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ÁR

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
ÁR, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§28; §133; §343; §365; §367; §395;
honour, glory, rank, dignity, magnificence, respect, reverence; honor, dignitas, gloria, magnificentia, honestas, reverentia
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  • Sý him ár and onwald

    be to him honour and power,

    • Exon. 65 b; Th. 241, 28
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    • Ph. 663
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  • Ne wolde he ǽnige áre wítan

    nor would he ascribe any honour,

    • Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 29
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  • He sundor líf wæs fóreberende eallum ðám árum

    he was preferring a private life to all honours,

    • Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 8
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  • Nyton náne áre on nánum men

    they know no respect for any man,

    • Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 25
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  • Be ðære cirican áre

    according to the rank of the church,

    • L. Alf. pol. 42; Th. i. 90, 10
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  • He on his ágenum fæder áre ne wolde gesceáwian

    he would not look with reverence on his own father,

    • Cd. 76; Th. 95, 18
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    • Gen. 1580
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kindness, favour, mercy, pity, benefit, use, help; gratia, favor, misericordia, beneficium, auxilium
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  • He gemunde ðá ða áre ðe he him ǽr forgeaf, wíc-stede wéligne

    he remembered then the favour which he before had conferred upon him, the wealthy dwelling place,

    • Beo. Th. 5205
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    • B. 2606
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  • Ne mihte earmsceapen áre findan

    nor might the poor wretch find pity,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2260
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    • An. 1131
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  • Him wæs ára þearf

    to him was need of favours,

    • Cd. 97; Th. 128, 12
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    • Gen. 2125
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  • To gódre áre

    to good use,

    • Herb. 2, 9; Lchdm. i. 82, 21
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    • Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 14
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  • Eallum to áre ylda bearnum

    for the benefit of all the sons of men,

    • Jul. A. 2. (Vid. Price's Walton, ci. note 34.)
  • Leáf and gærs gróweþ eldum to áre

    leaves and grass grow for the benefit of men,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 199
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    • Met. 20, 100
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  • Ðǽr is ár gelang fira gehwylcum

    there is help ready to every man,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1958
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    • An. 981
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property, possessions, an estate, land, ecclesiastical living, benefice; bona, possessiones, fundus, beneficium
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  • He plihte to him sylfum and ealre his áre

    he acts at peril of himself and all his property,

    • L. Eth. ix. 42; Th. i. 350, 3
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    • Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 32
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  • Hwílum be áre, hwílum be ǽhte

    sometimes in estate, sometimes in goods,

    • L. Eth. vi. 51; Th. i. 328, 11
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    • L. C. S. 50; Th. i. 404,18
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  • Se ðe sitte on his áre on lífe

    he who lives on his property during life,

    • L. Eth. iii. 14; Th. i. 298, 9
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    • L. Eth. vi. 4; Th. i. 316, 1, 3
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  • Ðæt hí him andlyfne and áre forgeáfen for heora gewinne

    that they should give them food and possessions for their labour,

    • Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 19
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Etymology
[
Laym. ære, are
:
Orm. are
:
O. Sax. éra
:
O. Frs. ére
:
Dut. eer
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Ger. ehre, f
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M. H. Ger. ére
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O. H. Ger. éra
:
Dan. äre
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Swed. ära
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O. Nrs. æra
.]
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