Obs. [Common Teut.: OE. ár, áre, cogn. w. ON. eir, OFris. ére, OS. and OHG. éra, MHG. ére, mod.G. ehre:—OTeut. *aizā. In 13th c. the long á in due course became ō, exc. in the north; hence the ME. form ORE, q.v.]

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  1.  Honor, reverence.

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c. 950.  Lindisf. Gosp., John iv. 44. Witʓa on his œðle uorðscip vel aare [Rushw. are] ne hæfis.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 31957. Þa ȝet he dude mare; to Peteres are [1250 Peter his are].

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  2.  Grace, clemency. See ORE sb.1

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c. 1200.  Moral Ode, 127. Wenne deð is attere dure wel late he biddeþ are.

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c. 1200.  Ormin, 1041. Propitiari, Þatt maȝȝ onn Englissh nemmned ben Millcenn & shæwenn are.

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c. 1320.  Sir Tristr., II. xciii. Swete Ysoude, thin are!

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