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  • Fero

    ic bere gǽð ðus;

    fers

    ðú berst (byrst),

    fert

    hé berð (byrð),

    • Ælfc. Gr. Z. 199, 6
      • .

  • Bierð

    bajulat.

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. II, 66
      • .

  • Bireþ

    gestat,

    • 41, 59
      • .
with sense of motion,
to carry, bring.
with concrete object
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  • Hié mé on heofenas beraþ,

    • Bl. H. 183, 6
      • .

  • Hié bǽron Marian líchoman oþþæt hié cóman tó þǽre byrgenne,

    • 155, 6.

  • þáhié gesáwan þá deádan men tó eorþan beran,

    • Ors. 3, 10
      • ;
    • S. 138, 26
      • .

  • Cumað beorende reopan heara,

    • Ps. Srt. 125, 6
      • .
with abstract object
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  • Bær Godwine eorl úp his mál

    Earl Godwine brought up his cause,

    • Chr. 1052
      • ;
    • P. 183, 6
      • .

  • Sceal úre ánra gehwylc beran his dǽda beforan Crístes heáhsettle,

    • Bl. H. 63, 30
      • .

  • Hwylc handleán we him forþ tó berenne habban,

    • 91, 14
      • .
used impersonally ; cf. similar use in Icelandic
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  • Swá hwæt swá þé on eáge byreð (cf. mart (acc.) berr fyrir augu mér)

    whatever (the dream) brings to your sight,

    • Lch. iii. 154, 22
      • .
without sense of motion,
to bear, support a burden
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  • Sió eax byrþ eallne ione wxn,

    • Bt. 39, 7
      • ;
    • F. 220, 28
      • .

  • Hé bierð (byrð, v. l.] on bis heortan ðá byrðenne ðæs bismeres,

    • Past. 73, 1 2.

  • Wyrþe ꝥ hié heofoncining on heora heortum beran,

    • Bl. H. 79, 33.
to suffer:
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  • Ðá scylda ðára scamleásena hé tǽlde, suelce hé efnsuíðe him bǽre

    at/asi compatiens,

    • Past. 207, 17
      • .
to carry:
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  • Hié hine létan heora seódas beran.

    • Bl. H. 69, 11.
to bear arms, wear clothes, carry a mark.
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  • Hé bireð on his móde opena wunda,

    • Past. 61, 1
      • .

  • Þriwa hé bær his cynehelm ǽlce geáre,

    • Chr. 1086
      • ;
    • P. 219, 32
      • .
to bear a child, fruit, &c.
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  • Hé nánne wæsðm ne bireð,

    • Past. 337, 13
      • .

  • Birð,

    • 339, 13
      • .

  • Eua bær teáras on hire innoþe,

    • Bl. H. 3, 12.

  • Beorende

    enixa,

    • Txts. 59, 751
      • .

  • Berende bið

    effeta.

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 57
      • .

  • Berend(e)

    ferax,

    • 35, 17.]

  • þeós eorðe is berende missenlicra fugela

    auium ferax terra,

    • Bd. 1. 1
      • ;
    • Sch. 8, 11.

  • Hit is berende on wecga órum

    uenis metallorum fecunda,

    • Sch. 9, 3.

  • Scép beorende

    oves fetosae,

    • Ps. Srt. 143, 13
      • .

  • Stánas ne sint berende,

    • Sal. K. p. 186, 30
      • .

  • Sý swá boren swá hé sý

    whatever his birth be,

    • Ll. Th. i. 248, 4
      • .
Derived forms
bul-, wearg-, weax-, wól-, yfel-berende, ǽwisc-, síþ-, telg-, wæter-, wróht-berend, wudu-bǽre, ǽht-, bet-, betst-, blind-, ceorl-, cifes-, cyne-, deór-, efen-, ful-, sím-, síþ-, þegen-, þeów-, un-, wel-boren
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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/40025.

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