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Old English · noun

beor

Normalised bēor

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/be͜oːr/
Syllables
be͜oːr (1 syllable)
Modern English
beerale

Meaning

  1. beer, ale

    Gebeotedon beore druncne oret-mecgas, ðæt hie in beor-sele bidan woldon Grendles guðe

    The sons of conflict, drunk on beer, promised that they would wait in the beer-hall for Grendel’s attack.

Declension

Declension of beor
SingularPlural
Nominative bēorbēoras
Accusative bēorbēoras
Genitive bēoresbēora
Dative bēorebēorum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews- (“dross, sediment, brewer's yeast”).

Descendants

beer

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