English edit

Noun edit

æra (plural æras)

  1. Archaic spelling of era.
    • 1798, Pierre Simon La Place, “Exposition du Système du Monde [On the System of the World]”, in The Monthly Review, new and improved[1], →ISBN, page 500:
      It is desirable that all people should adopt one and the same æra, independant of moral revolutions, and founded solely on astronomical phænomena.
    • 1892, Thomas Keightley, Fairy Mythology, London: George Bell and Sons, page 5:
      In the fourth century of our æra we find this word made plural, and even feminine, and used as the equivalent of Parcæ.

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Danish edit

Noun edit

æra c (singular definite æraen, plural indefinite æraer)

  1. era

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Faroese edit

Noun edit

æra f (genitive singular æru, uncountable)

  1. honor (UK, honour)

Declension edit

Declension of æra (singular only)
f1s singular
indefinite definite
nominative æra æran
accusative æru æruna
dative æru æruni
genitive æru ærunnar

Icelandic edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

æra f (genitive singular æru, nominative plural ærur)

  1. reputation, honour
Declension edit
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Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse œra.

Verb edit

æra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ærði, supine ært)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to drive crazy
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Etymology 3 edit

Adjective edit

æra

  1. inflection of ær:
    1. masculine accusative plural
    2. feminine accusative singular

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin aera.

Noun edit

æra m (definite singular æraen, indefinite plural æraer, definite plural æraene)

  1. era

Etymology 2 edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

æra m sg or f sg

  1. definite feminine singular of ære

Etymology 3 edit

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

æra

  1. simple past of ære
  2. past participle of ære

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin aera.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

æra m (definite singular æraen, indefinite plural æraer or æraar, definite plural æraene or æraane)

  1. an era
    ein æra er forbian era is over

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse æra (noun and verb).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

æra f (plural æra)

  1. definite singular of ære
  2. (pre-2012) alternative form of ære

Verb edit

æra (present tense ærar, past tense æra, past participle æra, passive infinitive ærast, present participle ærande, imperative æra/ær)

  1. alternative form of ære

Etymology 3 edit

From Old Norse æra. In an umlaut relationship with år (year).

Verb edit

æra (present tense ærer, past tense ærte, past participle ært, passive infinitive ærast, present participle ærande, imperative ær)

  1. alternative form of ære

Etymology 4 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

æra f

  1. definite singular of ær

References edit

Anagrams edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Middle Low German ēre, from Old Saxon ēra (honour, renown, glory), from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu (honour; respect, reverence), from Proto-Germanic *aizō (fear, reverence; glory), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oys-éh₂, from *h₂eys- (to respect). Doublet of eir.

Noun edit

æra f (genitive æru)

  1. honour
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • Danish: ære
  • Icelandic: æra
  • Faroese: æra
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ære
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ære
  • Swedish: ära

Etymology 2 edit

In an umlaut relationship with ár f (oar).

Verb edit

æra

  1. (intransitive) to row, pull
    Synonym: róa
Conjugation edit

Etymology 3 edit

In an umlaut relationship with ár n (year).

Verb edit

æra

  1. (impersonal, transitive with accusative) to give a good crop
    ærir akrthe field becomes fertile
Conjugation edit
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References edit

  • æra in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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Verb edit

æra

  1. third-person plural present indicative of vara