different between ayre vs ayry

English

Etymology 1

From an unattested Norn word, from Old Norse eyrr. Compare Icelandic eyri, Norwegian øyr.

Noun

ayre (plural ayres)

1. A narrow bar of sand or gravel formed by the sea; a sandbank.

Etymology 2

Noun

ayre (plural ayres)

1. Archaic spelling of air.
   • 1856, Notes and Queries, page 425

     It is precisely to this—not destruction, but dissolution—(for dissolve is the poet's word) this melting into thin ayre, of the world itself, that Tooke maintains the word rack, i. e. reek, to be most- appropriate. And I think he was right in so doing.

Anagrams

• Arey, Ayer, Raye, Reay, Yare, aery, eyra, y'are, yare, year

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish ayre, from Latin ?er, from Ancient Greek ??? (a?r).

Noun

ayre m (Latin spelling)

1. wind

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ?er, from Ancient Greek ??? (a?r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?aj.?e]

Noun

ayre m (plural ayres)

1. air
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f.

Descendants

• Ladino: ayre
• Spanish: aire

English

Noun

ayry (plural ayries)

1. Obsolete form of eyrie.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• eyry, ayery, aery, hery

Etymology

ayr +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?ri?/

Adjective

ayry

1. airy

Descendants

• English: airy
• Yola: iree

References

• “air?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.