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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bēriz (“bearable, fruitful, viable”). Related to bera (“to carry, bear”)
Adjective
bærr
- right, appropriate
- c. 850, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 11:
Vasa þat bært, / at Bera skyldi
valsǿfendr / vígs of hvetja,
þá’s brǿðr tveir / at bǫnum urðusk
óþurfendr / of afbrýði.
- It was not right, that Bera should incite the slaughters of the slain to fight, when the two brothers became each other’s banemen, needlessly, out of jealousy.
Declension
Strong declension of bærr
Declension of comparative of bærr
Strong declension of superlative of bærr
Weak declension of superlative of bærr