† ereradj.adv.

Forms: adj. Old English ǽrra (m.), ǽrre (f. and n.), Middle English ærra, (Middle English erra, Middle English earre, eror, errure, Middle English erore); adv. Old English ǽror, ǽrur, (Middle English ærer, erur, arer, arure), Middle English–1500s Scottish erar(e, (Middle English errar), Middle English erer, (1500s earar).

Etymology: The Old English adjective ǽrra corresponds to Old High German êriro , Gothic airiza < Old Germanic *airizon- , < *airiz adverb: see ere n. The Old English adverb ǽror is a new formation after the analogy of adverb comparatives in -or ( < Old Germanic -ôz); the Old English ǽr ( < *airiz), owing to the loss of the suffix, not being distinctly shown by its form to be a comparative. Compare Old High German êror of similar formation.

Obsolete.

A. adj.

Former.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective]

ererc888

fernOE

oldOE

formerc1160

ratherc1330

before-goingc1384

formerc1384

forenexta1400

formea1400

while1399

antecedentc1400

precedentc1400

anteceding?a1425

late1446

whilom1452

preceding?a1475

forne1485

fore1490

heretofore1491

foregoing1530

toforegoing1532

further1557

firster1571

then1584

elder1594

quondam1598

forehand1600

previant1601

preallable1603

prior1607

anterior1608

previal1613

once1620

previous1621

predecessivea1627

antecedaneous?1631

preventive1641

prior1641

precedaneous1645

preventional1649

antegredient1652

senior1655

prevenient1656

precedential1661

antecedental1763

past-gone1784

antevenient1800

aforetime1835

one-time1850

onewhile1882

foretime1894

erstwhile1903

antecedane-

ere-

c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxv. §6 Þonne forlyst he eall his ærran god.

OE Cynewulf Elene 305 Ge to deaþe þone deman ongunnon, se ðe of deaðe sylf woruld awehte on wera corþre in þæt ærre lif eowres cynnes.

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 95 Þe þet on þam erran [MS. ercan] to-cume liðegedde þan sunfullen to þere godnesse.

c1230 Hali Meid. 7 Hire latere were..lesse haueð þen hauede ear hire earre.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 324 Of þe kunde he was of Denemarch, of þe eror wyf y bore.

a1300 Relig. Songs (Percy Soc.) v. 79 Of alle hire errure freond nu nafdh heo non.

c1305 St. Kenelm 290 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 55 & for þe erore miracle of þe toun þe whatlokere þerto hi come.

c1380 Sir Otuel 46 Otuwel thoute on errore deede.

B. adv.

1. Before, formerly, at a former time.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb]

erea822

fernOE

whileOE

erera1000

whilereOE

onceOE

somewhile1154

whilomc1175

herebeforec1200

somewhilesa1250

yorea1250

orc1275

rather?a1300

erewhilec1305

sometimea1325

sometimec1330

at or in sometime1340

in arrear1340

heretoforea1375

fernyear1377

once upon a timec1380

behinds1382

beforetimea1393

of olda1393

erenow1393

umquhilea1400

erst14..

fornec1400

yore whilec1400

of before1402

late1423

abefore1431

beforetimes1449

whilesc1480

sometime1490

aforrow?a1513

behind1526

quondamc1540

in foretime(s?c1550

erstwhile1569

erstwhiles1569

aleare1581

erewhiles1584

sometimes1597

formerly1599

anciently1624

olim1645

somewhile since1652

quondamly1663

forepassed1664

sometimea1684

backward1691

historically1753

time back1812

had-been1835

when1962

OE Beowulf 809 Se þe fela æror modes myrðe manna cynne, fyrene gefremede.

a1000 Cross (Gr.) 108 Swa he him ærur her on þyssum lænum life geearnað.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 183 Uncuðe men fon to þe aihte þe arure his waren.

a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1736 Al swo hit was erur bi-speke.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8714 Mærlin heom gon ræren alse heo stoden ærer [c1300 Otho ere].

14.. in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 221 And of þat erer was his Nou shal he hauen mys.

2. Sooner, rather, in preference; also with than.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adverb] > in preference to something else

ratherc1300

heldera1400

tittera1400

ererc1425

soon1457

rathest1556

would rather1557

first1580

preferablya1645

choosingly1651

preferable1683

ruther1809

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. Prol. 32 Swa erare will I now ches me To be reprowyd of sympilnes, Ðan blame to thole of wnkyndnes.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 458 Yai war sum tyme erar may yen les.

1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. i. f. 6^v He chesit earar to thoile ane cruel deid.

