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Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ber.
Pronunciation
Noun
bær n (singular definite bærret, plural indefinite bær)
- berry
Inflection
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
bær
- imperative of bære
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse bǿr.
Pronunciation
Noun
bær m (genitive singular bæjar, nominative plural bæir)
- farm
- town
Declension
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ber.
Noun
bær n (definite singular bæret, indefinite plural bær, definite plural bæra or bærene)
- a berry
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
bær
- imperative of bære
References
“bær” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ber, from Proto-Germanic *bazją. Akin to English berry.
Noun
bær n (definite singular bæret, indefinite plural bær, definite plural bæra)
- a berry
Inflection
Historical inflection of bær
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indefinite singular
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definite singular
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indefinite plural
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definite plural
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Aasen1, 2
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Bær n3
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Bæret
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Bær
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Bæri
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1917
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bæra, bæri
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1938
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bæra
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2012 (current)
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bær n
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bæret
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bær
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bæra
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Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in were official, but considered second-tier. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. 2Aasen (1850) notes that dialects of Nordhordland use a form, berja-, to form compounds. 3He also notes that this word is considered feminine in some locations.
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Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse bærr, from Proto-Germanic *bēriz. Doublet of -bar.
Adjective
bær (neuter bært, definite singular and plural bære, comparative bærare, indefinite superlative bærast, definite superlative bæraste)
- (chiefly of cattle) about to calve, or which recently has calved
- Synonyms: drektig (gestating), tidd (gestating)
- (more generally, or in compounds) carrying
Derived terms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
bær
- present tense of bæra (non-standard since 1938)
- imperative of bæra (non-standard since 1938)
Etymology 4
Adjective
bær (neuter bært, definite singular and plural bære, comparative bærare, indefinite superlative bærast, definite superlative bæraste)
- (obsolete, dialectal or eye dialect) alternative spelling of berr (“bare”)
References
Anagrams
Old English
Etymology
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
Adjective
bær
- bare, naked, unconcealed
- Wit her baru standaþ unwered wædo. ― We stand here naked, unprotected by garments. (Cædmon's Metrical Paraphrase)
Declension
Declension of bær — Strong
Derived terms
Descendants
Old Norse
Adjective
bær
- strong feminine nominative singular of bærr
- strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of bærr
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse ber, from Proto-Germanic *bazją.
Noun
bær n
- berry
Declension
Declension of bær (strong ja-stem)
Descendants