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▪ I. yare, a. arch. and dial.|jɛə(r)| Forms: 1 ᵹearo, ᵹearu, ᵹearw-, -ow-, -uw-, 2–3 ȝaru, 3 ȝareou, -ew, -ue, -ow, ȝeærwe, ȝæru, -ew, ȝeruh, pl. ȝarre, 3–4 ȝar, 3–5 ȝare, 4 yarwe, ȝeare, Sc. ȝair, yhar, (4–5 yore, ȝere, yere), 5 yar, youre, 6 Sc. ȝor(e, ȝoir, yoir, 3– yare. [OE. ᵹearu, -o, = OS. garu, MDu. *gare (Du. gaar done, dressed), OHG. garo, garaw- ready, prepared, complete (MHG. gara, gar, gar(e)w-), ON. gǫrr ready made, prompt, skilled (see gare a.); prob. a compound of OTeut. *ga- y- prefix and *arw-, represented by OE. earu ready (? in Exodus 339 for MS. ᵹearu), OS. aru (MS. pl. aroa) ready (for reaping), ON. ǫrr ready, liberal-handed, in neut. ǫrt advb. quite, OE. earwunga, (late Northumb.) arwunge gratis, freely, and perhaps Goth. arwjô, OHG. arawûn in vain.] 1. Ready, prepared. a. of persons: const. to with n. or inf.
Beowulf 211 (Gr.) Beornas ᵹearwe on stefn stiᵹon. c888ælfred Boeth. xxxvi. §6 Ic hæbbe nu onᵹiten þæt ðu eart ᵹearo to onᵹitanne mina lara. a1000Andreas 234 (Gr.) He wæs..ᵹearo ᵹuðe. c1205Lay. 9457 Weoren alle þa cnihtes Ȝærewe [c 1275 ȝar] to þon fihte. Ibid. 22278 We beoð alle ȝarewe [c 1275 ȝarue] To ganne & to ride. a1225Leg. Kath. 2334 Ich am ȝarow to al þe wa þet tu const me ȝarkin. a1240Ureisun 132 in O.E. Hom. I. 197 Ȝif he is to bote ȝeruh and bit þe uorȝiuenesse. 13..Coer de L. 343 Stylle he hovyd and bode yore; To them he thought to ryde more. 1375Barbour Bruce ii. 346 On athir syd thus war thai yhar, And till assemble all redy war. c1440York Myst. vii. 30 To offyr loke þat ye be yore [rime nomore]. c1460Towneley Myst. xiii. 704, I am redy and yare, go we in fere To that bright. 1603Harsnet Pop. Impost. 143 And so the second may be yare and ready, to take his cue and turne of the former. 1603Shakes. Meas. for M. iv. ii. 61, I hope, if you haue occasion to vse me for your owne turne, you shall finde me yare. b. of things; in later use, (of implements) ready for use.
a900Cynewulf Crist 1270 Þæt hy him yrmþa to fela grim hellefyr ᵹearo to wite and weard seoð. 971Blickl. Hom. 39 Ᵹedoþ þæt eow sy mete ᵹearo on minum huse. c1205Lay. 7783 Þe tur wes al ȝaru. a1225Ancr. R. 394 His merci is hire euer ȝeruh. a1250Owl & Night. 378 Ȝif hundes urneþ to him ward He..hokeþ paþes sviþe narewe & haueþ mid him his blenches ȝarewe. c1350Will. Palerne 895 Mi dere gode damisele my deþ is al ȝare. Ibid. 2729 Þe werwolf waited wiȝtly which schip was ȝarest, to fare forþ at þat flod. c1400Gamelyn 90 Afterward came his brother..And seide to gamelyn is oure mete ȝare? c1595Capt. Wyatt R. Dudley's Voy. W. Ind. (Hakl. Soc.) 59 To see that..everie souldier [should have] his furniture as yare and fine as might be. 1627Capt. J. Smith Sea Gram. viii. 35 The Corporall is to..see..the souldiers..keepe their armes cleane, neat, and yare. 1631Markham Country Contentm. (ed. 4) i. xi. 78 You shall obserue that all your Tooles, Lines, or Implements be (as the Sea-man sayth) yare, fit, and ready. 1799Scott Covenanter's Fate xxxiii, At each pommel there, for battle yare, A Jedwood axe was slung. 1808― Marm. i. ix, The gunner held his linstock yare. c. to make yare: to make ready, get ready, prepare (also refl.).
c1290Beket 821 in S. Eng. Leg. 130 Þare-fore make þe ȝare i-nov þine a-countes to ȝelde. 13..Coer de L. 1185 The knyght it takes withouten let, Dyghtes hym, and made hym yare. c1385Chaucer L.G.W. 2270 Philomela, This Therius let make hise shepis ȝare And In-to grece hymself is forth I-fare. c1460Towneley Myst. iv. 121, I shall found to make me yare. 1865Tom Taylor Ball. of Brittany, Bran ii, To-night make me a good ship yare. 2. Alert, nimble, active, brisk, quick.
