"-iere" meaning in Middle English

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "-yer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "-ier"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-ien",
        "3": "-ere",
        "id1": "infinitival",
        "id2": "agentive",
        "nocat": "1",
        "pos1": "infinitival suffix",
        "pos2": "agent noun"
      },
      "expansion": "-ien (infinitival suffix) + -ere (agent noun)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "-end"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English -end",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "lufian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English lufian",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "-ier"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French -ier",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from -ien (infinitival suffix) + -ere (agent noun); i.e. nouns in -ere built to verbs in -ien, perhaps on the model of how Old English formations in Old English -end built on Class 2 weak verbs retain the -i- of the verb (e.g. lovye(n) → lovyere like Old English lufian → lufiend). In later use, possibly reinforced by Old French -ier once -ie- became a rising diphthong.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ȝer",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iar",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ier",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ior",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yare",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yer",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yere",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yȝere",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "noun-forming suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-iere",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -ere (agentive)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 8 75 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 13 72 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms agent nouns from other nouns or verbs; -er"
      ],
      "id": "en--iere-enm-suffix-x54YLcPw",
      "links": [
        [
          "-er",
          "-er#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-jər(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-i.ər(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-iˌɛ̞ːr(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-jɛ̞ːr(ə)/",
      "note": "with secondary stress"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-iere"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "-yer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "-ier"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-ien",
        "3": "-ere",
        "id1": "infinitival",
        "id2": "agentive",
        "nocat": "1",
        "pos1": "infinitival suffix",
        "pos2": "agent noun"
      },
      "expansion": "-ien (infinitival suffix) + -ere (agent noun)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "-end"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English -end",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "lufian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English lufian",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "-ier"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French -ier",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from -ien (infinitival suffix) + -ere (agent noun); i.e. nouns in -ere built to verbs in -ien, perhaps on the model of how Old English formations in Old English -end built on Class 2 weak verbs retain the -i- of the verb (e.g. lovye(n) → lovyere like Old English lufian → lufiend). In later use, possibly reinforced by Old French -ier once -ie- became a rising diphthong.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ȝer",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iar",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ier",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ior",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yare",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yer",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yere",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-yȝere",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "noun-forming suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-iere",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English noun-forming suffixes",
        "Middle English suffixes",
        "Middle English terms borrowed from Old French",
        "Middle English terms derived from Old French",
        "Middle English terms suffixed with -ere (agentive)",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms agent nouns from other nouns or verbs; -er"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-er",
          "-er#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-jər(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-i.ər(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-iˌɛ̞ːr(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-jɛ̞ːr(ə)/",
      "note": "with secondary stress"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-iere"
}