eáre
. Add: eár, es:
I. an ear (part of the head) :-- 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.
II. with reference to its function,
the organ of hearing :-- Of eáres hlyste hé hýrsumode mé, R. Ben. 19, 20. Þ̵ 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. Þ̵te 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.
III. as channel of information, as in to come to the
ears of a person :-- Þá becóm þ̵ 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.
IV. ear, as in favourable
ear, attention to what is heard :-- Sé is fram Gode þe Godes beboda mid gehýrsumum eáre gehýrð, Hml. Th. ii. 228, 23. Hié forgytaþ þ̵ hié hwéne ǽr ymbhygdigum eárum gehýrdon reccean, Bl. H. 55, 27. Hé him mildheortnesse eáron ontýnde, 107, 1.
V. a handle on a pot. Cf.
Icel. eyra a
handle on a pot,
see N. E. D. ear, ll. 8,
and next word.