"bar" meaning in Old English

See bar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bɑːr/
Rhymes: -ɑːr Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *bair. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*bair}} Proto-West Germanic *bair Head templates: {{ang-noun|m|head=bār}} bār m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|bār}}, {{ang-decl-noun|bār|bāras|bār|bāras|bāres|bāra|bāre|bārum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: bār [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], bār [nominative, singular], bāras [nominative, plural], bār [accusative, singular], bāras [accusative, plural], bāres [genitive, singular], bāra [genitive, plural], bāre [dative, singular], bārum [dative, plural]
  1. boar Synonyms: eofor
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}

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