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bæra

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse bera.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to move, stir

Conjugation

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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bæra n

  1. definite plural of bær

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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bæra n

  1. definite plural of bær

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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bæra f

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

Etymology 4

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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bæra f

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

References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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

Verb

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bæra

  1. to bear, carry

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Swedish: bära