"bera" meaning in Old English

See bera in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbe.rɑ/
Rhymes: -e.rɑ 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. Etymology templates: {{etymon|ang|:inh|gmw-pro:*berō}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "brown", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰerH-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "pierce", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰerH-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "wild", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ǵʰwer-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*berô", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*berō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "bera", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" }" data-lang="ang" data-title="bera">, {{root|ang|ine-pro|*bʰerH-|*bʰerH-|*ǵʰwer-|id=brown|id2=pierce}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*berō}} Proto-West Germanic *berō, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*berô|t=bear}} Proto-Germanic *berô (“bear”), {{cog|ofs|*bera}} Old Frisian *bera, {{cog|osx|bero}} Old Saxon bero, {{cog|odt|*bero}} Old Dutch *bero, {{cog|goh|bero}} Old High German bero, {{cog|non|bjǫrn}} Old Norse bjǫrn Head templates: {{ang-noun|m}} bera m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-m|ber}}, {{ang-decl-noun|bera|beran|beran|beran|beran|berena|beran|berum|num=|title=|type=weak}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], bera [nominative, singular], beran [nominative, plural], beran [accusative, singular], beran [accusative, plural], beran [genitive, singular], berena [genitive, plural], beran [dative, singular], berum [dative, plural]
  1. bear Tags: masculine Derived forms: bere, biren

Inflected forms

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    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "bear"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "bear"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "beir"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Scots",
          "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
          "word": "beir"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "bere"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": ":inh",
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "*bera"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian *bera",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "bero"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon bero",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "*bero"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *bero",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "goh",
        "2": "bero"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German bero",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "bjǫrn"
      },
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    }
  ],
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beran",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beran",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beran",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beran",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beran",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "bera m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ber"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-n-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bera",
        "2": "beran",
        "3": "beran",
        "4": "beran",
        "5": "beran",
        "6": "berena",
        "7": "beran",
        "8": "berum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "weak"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "parents": [],
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          "name": "Ursids",
          "orig": "ang:Ursids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "bere"
        },
        {
          "word": "biren"
        }
      ],
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        "bear"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "bear",
          "bear"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbe.rɑ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e.rɑ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bera"
}
{
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    {
      "word": "bere"
    },
    {
      "word": "biren"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        {
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          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "bear"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "bear"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "beir"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Scots",
          "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
          "word": "beir"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "enm",
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    }
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      },
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      },
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      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*berô",
        "t": "bear"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *berô (“bear”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "*bera"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian *bera",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "bero"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon bero",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "*bero"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *bero",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "bero"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German bero",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "bjǫrn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse bjǫrn",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-n-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beran",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beran",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beran",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beran",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beran",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "bera m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ber"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-n-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bera",
        "2": "beran",
        "3": "beran",
        "4": "beran",
        "5": "beran",
        "6": "berena",
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Old English masculine n-stem nouns",
        "Old English masculine nouns",
        "Old English nouns",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerH- (brown)",
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        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 18 entries",
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        "Rhymes:Old English/e.rɑ/2 syllables",
        "ang:Ursids"
      ],
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        "bear"
      ],
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          "bear",
          "bear"
        ]
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbe.rɑ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e.rɑ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bera"
}

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