"beren" meaning in Middle English

See beren in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈbɛ̞ːrən/
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Germanic *beraną Proto-West Germanic *beran Old English beran Middle English beren From Old English beran, from Proto-West Germanic *beran. Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|:inh|ang:beran|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Germanic *beraną Proto-West Germanic *beran Old English beran Middle English beren [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*beraną", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*beran", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "beran", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "beren", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" }" data-lang="enm" data-title="beren">, {{inh|enm|ang|beran}} Old English beran, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*beran}} Proto-West Germanic *beran Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} beren, {{enm-verb|bereth|berynge|bar|born}} beren (third-person singular simple present bereth, present participle berynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative bar, past participle born) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-st|ber|bar|ber|bor|2a=ber|3a=bar|c=4|p_part3=born|y=2}} Forms: bereth [present, singular, third-person], berynge [participle, present], bar [first-person, indicative, past, singular, third-person], born [participle, past], strong [table-tags], beren [infinitive], to beren [infinitive], bere [infinitive], bere [first-person, present, singular], bar [first-person, past, singular], ber [first-person, past, singular], berest [present, second-person, singular], bere [past, second-person, singular], bare [past, second-person, singular], bereth [present, singular, third-person], bar [past, singular, third-person], ber [past, singular, third-person], bere [present, singular, subjunctive], bere [past, singular, subjunctive], bare [past, singular, subjunctive], bere [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], beren [plural, present], bere [plural, present], beren [past, plural], bere [past, plural], baren [past, plural], bare [past, plural], bereth [imperative, plural, present], bere [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], berynge [participle, present], berende [participle, present], boren [participle, past], bore [participle, past], born [participle, past], yboren [participle, past], ybore [participle, past], yborn [participle, past], beoren [alternative], bearen [alternative], baren [alternative], beore [alternative]
  1. to bear

Alternative forms

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      "form": "born",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past"
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      "form": "yborn",
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      "form": "beoren",
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      "ipa": "/ˈbɛ̞ːrən/"
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bearen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baren",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beore",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "beren",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bereth",
        "2": "berynge",
        "3": "bar",
        "4": "born"
      },
      "expansion": "beren (third-person singular simple present bereth, present participle berynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative bar, past participle born)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ber",
        "2": "bar",
        "2a": "ber",
        "3": "ber",
        "3a": "bar",
        "4": "bor",
        "c": "4",
        "p_part3": "born",
        "y": "2"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English class 4 strong verbs",
        "Middle English entries with etymology trees",
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
        "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Middle English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer-",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Middle English verbs",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to bear"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bear",
          "bear"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɛ̞ːrən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beren"
}

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