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ge-beran

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
ge-beran, he -bireþ, -byreþ, -byrþ; p. -bær, pl. -bǽron; pp. -boren [ge-, beran to bear]
Wright's OE grammar
§651;
To bear, bring forth; ferre, părĕre
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  • Ne mihton nánuht libbendes geberan

    they could not bring forth anything alive,

    • Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 78, 22
    • :
    • Exon. l0 b; Th. 13, 19
    • ;
    • Cri. 205
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  • Rachel gebær Beniamin

    Rachel bare Benjamin,

    • Gen. 35, 19
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  • Him wíf sunu gebær

    his wife bare a son to him,

    • Cd. 132; Th. 167, 31
    • ;
    • Gen. 2774
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  • Ðá wearþ Abrahame Ismael geboren

    then Ishmael was born to Abraham,

    • 105; Th. 138, 26
    • ;
    • Gen. 2297
    • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 1379
    • ;
    • An. 690
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v.  ge-boren ge-byreþ.
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