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Webster 1913 Edition

Ere

Ere

(ār or âr; 277)
,
p
rep.
&
adv.
[AS.
ǣr
, prep., adv., & conj.; akin to OS., OFries., & OHG.
ēr
, G.
eher
, D.
eer
, Icel.
ār
, Goth.
air
. √204. Cf.
Early
,
Erst
,
Or
,
adv.
]
1.
Before; sooner than.
[Archaic or Poetic]
Myself was stirring
ere
the break of day.
Shakespeare
Ere
sails were spread new oceans to explore.
Dryden.
Sir, come down
ere
my child die.
John iv. 49.
2.
Rather than.
I will be thrown into Etna, . . .
ere
I will leave her.
Shakespeare
Ere long
,
before, shortly.
Shak.
–
Ere now
,
formerly, heretofore.
Shak.
–
Ere that
, and
Or are
.
Same as
Ere
.
Shak.

Ere

,
Verb.
T.
To plow.
[Obs.]
See
Ear
,
Verb.
T.
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ere

ERE

,
adv.
Before; sooner than.
Ere sails were spread new oceans to explore.
The nobleman saith to him, Sir, come down ere my child die. John 4.
In these passages, ere is really a preposition, followed by a sentence, instead of a single word, as below.

ERE

, prep. Before.
Our fruitful Nile
Flow'd ere the wonted season.

Definition 2024

erë

erë

See also: ere, ère-ere, and -eré

Albanian

Noun

erë f (indefinite plural erëra, definite singular era, definite plural erërat)

  1. wind
  2. smell

Etymology

Origin disputed. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *er- 'earth'. Compare Ancient Greek ἔρᾱ ‎(érā, “earth”), Old High German ero, Armenian erkir ‎(erkir), Gothic aírÞa ‎(aírÞa) 'earth'. For sense development compare Armenian erkir ‎(erkir) 'earth' after erkin ‎(erkin) 'sky, heaven'. Alternatively from Latin aere 'air', although this is uncertain as this word is already reflected in Albanian ajër. One other hypothesis is from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- ‎(“to go”), influenced by ajër.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɛːɹ]

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