"ear" meaning in Old English

See ear in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /æ͜ɑːr/
Rhymes: -æ͜ɑːr Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *aur, from Proto-Germanic *auraz. Akin to Old Norse aurr (“mud”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*aur}} Proto-West Germanic *aur, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*auraz}} Proto-Germanic *auraz, {{cog|non|aurr||mud}} Old Norse aurr (“mud”) Head templates: {{ang-noun|m|head=ēar}} ēar m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|ēar}}, {{ang-decl-noun|ēar|ēaras|ēar|ēaras|ēares|ēara|ēare|ēarum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: ēar [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], ēar [nominative, singular], ēaras [nominative, plural], ēar [accusative, singular], ēaras [accusative, plural], ēares [genitive, singular], ēara [genitive, plural], ēare [dative, singular], ēarum [dative, plural]
  1. billow, wave
    Sense id: en-ear-ang-noun-zSCD2yHD Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Grains Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 48 13 13 15 13 Disambiguation of Grains: 49 13 13 13 13
  2. sea, ocean
    Sense id: en-ear-ang-noun-9~iFvwXM Categories (other): Landforms Disambiguation of Landforms: 11 58 11 11 11
  3. earth
    Sense id: en-ear-ang-noun-e3S0GKNS
  4. the runic character ᛠ (/æ͜ɑ(ː)/)
    Sense id: en-ear-ang-noun-bfmaTc4G Categories (other): Undetermined terms with redundant script codes
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Yarmouth [English], Ēarmūþa [Old-English]
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /æ͜ɑːr/
Rhymes: -æ͜ɑːr Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *ahaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *ahaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“pointed”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*ahaʀ}} Proto-West Germanic *ahaʀ, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*ahaz}} Proto-Germanic *ahaz, {{inh|ang|ine-pro|*h₂eḱ-||pointed}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“pointed”) Head templates: {{ang-noun|n|head=ēar}} ēar n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|ēar}}, {{ang-decl-noun|ēar|ēar|ēar|ēar|ēares|ēara|ēare|ēarum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: ēar [canonical, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], ēar [nominative, singular], ēar [nominative, plural], ēar [accusative, singular], ēar [accusative, plural], ēares [genitive, singular], ēara [genitive, plural], ēare [dative, singular], ēarum [dative, plural], æhher [alternative]
  1. ear (of corn)
    Sense id: en-ear-ang-noun-dUpiNwFU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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          "english": "The grave is grim to every nobleman When quickly begins the flesh, The corpse, to cool -- the livid one, to choose The earth for bed-companion; blossoms fall, Joys pass away, and treaties are broken.",
          "ref": "1967, Frederick George Jones, Jr., The Old English Rune Poem, An Edition, pages 78, 84:",
          "text": "ᛠ byþ eġle eorla ġehwylċum þon fæstlīċe flǣsċ onġinnaþ hrāw cōlian, hrusan ċēosan, blāc tō ġebeddan; blēda ġedrēosaþ, wynna ġewītaþ, wera ġeswīcaþ.",
          "translation": "The grave is grim to every nobleman When quickly begins the flesh, The corpse, to cool -- the livid one, to choose The earth for bed-companion; blossoms fall, Joys pass away, and treaties are broken.",
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        [
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              0,
              1
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            [
              4,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The grave is grim to every nobleman When quickly begins the flesh, The corpse, to cool -- the livid one, to choose The earth for bed-companion; blossoms fall, Joys pass away, and treaties are broken.",
          "ref": "1967, Frederick George Jones, Jr., The Old English Rune Poem, An Edition, pages 78, 84:",
          "text": "ᛠ byþ eġle eorla ġehwylċum þon fæstlīċe flǣsċ onġinnaþ hrāw cōlian, hrusan ċēosan, blāc tō ġebeddan; blēda ġedrēosaþ, wynna ġewītaþ, wera ġeswīcaþ.",
          "translation": "The grave is grim to every nobleman When quickly begins the flesh, The corpse, to cool -- the livid one, to choose The earth for bed-companion; blossoms fall, Joys pass away, and treaties are broken.",
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    }
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}

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