"biren" meaning in Old English

See biren in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈbi.ren/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *birīnaz. Cognate with Old High German birīn. Equivalent to bera + -en. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gmw-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*birīnaz}} Proto-Germanic *birīnaz, {{cog|goh|birīn}} Old High German birīn, {{suffix|ang|bera|en}} bera + -en Head templates: {{ang-adj}} biren Inflection templates: {{ang-adecl|biren|short=1}} Forms: strong [table-tags], biren [masculine, nominative, singular], birenu [feminine, nominative, singular], bireno [feminine, nominative, singular], biren [neuter, nominative, singular], birenne [accusative, masculine, singular], birene [accusative, feminine, singular], biren [accusative, neuter, singular], birenes [genitive, masculine, singular], birenre [feminine, genitive, singular], birenes [genitive, neuter, singular], birenum [dative, masculine, singular], birenre [dative, feminine, singular], birenum [dative, neuter, singular], birene [instrumental, masculine, singular], birenre [feminine, instrumental, singular], birene [instrumental, neuter, singular], birene [masculine, nominative, plural], birena [feminine, nominative, plural], birene [feminine, nominative, plural], birenu [neuter, nominative, plural], bireno [neuter, nominative, plural], birene [accusative, masculine, plural], birena [accusative, feminine, plural], birene [accusative, feminine, plural], birenu [accusative, neuter, plural], bireno [accusative, neuter, plural], birenra [genitive, masculine, plural], birenra [feminine, genitive, plural], birenra [genitive, neuter, plural], birenum [dative, masculine, plural], birenum [dative, feminine, plural], birenum [dative, neuter, plural], birenum [instrumental, masculine, plural], birenum [feminine, instrumental, plural], birenum [instrumental, neuter, plural], weak [table-tags], birena [masculine, nominative, singular], birene [feminine, nominative, singular], birene [neuter, nominative, singular], birenan [accusative, masculine, singular], birenan [accusative, feminine, singular], birene [accusative, neuter, singular], birenan [genitive, masculine, singular], birenan [feminine, genitive, singular], birenan [genitive, neuter, singular], birenan [dative, masculine, singular], birenan [dative, feminine, singular], birenan [dative, neuter, singular], birenan [instrumental, masculine, singular], birenan [feminine, instrumental, singular], birenan [instrumental, neuter, singular], birenan [masculine, nominative, plural], birenan [feminine, nominative, plural], birenan [neuter, nominative, plural], birenan [accusative, masculine, plural], birenan [accusative, feminine, plural], birenan [accusative, neuter, plural], birenra [genitive, masculine, plural], birenena [genitive, masculine, plural], birenra [feminine, genitive, plural], birenena [feminine, genitive, plural], birenra [genitive, neuter, plural], birenena [genitive, neuter, plural], birenum [dative, masculine, plural], birenum [dative, feminine, plural], birenum [dative, neuter, plural], birenum [instrumental, masculine, plural], birenum [feminine, instrumental, plural], birenum [instrumental, neuter, plural]
  1. (relational) bear; of or relating to bears Tags: relational
    Sense id: en-biren-ang-adj-F2G~desk
  2. made of a bear's fur or pelt: bearskin
    Sense id: en-biren-ang-adj-nqkTg6Lw Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English terms suffixed with -en, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 39 3 51 8 Disambiguation of Old English terms suffixed with -en: 40 4 44 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 2 49 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈbi.ren/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *birini. Cognate with Old High German birin. Equivalent to bera + -en. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gmw-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*birini}} Proto-Germanic *birini, {{cog|goh|birin}} Old High German birin, {{af|ang|bera|-en}} bera + -en Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} biren f, {{ang-noun|f}} biren f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-o-f|birenn|nomsg=biren}}, {{ang-decl-noun|biren|birenna,birenne|birenne|birenna,birenne|birenne|birenna|birenne|birennum|num=|title=|type=strong ō-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], biren [nominative, singular], birenna [nominative, plural], birenne [nominative, plural], birenne [accusative, singular], birenna [accusative, plural], birenne [accusative, plural], birenne [genitive, singular], birenna [genitive, plural], birenne [dative, singular], birennum [dative, plural]
  1. female bear Tags: feminine Synonyms: bere
    Sense id: en-biren-ang-noun-Bsv2fMUt Categories (other): Old English terms suffixed with -en Disambiguation of Old English terms suffixed with -en: 40 4 44 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        [
          "bearskin",
          "bearskin"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbi.ren/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "biren"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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