bæra

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse bera.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

bæra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bærði, supine bært)

  1. (transitive) to move, stir

Conjugation[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

bæra n

  1. definite plural of bær

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bæra n

  1. definite plural of bær

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

bæra (present tense bær, past tense bar, past participle bore, passive infinitive bærast, present participle bærande, imperative bær)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of bera

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bæra f

  1. (dialectal) alternative spelling of bere (female bear)

Etymology 4[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bæra f

  1. (dialectal) alternative spelling of berre (a bare place)

References[edit]

  • Ivar Aasen (1850) “Bæra”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog[1] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
  • Ivar Aasen (1850) “bæra”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog[2] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

Old Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse bera, from Proto-Germanic *beraną.

Verb[edit]

bæra

  1. to bear, carry

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Swedish: bära