beren
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Basque
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Determiner
[edit]beren
Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]beren
- superlative degree of bera (“soft”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of beren (adjective, ending in consonant)
Etymology 3
[edit]Adjective
[edit]beren
Etymology 4
[edit]Noun
[edit]beren
- genitive indefinite of be (“letter bee”)
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]beren
Middle Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Dutch beran, from Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną.
Verb
[edit]bēren
Inflection
[edit]This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
[edit]- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “beren (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English beran, from Proto-West Germanic *beran.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]beren (third-person singular simple present bereth, present participle berynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative bar, past participle born)
- to bear
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of beren (strong class 4)
infinitive | (to) beren, bere | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | bere | bar, ber | |
2nd-person singular | berest | bere, bare, bar, ber | |
3rd-person singular | bereth | bar, ber | |
subjunctive singular | bere | bere1, bare1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | beren, bere | beren, bere, baren, bare | |
imperative plural | bereth, bere | — | |
participles | berynge, berende | boren, bore, born, yboren, ybore, yborn |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “bēren, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *barīnaz. Equivalent to bere + -en.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]beren
- (relational) barley
- beren hlāf
- barley bread
Declension
[edit]Declension of beren — Strong
Declension of beren — Weak
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *birīnaz.
Adjective
[edit]beren
- Alternative form of biren
Declension
[edit]Declension of beren — Strong
Declension of beren — Weak
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