vare

• IPA^(key): /vɛə(ɹ)/

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vare (plural vares)

1. (UK, dialect) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A weasel.

• vare widgeon

Borrowed from Spanish vara (“staff, wand”), Latin vara (“forked pole”).

vare (plural vares)

1. A wand or staff of authority or justice.
   • 1681-1682, John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel

     His hand a vare of justice did uphold.

• “vare”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “vare”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

• AVRE, Rave, Vera, aver, evar, rave, vera

From var.

vare m (plural varja, definite varja, definite plural varjat)

1. hammer, Large hammer

• IPA^(key): [ˈvarɛ]

vare

1. vocative singular of var

• IPA^(key): /vaːrə/, [ˈʋɑːɑ]

From Old Norse vara f, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“attention, care”), cognate with Swedish vara, English ware, German Ware. Derived from Proto-Germanic *waraz (“cautious, aware”) (cf. Danish var).

vare c (singular definite varen, plural indefinite varer)

1. article
2. commodity
3. item
4. (in the plural) goods, merchandise, wares

• “vare,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Vare,3” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From Old Norse vari m, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“attention, care”), originally the same word as the previous one. The phrase tage vare is influenced by Middle Low German warnemen, compare German wahrnehmen (“to perceive”), Dutch waarnemen.

vare c

1. protection

   only in the expression tage vare (på/om) (“take care of, look after”)

• “vare,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Vare,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Borrowed from Middle Low German wāren, from Proto-West Germanic *waʀōn, *weʀēn (“to stay, remain”), cognate with German währen. Derived from the verb *wesaną (“to be”) (Danish være).

vare (past tense varede, past participle varet)

1. to last, take (to have a certain duration)

• vare ved
• varig

• “vare,3” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “vare,5” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From Old Norse vara, from Proto-Germanic *warōną (“to watch, protext”), derived from Proto-Germanic *waraz (“cautious, aware”) (cf. Danish var) Cognate with English ware (“to guard”) and German wahren (“to protect”).

vare (past tense varede, past participle varet)

1. (transitive, archaic) to warn
   • 1857, Hans Christian Andersen, At være eller ikke være, p. 160 / https://books.google.dk/books?id=kjKgDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT185

     Bodil vilde have sagt, at det var Guds Stemme, der varede ham og kaldte.

     Bodil would have said that it was God's voice that was warning and calling him.

2. (transitive, archaic) to guard

   in the modern language only in the expression vare sin mund "be careful about what to say"

3. (reflexive) to be careful, beware
   • 1970, Willy-August Linnemann, Det andet Europa‎^[1]:

     I hvert andet sving har man den herligste udsigt over Nauplionbugten, og i hvert tredje må man vare sig mod de skønne grækerinders opkastninger.

     In every other curve, one has the most wonderful view over the Nafplio Bay, and in every third curve, one must beware of the vomits of the beautiful Greek ladies.

• advare
• forvare
• varsel

• “vare,4” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “vare,4” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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vare

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of varen

• rave

From Proto-Finnic *varëh, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *waruz.

vare (genitive vareme, partitive varet)

1. ruin (construction withered by time)

vare

1. inflection of varar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯aː.re/, [ˈu̯äːrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.re/, [ˈväːre]

vāre

1. vocative masculine singular of vārus

vare

1. Alternative form of fare

From Old Norse vara.

vare f or m (definite singular vara or varen, indefinite plural varer, definite plural varene)

1. an article or item (of goods)

   varer og tjenester ― goods and services

2. a commodity
3. (in the plural form) goods, merchandise, wares

From Old Norse vari.

vare (indeclinable)

1. caution, protection

• ta vare på
• ivareta
• ta seg i vare

From Middle Low German waren; also related to være.

vare (imperative var, present tense varer, simple past varte, past participle vart, present participle varende)

1. to last, take (a duration of time)

• “vare” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse vara.

vare f (definite singular vara, indefinite plural varer, definite plural varene)

1. an article or item (of goods)
2. a commodity
3. (in the plural form) goods, merchandise, wares

From Old Norse vara.

• vara (a- and split infinitives)

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɑ(ː).rɑ/

vare (present tense varar, past tense vara, past participle vara, passive infinitive varast, present participle varande, imperative vare/var)

1. to watch, keep
   • 1968, O.Havdal, Meldal bygdebok: Bygdesoga til ikring 1700:

     Det var fleire som gjerne ville vere godvener med tussom for det lønt seg. Gamla i Groeggen sa alltid: "Var dokk", når ho slo ut varmt vatn.

     There were many who gladly wished to be good friends with the Subterraneans, because it paid off itself. The Old Lady in Groeggen was always saying "Watch you (out)!" when she threw away hot water.

2. to warn

• varsel
• varskrik
• varsku
• åtvaring

From Old Norse vari.

vare m

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• ta vare på

vare

1. definite singular of var
2. plural of var

• “vare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• arve, Arve, erva, evar, rave, reva, vear, vera, vêra, Vera

vare

1. first/second/third-person singular subjunctive past of vara
2. first/second/third-person plural subjunctive past of vara

vare

1. inflection of vara (“excellent”):
   1. masculine/neuter locative singular
   2. masculine accusative plural
   3. feminine vocative singular

vare

1. locative singular of vara (“wish”)

vare

1. first/second/third-person singular optative active of varati (“to wish”)

vare

1. inflection of varar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

vare (Cyrillic spelling варе)

1. third-person plural present of variti

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾe/ [ˈba.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -aɾe
• Syllabification: va‧re

vare

1. inflection of varar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /²vɑːrɛ/
• Rhymes: -²ɑːrɛ

vare

1. (archaic) present subjunctive of vara; be

   Gud vare med er. ― God be with you.

Although labelled as archaic here, this form remains in common use in fixed phrases and (more or less sincere) prayers like the usage example above. Compare hjälpe, the present subjunctive of hjälpa.

• vore

vare

1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of "var det" (was it, it was).

   Vem vare som kasta[de]?

   Who threw it? ("Who was it that threw?")

• Vera, evar