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Old English · verb

aberan

Normalised āberan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class IV
IPA
/ɑːˈbe.rɑn/
Syllables
ɑː · ˈbe · rɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
abeartoleratecarrytholeenduresuffer

Meaning

  1. to bear, carry, tolerate, endure, suffer; thole

    ðā Drihten ārǣrde miċelne wind, and sē ġelǣhte ealne þone līġ, and ābǣr hine tō ðǣs cyninges botle, swā þæt him ne belǣfde nān þing unforburnen, and hē sylf earfoðlīċe þām fȳre ætbærst.

    The Lord rose up a great wind, and it caught all the flame, and bore it to the king's dwelling, so that nothing unburnt to him remained, and he himself escaped from the fire with difficulty.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

  2. to bear off or away, bring forth

Conjugation

Conjugation of aberan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ābereābær
2nd singular ābirestābirstābǣre
3rd singular ābireþābirþābær
Plural āberaþābǣron
Subjunctive
Singular ābereābǣre
Plural āberenābǣren
Non-finite forms of aberan
Form
Infinitive āberan
Inflected infinitive āberenne
Imperative singular āber
Imperative plural āberaþ
Present participle āberende
Past participle āboren

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uzberaną, equivalent to ā- + beran. Cognate with Old High German irberan, Gothic (usbairan).

Descendants

abear

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