"bere" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbe.re/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *barī, from Proto-Germanic *baraz. Cognate with Old Norse barr. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*barī}} Proto-West Germanic *barī, {{der|ang|gem-pro|*baraz}} Proto-Germanic *baraz, {{cog|non|barr}} Old Norse barr Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} bere m, {{ang-noun|m}} bere m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-ja-m|ber}}, {{ang-decl-noun|bere|beras|bere|beras|beres|bera|bere|berum|num=|title=|type=strong ja-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], bere [nominative, singular], beras [nominative, plural], bere [accusative, singular], beras [accusative, plural], beres [genitive, singular], bera [genitive, plural], bere [dative, singular], berum [dative, plural]
  1. barley Tags: masculine Derived forms: bærlīċ, beren
    Sense id: en-bere-ang-noun-16nq0LFc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈbe.re/
Head templates: {{head|ang|verb form}} bere
  1. first-person singular present indicative of beran Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular Form of: beran Categories (lifeform): Grains, Hordeeae tribe grasses
    Sense id: en-bere-ang-verb-YMjel~3D Disambiguation of Grains: 28 72 Disambiguation of Hordeeae tribe grasses: 17 83 Categories (other): Pages with 18 entries, Pages with entries, Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 18 entries: 3 3 1 3 28 9 1 1 1 4 1 3 2 28 1 3 1 4 1 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 1 2 30 10 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 35 1 2 1 3 1 2 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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