"bera" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbe.rɑ/
Etymology: 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: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*berô||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, {{m|gem-pro||*bern-}} *bern-, {{cog|non|bjǫrn}} Old Norse bjǫrn Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} bera m, {{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: weak [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 Categories (lifeform): Mammals Derived forms: bere, biren
    Sense id: en-bera-ang-noun-vJi7UOgJ Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bera meaning in Old English (3.1kB)

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          "args": {
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            "2": "bere"
          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
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    }
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian *bera",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "bero"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon bero",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *bero",
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    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Old High German bero",
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    },
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        "2": "",
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      },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      },
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          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
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          "name": "Mammals",
          "orig": "ang:Mammals",
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      "ipa": "/ˈbe.rɑ/"
    }
  ],
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    {
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    }
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
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    }
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
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        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "",
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    }
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "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"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "beran",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "head": "",
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      },
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        "4": "beran",
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        "7": "beran",
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        "title": "",
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        "Old English nouns",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbe.rɑ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bera"
}

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