yare
English
/jɛə(ɹ)/
adj
Definitions
- (archaic) Ready; prepared.
- (UK) Ready, alert, prepared, prompt.
- Eager, keen, lively, handy; agile, nimble.
- (nautical) Easily manageable and answering readily to the helm; yar.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English yare inherited from Old English ġearu (yare, prompt, finished, ready, equipped, complete, prepared) inherited from *garu inherited from Proto-Germanic *garwaz (ready, prepared).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*garwaz
Gloss
ready, prepared
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- yarage English
- yarely English
- yark English
- Gärling German
- gar German
- sogar German
- ungar German
- beetgaar Dutch, Flemish
- gaar Dutch, Flemish
- gaarkeuken Dutch, Flemish
- halfgaar Dutch, Flemish
- *garwaz Proto-Germanic
- gearu Old English
- ġearu Old English
- garren Middle English
- yare Middle English
- ȝarken Middle English
- ȝarly Middle English
- gǫrr Old Norse
- gaer Middle Dutch
- garo Old High German
- gare Middle High German
- esouguer Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- guer Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *garu gmw-pro
- garo Old Dutch
- garo Old Saxon
- gar Scots