Old English · suffix
-bære
Normalised -bǣre
- Part of speech
- suffix
- IPA
- /ˈbæː.re/
- Syllables
- ˈbæː · re (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- bearingqualitiescharacterizedproducingsimilarity
Meaning
-
bearing, having
blostma (“flower”) + -bære → blostmbǣre (“blooming”)
-
having the qualities of, characterized by
and- (“turned”) + hēla (“heel”) + -bære → andelbǣre (“inverted”)
-
denoting likeness or similarity to
ċisel + -bære → ċiselbǣre (“gravelly”)
-
producing
cwealm (“death”) + -bære → cwealmbǣre (“deadly”)
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | -bǣre | -bǣru-bǣro | -bǣre |
| Accusative | -bǣrne | -bǣre | -bǣre |
| Genitive | -bǣres | -bǣrre | -bǣres |
| Dative | -bǣrum | -bǣrre | -bǣrum |
| Instrumental | -bǣre | -bǣrre | -bǣre |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | -bǣre | -bǣra-bǣre | -bǣru-bǣro |
| Accusative | -bǣre | -bǣra-bǣre | -bǣru-bǣro |
| Genitive | -bǣrra | -bǣrra | -bǣrra |
| Dative | -bǣrum | -bǣrum | -bǣrum |
| Instrumental | -bǣrum | -bǣrum | -bǣrum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | -bǣra | -bǣre | -bǣre |
| Accusative | -bǣran | -bǣran | -bǣre |
| Genitive | -bǣran | -bǣran | -bǣran |
| Dative | -bǣran | -bǣran | -bǣran |
| Instrumental | -bǣran | -bǣran | -bǣran |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | -bǣran | -bǣran | -bǣran |
| Accusative | -bǣran | -bǣran | -bǣran |
| Genitive | -bǣrra-bǣrena | -bǣrra-bǣrena | -bǣrra-bǣrena |
| Dative | -bǣrum | -bǣrum | -bǣrum |
| Instrumental | -bǣrum | -bǣrum | -bǣrum |
All forms (11)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bēriz (“bearing, carrying”). Akin to Old Frisian -ber, Old Saxon -bāri, and Old High German -bāri.
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