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Old English · noun

bere

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong ja-stem
IPA
/ˈbe.re/
Syllables
ˈbe · re (2 syllables)
Modern English
berebarleybear

bere1 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. barley

Declension · strong ja-stem

Declension of bere
SingularPlural
Nominative bereberas
Accusative bereberas
Genitive beresbera
Dative bereberum

bere2 · verb · inflected form

Senses

  1. first-person singular present indicative of beran

  2. Inflected form of beran

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *barī, from Proto-Germanic *baraz. Cognate with Old Norse barr.

Descendants

bear, bere

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