"ert" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: erts [present, singular, third-person], erting [participle, present], erted [participle, past], erted [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t Etymology: From Middle English erten, ertin, from Old Norse erta (“to provoke, incite, tease”), from Proto-Germanic *artijaną (“to excite, tease”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erdi-, *h₂erd- (“sharp point, stinger”). Cognate with Icelandic erta (“to irritate”), Norwegian erta (“to taunt”), Swedish ärta (“to tease, jibe”), Old Irish aird (“point, ord, end point”), Ancient Greek ἄρδις (árdis, “arrowhead”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|erten}} Middle English erten, {{m|enm|ertin}} ertin, {{der|en|non|erta||to provoke, incite, tease}} Old Norse erta (“to provoke, incite, tease”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*artijaną||to excite, tease}} Proto-Germanic *artijaną (“to excite, tease”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂erdi-}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂erdi-, {{m|ine-pro|*h₂erd-||sharp point, stinger}} *h₂erd- (“sharp point, stinger”), {{cog|is|erta||to irritate}} Icelandic erta (“to irritate”), {{cog|no|erta||to taunt}} Norwegian erta (“to taunt”), {{cog|sv|ärta||to tease, jibe}} Swedish ärta (“to tease, jibe”), {{cog|sga|aird||point, ord, end point}} Old Irish aird (“point, ord, end point”), {{cog|grc|ἄρδις||arrowhead}} Ancient Greek ἄρδις (árdis, “arrowhead”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} ert (third-person singular simple present erts, present participle erting, simple past and past participle erted)
  1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To incite; urge on; encourage. Tags: UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-ert-en-verb-O9m1ngXK Categories (other): British English
  2. (transitive, UK dialectal) To irritate; grill; provoke. Tags: UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-ert-en-verb-svkEA1JZ Categories (other): British English
  3. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To be eager, prone; hurry. Tags: UK, dialectal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-ert-en-verb-VOT-fCab Categories (other): British English
  4. (transitive, UK dialectal) To make as if to strike; argue (with); strive after; try to obtain. Tags: UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-ert-en-verb-A0LWlZ7g Categories (other): British English
  5. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To strive onward and upward. Tags: UK, dialectal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-ert-en-verb-xyENWGjQ Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: art Derived forms: ertand, erter, erting

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for ert meaning in English (4.4kB)

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        "(intransitive, UK dialectal) To be eager, prone; hurry."
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        "To make as if to strike; argue (with); strive after; try to obtain."
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        "(transitive, UK dialectal) To make as if to strike; argue (with); strive after; try to obtain."
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        "UK",
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        "To strive onward and upward."
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