ert

• art

From Middle English erten, ertin, from Old Norse erta (“to provoke, incite, tease”), from Proto-Germanic *artijaną (“to excite, tease”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erdi-, *h₂erd- (“sharp point, stinger”). Cognate with Icelandic erta (“to irritate”), Norwegian erta (“to taunt”), Swedish ärta (“to tease, jibe”), Old Irish aird (“point, ord, end point”), Ancient Greek ἄρδις (árdis, “arrowhead”).

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

ert (third-person singular simple present erts, present participle erting, simple past and past participle erted)

1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To incite; urge on; encourage.
2. (transitive, UK dialectal) To irritate; grill; provoke.
3. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To be eager, prone; hurry.
4. (transitive, UK dialectal) To make as if to strike; argue (with); strive after; try to obtain.
5. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To strive onward and upward.

• ertand
• erter
• erting

• ETR, Ret., TER, ret, ter, ter-

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *erctus, equivalent of Latin ērectus. Doublet of erecte, a learned borrowing.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɛrt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɛɾt]

ert (feminine erta, masculine plural erts, feminine plural ertes)

1. stiff, rigid

• “ert” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Old Norse ert, est. Cognate with Icelandic ert, Swedish äst.

• IPA^(key): /ɛɹt/, [ɛɻ̊ʈ]
• in the phrase "ert tú": IPA^(key): /ɛɹt tʰʉuː/, [ˈɛɻ̊ʈʉuː]

ert

1. (you) are, second-person present singular of vera (to be)

   tú ert vøkur ― you (f) are beautiful

   tú ert vakur ― you (m) are beautiful

   ert tú giftur? ― are you (m) married?

   ert tú gift? ― are you (f) married?

   ert tú ...? ― are you ...?

From Old Norse ert, est. Akin to Old English eart (English thou art), Swedish äst.

• IPA^(key): /ɛr̥t/

ert

1. you are, second-person of vera (meaning "to be")

   Þú ert skemmtileg.

   You are fun. (referring to a girl)

   Hver ert þú?

   Who are you?

• ertu

From Latin ars, artis.

ert m (plural erc)

1. art

ert

1. Alternative form of art: second-person singular present of been (“to be”)

ert (plural ertes or erten)

1. Alternative form of herte (“heart”)

From Old Norse ertr (“feminine plural”).

• IPA^(key): /ɛɾt/, [ˈæʈːʰ]

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• Rhymes: -ɛɾt
• Hyphenation: ert
• Homophone: -ert

ert f or m (definite singular erta or erten, indefinite plural erter, definite plural ertene)

1. a pea (plant and vegetable)

• erteblomst
• ertestuing
• ertesuppe

• “ert” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• erter

From Old Norse ertr f pl, from Proto-Germanic *arwīts (“pea”).

• IPA^(key): /ært/, /æʈː/

ert f (definite singular erta, indefinite plural erter, definite plural ertene)

1. a pea (plant and vegetable)

• “ert” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• ret, tre

• iert

ert

1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of estre

ert

1. second-person singular present active indicative of vera

Some from older variant est.

• Icelandic: ert
• Faroese: ert
• Old Swedish: est
  • Swedish: äst
• Danish: est

ert (third-person singular simple present erts, present participle ertin, simple past ertit, past participle ertit)

1. Alternative form of airt (“to incite”)

• “ert, v. tr.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

ert

1. neuter of er

• ter, tre