-bære
See also: baere, Bäre, and bære
Old English
Alternative forms
- -bǣr, -bere
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bēriz (“bearing, carrying”). Akin to Old Frisian -ber, Old Saxon -bāri, Middle Dutch -bare (Dutch -baar), Old High German -bāri (German -bar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bæːre/
Suffix
-bǣre
- suffix meaning bearing, having
- corn + -bære → cornbǣre (“corn-bearing”)
- æppel + -bære → æppelbǣre (“fruitful, (lit. apple-bearing)”)
- wæstm + -bære → wæstmbǣre (“fruitful”)
- having the qualities of, characterized by
- andelbǣre (“reverse, reversed”)
- ator + -bære → ātorbǣre (“poisonous”)
- denoting likeness or similarity to
- ċeosel + -bære → ċeoselbǣre (“gravelly, shingly”)
- cwealm + -bære → cwealmbǣre (“deadly, bloodthirsty, murderous”)
- producing
- mann + -bære → mannbǣre (“man-producing, producing men”)
Declension
Declension of -bære — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -bǣre | -bǣru, -o | -bǣre |
| Accusative | -bǣrne | -bǣre | -bǣre |
| Genitive | -bǣres | -bǣrre | -bǣres |
| Dative | -bǣrum | -bǣrre | -bǣrum |
| Instrumental | -bǣre | -bǣrre | -bǣre |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | -bǣre | -bǣra, -e | -bǣru, -o |
| Accusative | -bǣre | -bǣra, -e | -bǣru, -o |
| Genitive | -bǣrra | -bǣrra | -bǣrra |
| Dative | -bǣrum | -bǣrum | -bǣrum |
| Instrumental | -bǣrum | -bǣrum | -bǣrum |
Declension of -bære — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -bǣra | -bǣre | -bǣre |
| Accusative | -bǣran | -bǣran | -bǣre |
| Genitive | -bǣran | -bǣran | -bǣran |
| Dative | -bǣran | -bǣran | -bǣran |
| Instrumental | -bǣran | -bǣran | -bǣran |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | -bǣran | -bǣran | -bǣran |
| Accusative | -bǣran | -bǣran | -bǣran |
| Genitive | -bǣrra, -bǣrena | -bǣrra, -bǣrena | -bǣrra, -bǣrena |
| Dative | -bǣrum | -bǣrum | -bǣrum |
| Instrumental | -bǣrum | -bǣrum | -bǣrum |
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_English_words_suffixed_with_-b%C3%A6re' title='Category:Old English words suffixed with -bære'>Old English words suffixed with -bære</a>