13..Coer de L. 6751 The Sarezynes fledde..; In there herte they were soo yarwe, Alle here yates they thought too narwe. c1425Engl. Conq. Irel. 114 Thys legat was youre aboute, pees to make betwene the kynge & Iohn. c1425Cast. Persev. 18 in Macro Plays 77 God hym ȝeuyth to aungelis Ful ȝep & ful ȝare. 1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. iii. xiii. 131 A halter'd necke, which do's the Hangman thanke, For being yare about him. 1626Capt. J. Smith Accid. Yng. Seamen 18 Be yare at the helme. 1698Vanbrugh Short Vind 27, I believe, had the Obscenity he has routed up here, been buried as deep in his Church-yard, the Yarest Boar in his Parish wou'd hardly have tost up his Snout at it. 1706E. Ward Wooden World Diss. (1708) 11 It's the Trick of a Hound to be yare at Hares only. 1831Carlyle Misc. (1857) II. 253 Like a right yare steersman. 1869Athenæum 28 Aug. 284/2 Yare, which is still current in Norfolk, and is pronounced yar, = brisk, active, lively. b. Of a ship: Moving lightly and easily; answering readily to the helm; easily manageable.
1390Gower Conf. II. 237 The wynd was good, the Schip was yare. 1579–80North Plutarch (1595) 131 The Persian gallies, being high cargged, heauy, and not yare of steredge. 1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. iii. vii. 39 Their shippes are yare, yours heauy. 1610― Temp. v. i. 224 Our Ship..Is tyte, and yare. a1642Sir W. Monson Naval Tracts iii. (1704) 357/1 She is Roomsom for her Men, and yare to run too and again in. a1656Ussher Ann. vi. (1658) 749 Caesars ships being more yare, and ready for any needs of service. 1658Earl of Monmouth tr. Paruta's Wars Cyprus 177 Vluzzali..commanded 25 of his yarer gallies..to assault our right Wing. 3. Comb., as yare-handed; † yare-witel, quick-witted.
[c900tr. Bæda's Hist. v. ii, Se ᵹeonga wæs ᵹeworden hale lichaman..& ᵹearowyrde on ᵹespræce.] c1205Lay. 3028 Heo was alre ȝungest Of soðe ȝær witelest. Ibid. 5639 Þa cnihtes weoren wise & ful ȝere witele. 1728W. Betagh Voy. rd. World 26 Don Pedro..took care however to be very officious or yare handed (as we say) with his present. ▪ II. yare, adv. Obs. or arch. Forms: 1 ᵹeara, ᵹeare, ᵹearo, ᵹere, 2–4 ȝeare, 3 ȝære, 3–5 ȝare, 4 ȝaire, ȝhare, ȝar, yaar(e, yarre, 4–5 yhare, (4–6 ȝore, 5 yore, yere), 5–6 Sc. ȝair, (6 ȝoir, ȝor), 4–7 (9 arch.) yare. [OE. ᵹeara, -o, -e, also ᵹear(e)we, -uwe, corresp. to OS. garo (Du. gaar), OHG. garo, also garawo (MHG. gare, gar, also garwe, G. gar) completely, quite, ON. g(j)ǫrva, gerva quite, clearly, plainly; adv. of ᵹearu, etc.: see yare a.] †1. Quickly, without delay, promptly, immediately, soon. (Often used vaguely, esp. in full yare, as a riming tag.) Obs.
