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EAR

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
EAR, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§70; §139; §255; §329; §419;
An EAR of corn; spīca
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  • Seó eorþe wæstm beraþ, ǽrest gærs, syððan ear, syððan fulne hwǽte on ðam eare

    terra fructĭfĭcat, primum herbam, deinde spīcam, deinde plēnum frumentum in spīca,

    • Mk. Bos. 4,
    • 28.
  • Ða seofon fullan ear getácniaþ seofon wæstmbǽre geár and wélige

    septem spīcæ plēnæ septem ubertātis anni sunt,

    • Gen. 41, 26,
    • 27.
  • Pharao rehte Iosepe be ðám oxum and be ðám earum

    Pharaoh told Joseph of the oxen and of the ears [of corn ],

    • Gen. 41,
    • 17.
  • Híg ongunnun pluccian ða ear

    cœpērunt vellĕre spīcas,

    • Mt. Bos. 12, 1: Mk. Bos. 2, 23: Lk. Bos. 6,
    • 1.
  • Him þuhte, ðæt he gesáwe seofon ear weaxan on ánum healme fulle and fægre

    septem spīcæ pullŭlābant in culmo uno plēnæ atque formōsæ,

    • Gen. 41, 5: Lev. 23, 22: Deut. 23,
    • 25.
Etymology
[
Wyc. eere, ere:
R. Glouc. eres, pl:
Plat. aar, aare:
Dut. aar, f:
Ger. ähre, f; äher, n:
M. H. Ger. äher, eher, n:
O. H. Ger. ahir, eher, n:
Goth. ahs, n:
Dan. Swed. Icel. ax, n. Grimm supposes the root of these words to be ak sharp, and refers to Lat. acus, acies, acidus:
Ger. ecke a corner
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