bær

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Danish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse ber.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɛr/, [ˈb̥ɛɐ̯], [ˈpɛɐ̯]

Noun

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bær n (singular definite bærret, plural indefinite bær)

  1. berry
Inflection
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɛːˀr/, [ˈb̥ɛˀɐ̯], [ˈb̥ɛɐ̯ˀ]

Verb

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bær

  1. imperative of bære

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse bǿr.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paiːr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aiːr

Noun

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bær m (genitive singular bæjar, nominative plural bæir)

  1. farm
  2. town

Declension

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    Declension of bær
m-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bær bærinn bæir bæirnir
accusative bæinn bæi bæina
dative bænum bæjum bæjunum
genitive bæjar bæjarins bæja bæjanna

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology 1

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From Old Norse ber.

Noun

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bær n (definite singular bæret, indefinite plural bær, definite plural bæra or bærene)

  1. a berry
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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bær

  1. imperative of bære

References

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“bær” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

From Old Norse ber,[1] from Proto-Germanic *bazją. Akin to English berry.

Noun

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bær n (definite singular bæret, indefinite plural bær, definite plural bæra)

  1. a berry
Inflection
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse bærr,[1] from Proto-Germanic *bēriz. Doublet of -bar.

Adjective

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bær (neuter bært, definite singular and plural bære, comparative bærare, indefinite superlative bærast, definite superlative bæraste)

  1. (chiefly of cattle) about to calve, or which recently has calved
    Synonyms: drektig (gestating), tidd (gestating)
  2. (more generally, or in compounds) carrying
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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bær

  1. present tense of bæra (non-standard since 1938)
  2. imperative of bæra (non-standard since 1938)

Etymology 4

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Adjective

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bær (neuter bært, definite singular and plural bære, comparative bærare, indefinite superlative bærast, definite superlative bæraste)

  1. (obsolete, dialectal or eye dialect) alternative spelling of berr (bare)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 “bær” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ivar Aasen (1850) “Bær”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog[1] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

Anagrams

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *baʀ, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós.

Germanic cognates: Old Frisian bar, Old Saxon bar, Middle Dutch bar, baer (Dutch bar, baar), Old High German bar (German bar), Old Norse berr (Swedish bar, Norwegian Nynorsk berr).

Indo-European cognates: Proto-Balto-Slavic *basas (Lithuanian bãsas, Latvian bass, Russian босо́й (bosój), Polish bosy), Albanian mbath (I wear).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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bær

  1. bare, naked, unconcealed
    • Wit her baru standaþ unwered wædo.We stand here naked, unprotected by garments. (Cædmon's Metrical Paraphrase)

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Old Norse

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Adjective

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bær

  1. strong feminine nominative singular of bærr
  2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of bærr

Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ber, from Proto-Germanic *bazją.

Noun

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bær n

  1. berry

Declension

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