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"word": "forberan"
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},
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{
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"word": "ġeboren"
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{
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}
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},
"expansion": "Middle English: beren, beoren, bearen, baren\nEnglish: bear\nScots: bere, beir\nYola: ber, baar",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: beren, beoren, bearen, baren\nEnglish: bear\nScots: bere, beir\nYola: ber, baar"
}
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"2": "bera"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian bera",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"2": "beran"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon beran",
"name": "cog"
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{
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"2": "beran"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch beran",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "beran"
},
"expansion": "Old High German beran",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "bera"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse bera",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (bairan)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "biru"
},
"expansion": "Old Irish biru",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "φέρω"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ferre"
},
"expansion": "Latin ferre",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti.\nCognate with Old Frisian bera, Old Saxon beran, Old Dutch beran, Old High German beran, Old Norse bera, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (bairan). The Indo-European root was also the source of Old Irish biru, Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō), Latin ferre.",
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "4",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "beran",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "berenne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "bere",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bær",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "birest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "birst",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bireþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "birþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bær",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "beraþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bǣron",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bere",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "beren",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bǣren",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ber",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"past",
"plural",
"present"
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"present"
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{
"form": "boren",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeboren",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
}
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"name": "ang-verb"
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"args": {
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"name": "ang-conj"
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"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
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"examples": [
{
"english": "Then lay there a cripple, lame from childhood, who was daily carried to the 'Beautiful' Gate, that he might receive alms from those entering.",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Chair of Saint Peter\"\n...þā læġ þǣr sum creopere lama fram cildhāde sē wæs dæġhwāmlīce ġeboren tō þām beorhtan ġete þæt hē ælmessan underfencge æt þām infarendum...",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Then the angel grabbed him by the hair and carried him to Babylon.",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of St. Clement the Martyr\"\nÞā sē enġel ġelǣhte hine be þām feaxe and hine bær tō Babylōne.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "The rich and the poor are both wayfarers in this world. The rich carry more than they need for the journey, while the poor hold an empty sack. That's why the rich should share their burden with the poor. That way they can lighten the burden of their sins, and help the poor.",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"On the Greater Litany\"\nSē rīċa and sē þearfa sind weġfērende on þisse weorolde. Sē rīċa birþ māre þonne hē behōfiġe tō his formetum, sē ōðer birþ ǣmtiġne pusan. For þȳ sċeal sē rīċa dǣlan his byrðenne wiþ þone þearfan: þonne wanaþ hē þā byrðenne his synna, and þām þearfan ġehilpþ.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"to carry, bear, hold"
],
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"carry",
"carry"
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"bear",
"bear"
],
[
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"hold"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to wear"
],
"id": "en-beran-ang-verb-voMHoymm",
"links": [
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"wear",
"wear"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to sustain, support"
],
"id": "en-beran-ang-verb-xUK7LDhL",
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[
"sustain",
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[
"support",
"support"
]
]
},
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "At that time, Alexander was born in Greece.",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans\nOn þām dagum wæs Alexander ġeboren on Crēcum.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to bring forth, produce, give birth"
],
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"links": [
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"produce"
]
]
}
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"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbe.rɑn/"
}
],
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "beoran"
}
],
"word": "beran"
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"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English lemmas",
"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 *bʰer-",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old English verbs"
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{
"word": "-bora"
},
{
"word": "forberan"
},
{
"word": "foreberan"
},
{
"word": "forþberan"
},
{
"word": "ġeberan"
},
{
"word": "ġeboren"
},
{
"word": "underberan"
}
],
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"1": "enm",
"2": "beren"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: beren, beoren, bearen, baren\nEnglish: bear\nScots: bere, beir\nYola: ber, baar",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: beren, beoren, bearen, baren\nEnglish: bear\nScots: bere, beir\nYola: ber, baar"
}
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"2": "bera"
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"name": "cog"
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{
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"1": "osx",
"2": "beran"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon beran",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "beran"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch beran",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "goh",
"2": "beran"
},
"expansion": "Old High German beran",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "non",
"2": "bera"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse bera",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (bairan)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "biru"
},
"expansion": "Old Irish biru",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "φέρω"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ferre"
},
"expansion": "Latin ferre",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"form": "ang-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "4",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "beran",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "berenne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "bere",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bær",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "birest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "birst",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bǣre",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bireþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "birþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "beraþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bǣron",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bere",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bǣre",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "beren",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bǣren",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ber",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "beraþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "berende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "boren",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeboren",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
}
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"1": "beran<s4/ge:1>"
},
"name": "ang-conj"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Then lay there a cripple, lame from childhood, who was daily carried to the 'Beautiful' Gate, that he might receive alms from those entering.",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Chair of Saint Peter\"\n...þā læġ þǣr sum creopere lama fram cildhāde sē wæs dæġhwāmlīce ġeboren tō þām beorhtan ġete þæt hē ælmessan underfencge æt þām infarendum...",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Then the angel grabbed him by the hair and carried him to Babylon.",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of St. Clement the Martyr\"\nÞā sē enġel ġelǣhte hine be þām feaxe and hine bær tō Babylōne.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "The rich and the poor are both wayfarers in this world. The rich carry more than they need for the journey, while the poor hold an empty sack. That's why the rich should share their burden with the poor. That way they can lighten the burden of their sins, and help the poor.",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"On the Greater Litany\"\nSē rīċa and sē þearfa sind weġfērende on þisse weorolde. Sē rīċa birþ māre þonne hē behōfiġe tō his formetum, sē ōðer birþ ǣmtiġne pusan. For þȳ sċeal sē rīċa dǣlan his byrðenne wiþ þone þearfan: þonne wanaþ hē þā byrðenne his synna, and þām þearfan ġehilpþ.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to carry, bear, hold"
],
"links": [
[
"carry",
"carry"
],
[
"bear",
"bear"
],
[
"hold",
"hold"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to wear"
],
"links": [
[
"wear",
"wear"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to sustain, support"
],
"links": [
[
"sustain",
"sustain"
],
[
"support",
"support"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Old English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "At that time, Alexander was born in Greece.",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans\nOn þām dagum wæs Alexander ġeboren on Crēcum.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to bring forth, produce, give birth"
],
"links": [
[
"produce",
"produce"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbe.rɑn/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "beoran"
}
],
"word": "beran"
}
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