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á-beran

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with sense of movement,
to bear off, bring, carry
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  • Se hwæl hine ábær tó Niniuéa birig,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 10, 13
      • .

  • Mid ðý wé úre scyp fram ðám ýþum upp ábǽron

    exportaremus

    • Bd. 5, 1
      • ;
    • S. 614, 11
      • .

  • Ic gaderode mé . . . ðá wlitegostan treówo be ðám dǽle ðe ic áberan mihte; ne com ic mid ánre byrðene hám, ðe mé ne lyste ealne ðane wude hám brengan, gif ic hyne ealne áberan mihte,

    • Shrn. 163, 5-11
      • .
reflex. :--
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  • Hé ongann tó ðám swýðe cwacian and mid fótum tealtian, ðæt hé uneáðe hine sylfne áberan mihte

    coepit tremere, seque ipsum nutanti gressu vix posse portare,

    • Gr. D. 36, 21
      • .
to bring forth,
to bear a child
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  • Ðæt bearn ðe ábær úrne Hǽlend,

    • Hml. A. 25, 16
      • :
    • Hml. Th. i. 198, 1
      • .
to bring to light
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  • Se goldhord ne mæg beón forholen, nú hit swá upp is áboren,

    • Hml. S. 23, 604
      • .
with sense of rest (metaph.).
to bear with, tolerate
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  • Seó cyrice . . . swá ábireþ

    portat

    and ældeth, ðæt oft ðæt yfel áberende

    (portando )

    and yldende beweraþ,

    • Bd. 1, 27
      • ;
    • S. 491, 31
      • .
to bear, endure, not to give way under trial, suffering, &c.
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  • Hé þá wítu ábær

    tormenta ferebat,

    • Bd. 1, 7
      • ;
    • S. 477, 46
      • .

  • Hwæðer sió gecynd ðæs líchoman sié strang, and eáþelíce mæge ðá strangan lǽcedómas áberan,

    • Lch. ii. 84, 13
      • .

  • Se drenc wæs deádbǽre, ðá ðá hé ne mihte lífes tácn áberan

    (the vessel containing the liquor had burst when the sign of the cross was made),

    • Hml. Th. ii. 158, 23
      • .
to bear, be under an obligation for an imposition, &c.
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  • Ábere se borh ðæt hé áberan scolde,

    • L. Edg. ii. 6
      • ;
    • Th. i. 268, 9
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. us-bairan auferre, proferre, portare
:
O. H. Ger. ar-beran edere, afferre
.]
Entry information
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-beran.” 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/37326.

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