-bære

See also: baere, Bäre, and bære

Old English

Alternative forms

  • -bere

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bēriz (bearing, carrying). Akin to Old Frisian -ber, Old Saxon -bāri, and Old High German -bāri.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbæː.re/

Suffix

-bǣre

  1. bearing, having
    blostma (flower) + -bæreblostmbǣre (blooming)
    feþer (feather) + -bærefeþerbǣre (feathered)
    tungol (star) + -bæretungolbǣre (starry)
    wæstm (fruit) + -bærewæstmbǣre (fruitful)
  2. having the qualities of, characterized by
    and- (turned) + hēla (heel) + -bæreandelbǣre (inverted)
    ātor (poison) + -bæreātorbǣre (poisonous)
  3. denoting likeness or similarity to
    ċisel + -bæreċiselbǣre (gravelly)
  4. producing
    cwealm (death) + -bærecwealmbǣre (deadly)
    slǣp (sleep) + -bæreslǣpbǣre (somniferous; putting to sleep)

Declension

Derived terms

Old English terms suffixed with -bære
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