- ere adv
- Able was I ere I saw Elba.
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ere adv
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Ere — ([=a]r or [^a]r; 277), prep. & adv. [AS. [=ae]r, prep., adv., & conj.; akin to OS., OFries., & OHG. [=e]r, G. eher, D. eer, Icel. [=a]r, Goth. air. [root]204. Cf. {Early}, {Erst}, {Or}, adv.] 1. Before; sooner than. [Archaic or Poetic] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ere long — Ere Ere ([=a]r or [^a]r; 277), prep. & adv. [AS. [=ae]r, prep., adv., & conj.; akin to OS., OFries., & OHG. [=e]r, G. eher, D. eer, Icel. [=a]r, Goth. air. [root]204. Cf. {Early}, {Erst}, {Or}, adv.] 1. Before; sooner than. [Archaic or Poetic]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ere now — Ere Ere ([=a]r or [^a]r; 277), prep. & adv. [AS. [=ae]r, prep., adv., & conj.; akin to OS., OFries., & OHG. [=e]r, G. eher, D. eer, Icel. [=a]r, Goth. air. [root]204. Cf. {Early}, {Erst}, {Or}, adv.] 1. Before; sooner than. [Archaic or Poetic]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ere that — Ere Ere ([=a]r or [^a]r; 277), prep. & adv. [AS. [=ae]r, prep., adv., & conj.; akin to OS., OFries., & OHG. [=e]r, G. eher, D. eer, Icel. [=a]r, Goth. air. [root]204. Cf. {Early}, {Erst}, {Or}, adv.] 1. Before; sooner than. [Archaic or Poetic]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ere — c.1200, from O.E. ær (adv., conj., & prep.) soon, before (in time), from P.Gmc. *airiz, comparative of *air early (Cf. O.S., O.Fris., O.H.G. er, Du. eer; Ger. eher earlier; O.N. ar early; Goth. air early, airis … Etymology dictionary
ere — [er] Old Poet. prep. [ME er < OE ær, adv., prep., conj., akin to Ger eher, ehe, orig. compar. as seen in Goth airis, earlier < air, early < IE * aier , dawn < base * ai , to burn, shine] before (in time) conj. 1. before 2. sooner… … English World dictionary
ere — adv. == before than. 52 B. v. a. == plough. RG. 21. AS. erian … Oldest English Words
þéahhwæðere — adv yet, moreover, however, nevertheless, but; swá þéahhwæðere yet, nevertheless … Old to modern English dictionary
gehwæðere — adv nevertheless … Old to modern English dictionary
niðere — adv below, beneath, down, low down … Old to modern English dictionary
