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BERAN

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
BERAN, beoran, ic bere, beore, ðú birest, birst, byrst, he bireþ, byreþ, birþ, byrþ, pl. beraþ; p. ic, he bær, ðú bǽre, pl. bǽron; pp. boren; v. a.
Wright's OE grammar
§10; §18; §41; §45; §48; §54; §80; §93; §96; §106; §119; §120; §155; §156; §157; §162; §188; §196; §200; §211; §212; §213; §214; §215; §217; §218; §219; §224; §225; §226; §234; §238; §247; §278; §288; §292; §301; §475; §476; §477; §478; §480; §481; §482; §484; §486; §503;
to BEAR, carry, bring, bear or carry a sacrifice, offer, bear off, carry out, extend, wear, support, endure, suffer; ferre, portare, afferre, offerre, deferre, proferre, extendere, gerere, tolerare
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  • Ðú eall þing birest

    thou bearest all things

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 551
      • ;
    • Met. 20, 276.

  • Heó gár bireþ

    she beareth the javelin

    • Salm. Kmbl. 876
      • ;
    • Sal. 437.

  • Eft byreþ ofer lagustreámas leófne mannan

    shall bear back over the water-streams the beloved man

    • Beo. Th. 598
      • ;
    • B. 296 : 4117
      • ;
    • B. 2055.

  • Se ðæt wicg byrþ

    he whom the horse carries,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2390
      • ;
    • El. 1196.

  • On handum hí beraþ ðé

    in manibus portabunt te,

    • Ps. Spl. 90, 12.

  • Secgas bǽron beorhte frætwa

    the warriors bare bright arms,

    • Beo. Th. 432
      • ;
    • B. 213.

  • Ðe bǽron byrðena on ðises dæges hǽtan

    qui portavimus pondus diei et æstus

    • Mt. Bos. 20, 12 : Lk. Bos. 11, 27.

  • Ne bere ge sacc

    nolite portare sacculum

    • Lk. Bos. 10, 4 : Ex. 22, 13.

  • Him wæs ful boren

    to him the cup was borne

    • Beo. Th. 2388
      • ;
    • B. 1192 : Cd. 6
      • ;
    • Th. 8, 7
      • ;
    • Gen. 120.

  • Deóflum onsægdnesse bær

    dæmonibus hostias offerebat

    • Bd. 1, 7
      • ;
    • S. 477, 13.

  • Byreþ blódig wæl

    will bear off my bloody corpse,

    • Beo. Th. 900
      • ;
    • B. 448.

  • Ða wiccungdóm wídest bǽron

    who carried the magic art furthest,

    • Cd. 178
      • ;
    • Th. 223, 18
      • ;
    • Dan. 121.

  • Ðæt ða hætt beran móston

    that they might wear [bear] a hat

    • Ors. 4, 10
      • ;
    • Bos. 96, 20, 18.

  • Ic nelle beran eówre gýmeleáste

    I will not endure your negligence,

    • L. Ælf. C. 1
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 342, 10.
to BEAR, produce, bring forth; facere, ferre, edere, parere
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  • Ǽlc gód treów byrþ góde wæstmas

    every good tree produces [facit] good fruits,

    • Mt. Bos. 7, 17 : 7
      • ;
    • 18.

  • Ðæt wæs deáþes beám se bær bitres fela

    that was the tree of death which bare much of bitter,

    • Cd. 24
      • ;
    • Th. 31, 2
      • ;
    • Gen. 479 : 30
      • ;
    • Th. 40, 26
      • ;
    • Gen. 645.

  • Gif he to ðæm ríce wæs on rihte boren

    if he to that kingdom was rightly born,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 26, 92
      • ;
    • Met. 26, 46.
Etymology
[
O. Sax.beran ferre, portare
:
O. Frs. bera
:
O. H. Ger.beran ferre, parere, gignere, generare
:
Goth.bairan; p. bar, pl. berum; pp. bairans to bear, carry, bring, bear children
:
O. Nrs. bera ferre, portare, sustinere, tolerare
:
Grk.φέρειν
:
Sansk. bhri to bear, hence Goth. barn a child
:
A.Sax. bearn a child.
]
Derived forms
a-beran, æt-, be-, for-, fór-, forþ-, ge-, in-, on-, óþ-, to-, under-, up-, upa-, upge-, ymb-, berende, deáþ-, feorh-, gár-, helm-, leóht-, reord-, sǽd-, sweord-, un-, wæstm-, berend, gár-, gást-, helm-, reord-, sáwl-, segn-, tácn-, berendnis, un-, bere, -ærn, -corn, -flór, -gafol, -græs, -hláf, -sǽd, -tún, -wíc, berie, berige, berge, blæc-, byrig-, hind-, streów-, wín-, brid, bearn, cyne-, dryht-, folc-, freó-, frum-, god-, hǽlu-, húsul-, steóp-, sweostor-, world-, þryþ-, -cennung, -eácen, -eácnung, -gebyrdo, -gestreón, -lést, -lufe, -myrþra, -teám, bearm, -cláþ, -rægl, beorma, bearm, gebyrman, byre, ge-byrd, -dæg, -tíd, -wiglǽre, -witega, byrde, ge-, in-, frum-byrdling, in-byrdling, beorþ, berþ, berþ-estre, berþ-ling, -ling, beorþor, -cwelm, -þínen, -beorþor, bǽr, bǽran, bǽr-disc, bǽre, æppel-, corn-, cwealm-, cwyld-, hlís-, horn-, leóht-, lust-, wæstm-, unwæstm-, bǽrnes, lust-, wæstm-, unwæstm-, byrðen, mægen-, sorg-, syn-, bora, cǽg-, horn-, mund-, rǽd-, rǽs-, segen-, sóþ-, sweord-, tácn-, wǽg-, wǽpen-, wíg-, wóþ-, wróht-, boren, æðel-
Linked entries
v.  a-beran æðel-boren aweg-beran bær bearn be-beran be-boren-inniht ge-byrd berend borettan beoran berende.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/3803.

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