Old English · adjective

bær

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /bær/
Syllables: bær (1 syllable)
Modern English: bare unconcealed naked

Meaning

bare, naked, unconcealed

Wit her baru standaþ unwered wædo. ― We stand here naked, unprotected by garments. (Cædmon's Metrical Paraphrase)

Declension

Strong declension of bær
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	bær	baru baro	bær
Accusative	bærne	bare	bær
Genitive	bares	bærre	bares
Dative	barum	bærre	barum
Instrumental	bare	bærre	bare
Plural
Nominative	bare	bara bare	baru baro
Accusative	bare	bara bare	baru baro
Genitive	bærra	bærra	bærra
Dative	barum	barum	barum
Instrumental	barum	barum	barum

Weak declension of bær
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	bara	bare	bare
Accusative	baran	baran	bare
Genitive	baran	baran	baran
Dative	baran	baran	baran
Instrumental	baran	baran	baran
Plural
Nominative	baran	baran	baran
Accusative	baran	baran	baran
Genitive	bærra barena	bærra barena	bærra barena
Dative	barum	barum	barum
Instrumental	barum	barum	barum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *baʀ, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós. Germanic cognates: Old Frisian bar, Old Saxon bar, Middle Dutch bar, baer (Dutch bar, baar), Old High German bar (German bar), Old Norse berr (Swedish bar, Norwegian Nynorsk berr). Indo-European cognates: Proto-Balto-Slavic *basas (Lithuanian bãsas, Latvian bass, Russian босо́й (bosój), Polish bosy), Albanian mbath (“I wear”).

Descendants

bare

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