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BEARO

  • noun [ masculine ]
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BEARO, bearu; gen. bearwes; dat. bearwe, bearowe, bearuwe; acc. bearo; pl. nom. acc. bearwas; gen. -wa; dat. -wum; m.
A grove, wood; nemus vel lucus, silva, virgultum
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  • Se hálga bearo sette

    the holy man planted a grove,

    • Cd. 137; Th. 172, 7
      • ;
    • Gen. 2840
      • .

  • Wæter wynsumu bearo ealne geondfaraþ

    pleasant waters pervade all the grove,

    • Exon. 56 b; Th. 202, 10
      • ;
    • Ph. 67
      • .

  • Bearu

    nemus vel lucus,

    • Wrt. Voc. 32, 38
      • .

  • Se fugel of ðæs bearwes beáme gewíteþ

    the fowl departs from the tree of the grove,

    • Exon. 57 b ; Th. 206, 5
      • ;
    • Ph. 122 : 58 a ; Th. 207, 27
      • ;
    • Ph. 148
      • .

  • Wíc mid bearuwe ymbsealde

    mansions surrounded with a grove,

    • Bd. 5, 2; S. 614, 31
      • .

  • In bearwe, on bearwe or on bearowe

    in a wood,

    • Cot. 109
      • .

  • Heó begeát gréne bearwas

    she gained the green groves,

    • Cd. 72; Th. 89, 13
      • ;
    • Gen. 1480
      • .
Etymology
[
Heyne says a bearing or a fruit-bearing tree, hence trees in general, a wood
:
O. Nrs. börr, m. arbor
.]
Derived forms
æppel-bearo, sun-, wudu-
Linked entries
v.  bærwe bearowe bearu bearuwe bearwas beora.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “BEARO.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/3182.

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