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Old English · noun

bera

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/ˈbe.rɑ/
Syllables
ˈbe · rɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English
bear

Meaning

  1. bear

Declension

Declension of bera
SingularPlural
Nominative beraberan
Accusative beranberan
Genitive beranberena
Dative beranberum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô (“bear”). Cognate with Old Frisian *bera, Old Saxon bero, Old Dutch *bero, Old High German bero. The oblique stem *bern- gave Old Norse bjǫrn.

Descendants

bear

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