra, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną. Cognate with Swedish höra.

ära n

1. ear

stem=weak ''an''-stem

ära

1. to hear

From Old Norse eyra, from Proto-Germanic *ausô. Cognate with Swedish ära.

ära f

1. honour

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Finnic *älä- (negative imperative stem). Cognate to Finnish älä.

ära

1. second-person singular imperative of ei (negative verb): do not/don’t

Related to eri.

ära (not comparable)

1. away

   Mine ära!

   Go away!

2. forms perfective verbs
   1. sööma (“to eat”) → ära sööma (“to eat (perfective)”)
   2. tapma (“to kill”) → ära tapma (“to murder, to kill (perfective)”)

Borrowed from Middle Low German ēre, from Old Saxon ēra (“renown, glory, honor”). Cognate with Icelandic æra and Faroese æra.

• IPA^(key): /²æːra/

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ära c

1. honor, glory; an objectification of praiseworthiness

ära (present ärar, preterite ärade, supine ärat, imperative ära)

1. to honor; to show respect for
2. (dated) to honor; to conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, request, or the like)

• ära in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• ära in Svensk ordbok.