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eáre

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Wright's OE grammar
§31; §135; §238; §279; §407;
Add: eár, es:
an ear (part of the head)
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  • Inneweard eáre

    auris, útweard eáre auricula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 22, 23. Parotides eár*-*coðu, ota, g. ( = ὤτα, graece )

    eár, i.
      20, 1.
  • Hé cearf of heora handa and eáran and nosa,

      Chr. 1014; P. 145, note 9.
  • Égo, eára

    oculos, aures,

      Rtl. 125, 39.
with reference to its function,
the organ of hearing
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  • Of eáres hlyste hé hýrsumode mé,

      R. Ben. 19, 20.
  • Ꝥ gé on eáre (in eáre, L. R.) gehýrað

    quod in aure auditis,

      Mt. 10, 27.
  • Ic secge þé on þín eáre,

      Angl. viii. 300, 14.
  • Ꝥte in eáre sprecend gié woeron

    quod in aurem locuti estis,

      Lk. L. 12, 3.
  • Eówer þonne eádige ége þe hiǽ geseóð and eáran (eáro,

      L.)
    eówre þe hiǽ gehérað, Mt. R. 13, 16.
  • Sé ðe hæfes eáro (eára,

      R.) tó hérranne, Mt. L. 13, 9.
  • Heáro, 43.
  • Eóro,

      Lk. p. 8, 15.
as channel of information, as in to come to the
ears of a person
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  • Þá becóm ꝥ tó eáran þæs ealdormannes

    peruenit ad aures principis,

      Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 20, 16.
  • Þá cóm him tó eáran be Agathes drohtnunge,

      Hml. S. 8, 7.
  • Þis cóm þá tó eáran þám cnihte,

      9, 57.
ear, as in favourable
ear, attention to what is heard
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  • Sé is fram Gode þe Godes beboda mid gehýrsumum eáre gehýrð,

      Hml. Th. ii. 228, 23.
  • Hié forgytaþ ꝥ hié hwéne ǽr ymbhygdigum eárum gehýrdon reccean,

      Bl. H. 55, 27.
  • Hé him mildheortnesse eáron ontýnde,

      107, 1.
a handle on a pot. Cf.
Icel. eyra a handle on a pot, see N. E. D. ear, ll. 8, and next word.
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