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beren

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See also: Beren and béren

Basque

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /beɾen/ [be.ɾẽn]
  • Rhymes: -eɾen
  • Hyphenation: be‧ren

Etymology 1

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Determiner

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beren

  1. genitive plural of bera (he, she, it)
    Synonym: bere

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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beren

  1. superlative degree of bera (soft)
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Etymology 3

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Adjective

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beren

  1. genitive plural of bera (soft)

Etymology 4

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Noun

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beren

  1. genitive indefinite of be (letter bee)

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːrən

Noun

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beren

  1. plural of beer

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch beran, from Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną.

Verb

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bēren

  1. (rare) to bear, to carry

Inflection

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Further reading

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English beran, from Proto-West Germanic *beran.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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beren (third-person singular simple present bereth, present participle berynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative bar, past participle born)

  1. to bear

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • English: bear
  • Scots: bere, beir
  • Yola: ber, baar

References

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Old English

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *barīnaz. Equivalent to bere +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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beren

  1. (relational) barley
    beren hlāf
    barley bread
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *birīnaz.

Adjective

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beren

  1. Alternative form of biren
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