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avverbiopreposizionecongiunzionesostantivocontractionattestato nei dialoghi
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A contraction of is, there, and the indefinite article. Mainly used in questions.
avverbio
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obsoletoAt an earlier time.
Thys is he of whome I ſpake / he that cõmeth after me / was befoꝛe me be cauſe he was yer thẽ I.
Etimologia
From Middle English er, from Old English ǣr (adverb, conjunction, and preposition), from Proto-West Germanic *airi, from Proto-Germanic *airiz, comparative of Proto-Germanic *airi (“early”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyeri (“day, morning”) (compare Avestan 𐬀𐬫𐬀𐬭 (ayar, “day”), Gk. ἠέριος (ēérios, “at daybreak”), see also era, Albanian herët (“early in the morning, at daybreak”) ). The adverb erstwhile retains the Old English superlative ǣrest (“earliest”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian eer (“before”), Dutch eer (“before, sooner than”), German ehe (“before”).
preposizione
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arcaicoBefore; sooner than.
My ſelfe was ſtirring ere the breake of day, […]
The hill-tops rejoicing will ere long be at their ruddiest, and blush Good-night.
congiunzione
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arcaicobefore.
Syꝛ, come downe ere my child die.
sostantivo
- 1
Variante di earobsoletoObsolete form of ear.
As plesaunt to the ere as the blacke sanctus Of a sad sorte vpon a mery pyn.
contraction
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informaleA contraction of is, there, and the indefinite article. Mainly used in questions.
'Ere bit o' bacon in it, Kathleen?
Etimologia
Formed from is + there + a/an.
Forme
- plurale
- eres
ere · A contraction of is, there, and the indefinite article. Mainly used in questions.
Ere · A language spoken on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea.erect · Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.erection · The act of building or putting up or together of something.