aar

aar

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Afar.

From dialectal Dutch aar, syncopic form of ader, from Middle Dutch adere, from Old Dutch *āthara, from Proto-Germanic *ēþrō.

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aar (plural are, diminutive aartjie)

1. vein (blood vessel)

   Die bloed het in my are gevries toe ek daardie skreeu hoor.

   The blood ran cold in my veins when I heard that scream.

• IPA^(key): /aːr/

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• Hyphenation: aar
• Rhymes: -aːr

From Middle Dutch âer, from Old Dutch *ār, from Proto-West Germanic *ahaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *ahaz.

aar f (plural aren, diminutive aartje n)

1. ear (of corn, grain etc.)

• korenaar

From Middle Dutch āer.

aar m (plural aren, diminutive aartje n)

1. (archaic) eagle

• arend, adelaar

aar f (plural aren, diminutive aartje n)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of ader.

From Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (agır), from Proto-Turkic *āgır, *iagɨr.

aar (comparative daha aar, superlative en aar)

1. heavy

aar n (definite singular aaret or aare, indefinite plural aar, definite plural aari)

1. (non-standard since 1917) Obsolete spelling of år

From Old Norse ár, from Proto-Germanic *jērą.

aar n (nominative plural aar)

1. year
   • 13th century, Henrik Harpestræng, "Quomodo temperertur salsum dominorum et quam diu durat.", An Early Northern Cookery Book, 7.

     Thæt ær hærræ salsæ, oc ær goth et halft aar.

     This is a lordly sauce, and it is good for half a year.

• Danish: år

• IPA^(key): /ʔaːr/

aar

1. to wash a piece of linen for the first time

aar

1. to protect, to defend

From Middle English are (“their”), from Old English heora, hira, genitive of hīe (“they”).

• 'ar

• IPA^(key): /ɔː/

aar

1. their
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 84:

     Aar gentrize ware bibbern,

     Their gentry were quaking,

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 84:

     fan ee-daff ee aar scoth!

     when stript in their shirts!

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 84:

     aar aim

     their intent

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 86:

     Mot w'all aar boust,

     But with all their bravado

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 86:

     At aar errone

     That their errand

• w'aare

From Middle English thare, from Old English þār, from Proto-West Germanic *þār.

• thar, th'ar, thaar, thaare, thoare

• IPA^(key): /ɔː/, /ðɔː/

aar

1. there
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 7, page 86:

     An aar w' had Treblere an sturdy Cournug.

     And there we had Treblere and sturdy Cournug.

   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 93:

     Aar was a gooude puddeen maate o bran.

     There was a good pudding made of bran.

   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 93:

     Aar was pizzeen, an beanès, an barich amang.

     There were pease and beans, and barley-mung.

   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 93:

     Aar was bidaades an heereen.

     There were potatoes and herrings;

   • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 102:

     Aar was nodhing ee-left mot a heade,

     There was nothing left but the head,

• aar's

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 21