different between geer vs seer

English

Noun

geer (countable and uncountable, plural geers)

1. Obsolete form of gear.

Anagrams

• Eger, Gere, eger, egre, gree

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gêer, from Old Dutch *g?r, from Proto-West Germanic *gai?, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

geer m (plural geren, diminutive geertje n)

1. spear
2. (heraldry) gyron

Synonyms

• (spear): speer, spies, lans

Derived terms

• aalgeer

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *g?r, from Proto-West Germanic *gai?, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz.

Noun

gêer m

1. spear

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: geer

Further reading

• “ghere (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “geer (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page III

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??(?)/, /si??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(?), -i??(?)
• Homophones: cere, sear, sihr

Etymology 1

see +? -er (“agent suffix”).

Noun

seer (plural seers)

1. One who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.
2. One who sees something; an eyewitness.

Related terms

• seeress

Translations

Etymology 2

See sihr.

Noun

seer (plural seers)

1. Alternative form of sihr

Anagrams

• EERs, Erse, REEs, Rees, SERE, eres, rees, rese, sere

Danish

Etymology

From se (“to see”) +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se??r/, [?se???]
• Rhymes: -e???

Noun

seer c (singular definite seeren, plural indefinite seere)

1. viewer (someone who watches television)
2. seer (someone who foretells the future)

Inflection

Synonyms

• (viewer): fjernseer, kigger, kikker, tv-kigger, tv-kikker, tv-seer

Further reading

• seer on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch s?r, from Proto-Germanic *sairaz.

Adjective

sêer

1. painful, sore
2. sick

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• sêre

Descendants

• Dutch: zeer

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch s?r, from Proto-Germanic *sair?.

Noun

sêer n

1. pain, ache
2. sorrow, emotional pain

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: zeer

Further reading

• “seer (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “seer (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “seer (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “seer (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page II

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English s?ar.

Noun

seer

1. Alternative form of sere (“dry”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sér.

Adjective

seer

1. Alternative form of sere (“differing”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From se +? -er

Noun

seer m (definite singular seeren, indefinite plural seere, definite plural seerne)

1. (TV) a viewer
2. a seer, prophet

See also

• sjåar (Nynorsk)

References

• “seer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ser

Etymology

From Latin sed?re, present active infinitive of sede?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?se.e?/

Verb

seer

1. to be

Conjugation

Descendants

• Galician: ser
• Portuguese: ser

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sed?re, present active infinitive of sede?. As time passed, it merged with ser (“to be”), from Latin sum (“to be”).

Verb

seer

1. to be
2. to sit

See also

• eseyente