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{{also|yeʼer}}
==English==

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{obsolete spelling of|en|year}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=eery|Eyer|Eyre|Reye|eery|eyer|eyre|y'ere|ye're|yere}}

==Middle English==
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===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|enm|here|yere|ȝere}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|enm|ang|ġēar}}, from {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*jār}}, from {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*jērą}}.

===Noun===
{{enm-noun|yeeres|pl2=yeer}}

# [[year]]
#* {{quote-book|enm|year=a.1400|author=w:Geoffrey Chaucer|title=w:Troilus and Criseyde|chapter=Book II|line= 22–28|passage=  Ȝe knowe ek that in fourme of ſpeche is chaunge / With-inne a thousand '''ȝeer''', and wordes tho /That hadden pris now wonder nyce and ſtraunge /Us thenketh hem, and ȝet thei ſpake hem so / And ſpedde as wel in loue as men now do / Ek forto wynnen loue in ſondry ages / In ſondry londes, ſondry ben vſages {{...}}|translation=You also know that the form of language is in flux; / within a thousand '''years''', words / that had currency; really weird and bizarre / they seem to us now, but they still spoke them / and accomplished as much in love as men do now. / As for winning love across ages and / across nations, there are lots of usages {{...}}}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|enm|yere of our lord}}

====Descendants====
* {{desctree|en|year|noalts=1}}
* {{desc|sco|year}}

====References====
* {{R:MED Online|entry=yēr|pos=n.{{sup|2}}|noformat=1|id=MED53888}}

{{C|enm|Time}}