Beowulf 2748 (Gr.) Þæt ic..ᵹearo sceawiᵹe sweᵹle searoᵹimmas. c1250Gen. & Ex. 2866 Ðat, bi ði leue, hise folc vt-fare, Ðre daiȝes gon and ben ðor ȝare, In ðe deserd. a1300K. Horn 497 (Cambr. MS.) Aþelbrus..tolde him ful ȝare Hu he hadde ifare. a1300Cursor M. 2837 ‘Haste’, he said, ‘þan þeder yaar, For i do noght til þou come þar’. Ibid. 5225 Þan was iacob busked yare, Wit al þe gynge þat wit him ware. 1375Barbour Bruce iii. 696 And by the mole thai passyt ȝar, And entryt sone in-to the rase. c1435Torr. Portugale 1320 The emperoure of Rome was there, The kynges of Pervens and of Calabere yare, And other two or thre. a1450Le Morte Arth. 3536 The ermyte Answeryd swythe yare. 14..Guy Warw. (C.) 5944 And wyth hys fyste he smote me sore: Sythen he flewe awey full ȝore. 1513Douglas æneis i. v. 37 Ane duelling place for Troianis biggit hes he,..and full ȝor, The armes of Troy has set wp in memor. Ibid. ii. xi. 21 Send ws thi help als ȝoir, And conferme all thir takinnis sene befoir. †b. Nimbly, briskly. Obs. rare.
1622J. Taylor (Water P.) Merrie Wherrie-Ferry-Voy. Wks. 1630 ii. 8/1 Though it [sc. a tongue] continuall toyl'd, And went as yare, as if it had bin Oyl'd. c. As exclamation: = Quick! esp. in nautical use. arch.
1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. v. ii. 286 Yare, yare, good Iras; quicke: Me thinkes I heare Anthony call. 1610― Temp. i. i. 7 Cheerely, cheerely my harts: yare, yare: Take in the toppe-sale. 1822Hogg Perils of Man III. vii. 204 Yare, yare! Lord sauff us! Here they come! What's to be our fate? Keep close for a wee while. 1867Morris Jason ix. 241 Yare!—for the ebb runs strongly towards the sea. †2. Well, thoroughly; (often with know, etc.) certainly, plainly, without doubt. (Often used vaguely as in 1.) Obs.
Beowulf 2656 (Gr.) Ic wat ᵹeare þæt næron ealdᵹewyrht þæt [etc.]. a900Cynewulf Crist 109 God of gode ᵹearo acenned sunu soþan fæder. a1000Boeth. Metr. ix. 9 He het him to gamene ᵹeara forbærnan Romana buriᵹ. c1000Ags. Gosp. Luke xx. 6 Hi wiston ᵹere þæt iohannes wæs witeᵹa. c1205Lay. 18816 Ah ful ȝare ich hit wiste. 13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 834 Þe þryde tyme is þer-to ful mete In apokalypez wryten ful ȝare. a1425Cursor M. 4866 (Trin.) Gode men, he seide, ȝe shal fare, But of oure kyng I warn ȝou ȝare. c1475Rauf Coilȝear 641 Se that thow leis thame not, bot ȝeme thame full ȝair. 1513Douglas æneis v. iv. 97 Now quha was blyth bot Menestheus, full ȝore? ▪ III. † yare, v. Obs. Forms: 1 ᵹearwian, 3 ȝ(e)arwen, ȝ(e)ærwen, ȝarewen, 3–5 ȝare, 4 ȝhare, yare. [OE. ᵹearwian, f. ᵹearu yare a. Cf. OE. ᵹierwan, OS. garuwian, gerwean, MDu. gherwen, garwen, gerwen, OHG. garawen (MHG., G. gerben, gärben), ON. gǫr(v)a, gjǫr(v)a, gera (see gar v.).] trans. To make or get ready, to prepare.
c888ælfred Boeth. xxxix. §13 Se hata sumor dryᵹð & ᵹearwað sæd & bleda. c1000Ags. Gosp. Luke i. 76 Þu gæst beforan drihtnes ansyne his weᵹas ᵹearwian. c1205Lay. 220 He makede ane heȝe burh..Þa burh wes wel iȝarwed [c 1275 iȝarket]. Ibid. 29834 Bruchinal..ȝarewede his ferde. a1300St. Gregory 1178 in Herrig Archiv LVII. 71 Whan þe nyȝt was al a gone a bote þe fisschere he gan ȝare. 1338R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 58 Þe kyng ȝared his folk, on haste alle þat he myght. refl.c975Rushw. Gosp. Matt. vi. 25 Hu ᵹe eowic ᵹearwiᵹe. c1205Lay. 7473 Ȝarewieð eow to fihte. 1338R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 90 He ȝared him to bataile. a1400–50Alexander 4866 Þan ȝaris he him ȝapely & a-ȝayne turnes. ▪ IV. yare var. yair n.; obs. f. yore. ▪ V. yare, y'are abbreviation of ye are.
1607Heywood Fayre Mayde Exch. I 3 b, Welcome M. Golding yare very welcome sir. |