æra
English
editNoun
editæra (plural æras)
- Archaic spelling of era.
- 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.
Anagrams
editDanish
editNoun
editæra c (singular definite æraen, plural indefinite æraer)
Inflection
editFaroese
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editæra f (genitive singular æru, uncountable)
Declension
editDeclension of æra (singular only) | ||
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f1s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | æra | æran |
accusative | æru | æruna |
dative | æru | æruni |
genitive | æru | ærunnar |
Further reading
edit- "æra" at Sprotin.fo
Icelandic
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editæra f (genitive singular æru, nominative plural ærur)
Declension
editDerived terms
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editæra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ærði, supine ært)
- (transitive, governs the accusative) to drive crazy
Conjugation
editinfinitive (nafnháttur) |
að æra | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
ært | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
ærandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég æri | við ærum | present (nútíð) |
ég æri | við ærum |
þú ærir | þið ærið | þú ærir | þið ærið | ||
hann, hún, það ærir | þeir, þær, þau æra | hann, hún, það æri | þeir, þær, þau æri | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég ærði | við ærðum | past (þátíð) |
ég ærði | við ærðum |
þú ærðir | þið ærðuð | þú ærðir | þið ærðuð | ||
hann, hún, það ærði | þeir, þær, þau ærðu | hann, hún, það ærði | þeir, þær, þau ærðu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
ær (þú) | ærið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
ærðu | æriði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að ærast | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
ærst | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
ærandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég ærist | við ærumst | present (nútíð) |
ég ærist | við ærumst |
þú ærist | þið ærist | þú ærist | þið ærist | ||
hann, hún, það ærist | þeir, þær, þau ærast | hann, hún, það ærist | þeir, þær, þau ærist | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég ærðist | við ærðumst | past (þátíð) |
ég ærðist | við ærðumst |
þú ærðist | þið ærðust | þú ærðist | þið ærðust | ||
hann, hún, það ærðist | þeir, þær, þau ærðust | hann, hún, það ærðist | þeir, þær, þau ærðust | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
ærst (þú) | ærist (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
ærstu | æristi * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
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masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
ærður | ærð | ært | ærðir | ærðar | ærð | |
accusative (þolfall) |
ærðan | ærða | ært | ærða | ærðar | ærð | |
dative (þágufall) |
ærðum | ærðri | ærðu | ærðum | ærðum | ærðum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
ærðs | ærðrar | ærðs | ærðra | ærðra | ærðra | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
ærði | ærða | ærða | ærðu | ærðu | ærðu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
ærða | ærðu | ærða | ærðu | ærðu | ærðu | |
dative (þágufall) |
ærða | ærðu | ærða | ærðu | ærðu | ærðu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
ærða | ærðu | ærða | ærðu | ærðu | ærðu |
Derived terms
editEtymology 3
editAdjective
editæra
- inflection of ær:
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editæra m (definite singular æraen, indefinite plural æraer, definite plural æraene)
Etymology 2
editAlternative forms
editNoun
editæra m sg or f sg
Etymology 3
editAlternative forms
editVerb
editæra
- simple past of ære
- past participle of ære
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editNoun
editæra m (definite singular æraen, indefinite plural æraer or æraar, definite plural æraene or æraane)
- an era
- ein æra er forbi ― an era is over
Etymology 2
editFrom Old Norse æra (noun and verb).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editæra f (plural æra)
Verb
editæra (present tense ærar, past tense æra, past participle æra, passive infinitive ærast, present participle ærande, imperative æra/ær)
- alternative form of ære
Etymology 3
editFrom Old Norse æra. In an umlaut relationship with år (“year”).
Verb
editæra (present tense ærer, past tense ærte, past participle ært, passive infinitive ærast, present participle ærande, imperative ær)
- alternative form of ære
Etymology 4
editPronunciation
editNoun
editæra f
References
edit- “æra” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
editOld Norse
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed 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
editæra f (genitive æru)
Declension
editDescendants
editEtymology 2
editIn an umlaut relationship with ár f (“oar”).
Verb
editæra
- (intransitive) to row, pull
- Synonym: róa
Conjugation
editinfinitive | æra | |
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present participle | ærandi | |
past participle | ærðr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | æri | ærða |
2nd-person singular | ærir | ærðir |
3rd-person singular | ærir | ærði |
1st-person plural | ærum | ærðum |
2nd-person plural | ærið | ærðuð |
3rd-person plural | æra | ærðu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | æra | ærða |
2nd-person singular | ærir | ærðir |
3rd-person singular | æri | ærði |
1st-person plural | ærim | ærðim |
2nd-person plural | ærið | ærðið |
3rd-person plural | æri | ærði |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | ær, æri | |
1st-person plural | ærum | |
2nd-person plural | ærið |
infinitive | ærask | |
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present participle | ærandisk | |
past participle | ærzk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | ærumk | ærðumk |
2nd-person singular | ærisk | ærðisk |
3rd-person singular | ærisk | ærðisk |
1st-person plural | ærumsk | ærðumsk |
2nd-person plural | ærizk | ærðuzk |
3rd-person plural | ærask | ærðusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | ærumk | ærðumk |
2nd-person singular | ærisk | ærðisk |
3rd-person singular | ærisk | ærðisk |
1st-person plural | ærimsk | ærðimsk |
2nd-person plural | ærizk | ærðizk |
3rd-person plural | ærisk | ærðisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | ærsk, ærisk | |
1st-person plural | ærumsk | |
2nd-person plural | ærizk |
Etymology 3
editIn an umlaut relationship with ár n (“year”).
Verb
editæra
- (impersonal, transitive with accusative) to give a good crop
- ærir akr ― the field becomes fertile
Conjugation
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- æra in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Old Swedish
editVerb
editæra
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