hare

hare
{{11}}hare (n.) O.E. hara "hare," from W.Gmc. *hasan- (Cf. O.Fris. hasa, M.Du. haese, Du. haas, O.H.G. haso, Ger. Hase), possibly with a sense of "gray" (Cf. O.E. hasu, O.H.G. hasan "gray"), from PIE *kas- "gray" (Cf. L. canus "white, gray, gray-haired"). Perhaps cognate with Skt. sasah, Afghan soe, Welsh ceinach "hare." Rabbits burrow in the ground; hares do not. Hare-lip is from 1560s.
þou hast a crokyd tunge heldyng wyth hownd and wyth hare. ["Jacob's Well," c.1440]
{{12}}hare (v.) "to harry, harass," 1520s; meaning "to frighten" is 1650s; of uncertain origin; connections have been suggested to HARRY (Cf. harry) (v.) and to HARE (Cf. hare) (n.). Related: Hared; haring.

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