1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 10^v He wald preuaill the erar I assure.

c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 93 Erar to hasert the samyn vpoun the chance of battell, than continwallie to be in feir of thair life.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	erer
释义	† ereradj.adv. Forms: adj. Old English ǽrra (m.), ǽrre (f. and n.), Middle English ærra, (Middle English erra, Middle English earre, eror, errure, Middle English erore); adv. Old English ǽror, ǽrur, (Middle English ærer, erur, arer, arure), Middle English–1500s Scottish erar(e, (Middle English errar), Middle English erer, (1500s earar). Etymology: The Old English adjective ǽrra corresponds to Old High German êriro , Gothic airiza < Old Germanic airizon- , < airiz adverb: see ere n. The Old English adverb ǽror is a new formation after the analogy of adverb comparatives in -or ( < Old Germanic -ôz); the Old English ǽr ( < airiz), owing to the loss of the suffix, not being distinctly shown by its form to be a comparative. Compare Old High German êror* of similar formation. Obsolete. A. adj. Former. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] ererc888 fernOE oldOE oldOE formerc1160 ratherc1330 before-goingc1384 formerc1384 forenexta1400 formea1400 while1399 antecedentc1400 precedentc1400 anteceding?a1425 late1446 whilom1452 preceding?a1475 forne1485 fore1490 heretofore1491 foregoing1530 toforegoing1532 further1557 firster1571 then1584 elder1594 quondam1598 forehand1600 previant1601 preallable1603 prior1607 anterior1608 previal1613 once1620 previous1621 predecessivea1627 antecedaneous?1631 preventive1641 prior1641 precedaneous1645 preventional1649 antegredient1652 senior1655 prevenient1656 precedential1661 antecedental1763 past-gone1784 antevenient1800 aforetime1835 one-time1850 onewhile1882 foretime1894 erstwhile1903 antecedane- ere- c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxv. §6 Þonne forlyst he eall his ærran god. OE Cynewulf Elene 305 Ge to deaþe þone deman ongunnon, se ðe of deaðe sylf woruld awehte on wera corþre in þæt ærre lif eowres cynnes. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 95 Þe þet on þam erran [MS. ercan] to-cume liðegedde þan sunfullen to þere godnesse. c1230 Hali Meid. 7 Hire latere were..lesse haueð þen hauede ear hire earre. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 324 Of þe kunde he was of Denemarch, of þe eror wyf y bore. a1300 Relig. Songs (Percy Soc.) v. 79 Of alle hire errure freond nu nafdh heo non. c1305 St. Kenelm 290 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 55 & for þe erore miracle of þe toun þe whatlokere þerto hi come. c1380 Sir Otuel 46 Otuwel thoute on errore deede. B. adv. 1. Before, formerly, at a former time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] erea822 fernOE whileOE erera1000 whilereOE onceOE somewhile1154 whilomc1175 herebeforec1200 somewhilesa1250 yorea1250 orc1275 rather?a1300 erewhilec1305 sometimea1325 sometimec1330 at or in sometime1340 in arrear1340 heretoforea1375 fernyear1377 once upon a timec1380 behinds1382 beforetimea1393 of olda1393 erenow1393 umquhilea1400 erst14.. fornec1400 yore whilec1400 of before1402 late1423 abefore1431 beforetimes1449 whilesc1480 sometime1490 aforrow?a1513 behind1526 quondamc1540 in foretime(s?c1550 erstwhile1569 erstwhiles1569 aleare1581 erewhiles1584 sometimes1597 formerly1599 anciently1624 olim1645 somewhile since1652 quondamly1663 forepassed1664 sometimea1684 backward1691 historically1753 time back1812 had-been1835 when1962 OE Beowulf 809 Se þe fela æror modes myrðe manna cynne, fyrene gefremede. a1000 Cross (Gr.) 108 Swa he him ærur her on þyssum lænum life geearnað. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 183 Uncuðe men fon to þe aihte þe arure his waren. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1736 Al swo hit was erur bi-speke. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8714 Mærlin heom gon ræren alse heo stoden ærer [c1300 Otho ere]. 14.. in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 221 And of þat erer was his Nou shal he hauen mys. 2. Sooner, rather, in preference; also with than. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adverb] > in preference to something else ratherc1300 heldera1400 tittera1400 ererc1425 soon1457 rathest1556 would rather1557 first1580 preferablya1645 choosingly1651 preferable1683 ruther1809 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. Prol. 32 Swa erare will I now ches me To be reprowyd of sympilnes, Ðan blame to thole of wnkyndnes. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 458 Yai war sum tyme erar may yen les. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. i. f. 6^v He chesit earar to thoile ane cruel deid. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 10^v He wald preuaill the erar I assure. c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 93 Erar to hasert the samyn vpoun the chance of battell, than continwallie to be in feir of thair life. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.adv.c888
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