hare
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English hare, from Old English hara (“hare”), from Proto-Germanic *hasô (compare West Frisian hazze, Dutch haas, German Hase, Norwegian and Swedish hare, Icelandic heri), from Proto-Germanic *haswaz (“grey”) (compare Old English hasu, Middle High German heswe (“pale, dull”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂s-én- (compare Welsh cannu (“to whiten”), ceinach (“hare”), Latin cānus (“white”), cascus (“old”), Old Prussian sasnis (“hare”), Pashto سوی (soe, “hare”) and Sanskrit शश (śaśa, “hare”)).
NounEdit
hare (plural hares)
- Any of several plant-eating animals of the family Leporidae, especially of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.
- The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed.
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Sranan Tongo: hei
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VerbEdit
hare (third-person singular simple present hares, present participle haring, simple past and past participle hared)
- (intransitive) To move swiftly.
- 2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19-26 England”, in BBC[1]:
- But Wales somehow snaffled possession for fly-half Jones to send half-back partner Mike Phillips haring away with Stoddart in support.
SynonymsEdit
See alsoEdit
- form (hare's home)
- leveret (young hare)
- jackrabbit (type of hare)
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle English harren, harien (“to drag by force, ill-treat”), of uncertain origin. Compare harry, harass.
Alternative formsEdit
VerbEdit
hare (third-person singular simple present hares, present participle haring, simple past and past participle hared)
- (obsolete) To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.
- John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education.
- To hare and rate them thus at every turn, is not to teach them, but to vex, and torment them to no purpoſe.
- John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education.
Etymology 3Edit
From Middle English hore, from Old English hār (“hoar, hoary, grey, old”), from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”). Cognate with German hehr (“noble, sublime”).
Alternative formsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
hare
- (regional) Grey, hoary; grey-haired, venerable (of people).
- a hare old man
- (regional) Cold, frosty (of weather).
- a hare day
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AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronounEdit
hare
- hers (that or those of her)
- Sy het my hemp aangehad en ek hare.
- She wore my shirt and I wore hers.
- Sy het my hemp aangehad en ek hare.
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse hari, heri (“hare”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hare c (singular definite haren, plural indefinite harer)
InflectionEdit
See alsoEdit
hare on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch hare. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
hare
- non-attributive form of haar (English: hers)
- Normally used in conjunction with the definite article de or het depending on the gender of what is being referred to.
- Die auto is de hare. — That car is her one. That car is hers.
- Dat huis is het hare. — That house is her one. That house is hers.
- Dat is de/het hare. — That is her one. That is hers.
- Normally used in conjunction with the definite article de or het depending on the gender of what is being referred to.
- (archaic) inflected form of haar
Derived termsEdit
JapaneseEdit
Middle DutchEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
DeterminerEdit
hare
- Alternative form of hire
PronounEdit
hare
- Alternative form of hire
ReferencesEdit
- “hir, (pron.1)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 May 2018.
Etymology 2Edit
PronounEdit
hare
- Alternative form of hire
ReferencesEdit
- “hir(e), pron (2)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 June 2018.
Etymology 3Edit
From Old English hǣr.
NounEdit
hare
- Alternative form of her (“hair”)
Etymology 4Edit
DeterminerEdit
hare
- (chiefly West Midland and Kentish dialectal) Alternative form of here (“their”)
ReferencesEdit
- “her(e (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.
Etymology 5Edit
From Old English hara, from Proto-Germanic *hasô; some forms have the vowel of Old Norse heri.
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PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hare (plural hares)
- A hare or its meat (lagomorph of the genus Lepus)
- (rare) An individual who is easily scared or frightened.
- (rare) A hare's skin or hide.
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “hāre (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-26.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse *heri, from Proto-Germanic *háswa-. Compare with German Hase, Swedish hare.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hare m (definite singular haren, indefinite plural harer, definite plural harene)
- a hare
ReferencesEdit
- “hare” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse *heri, from Proto-Germanic *háswa-. Akin to English hare.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hare m (definite singular haren, indefinite plural harar, definite plural harane)
- a mountain hare, Lepus timidus
- a hare, a small animal of the genus Lepus
ReferencesEdit
- “hare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PaliEdit
Rapa NuiEdit
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Swedish hari, hæri, from Old Norse *hari, heri, from Proto-Germanic *hasô.
PronunciationEdit
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NounEdit
hare c
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of hare | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | hare | haren | harar | hararna |
| Genitive | hares | harens | harars | hararnas |