-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”) + ‎-bære → ‎blostmbǣre (“blooming”)

   ‎feþer (“feather”) + ‎-bære → ‎feþerbǣre (“feathered”)

   ‎tungol (“star”) + ‎-bære → ‎tungolbǣre (“starry”)

   ‎wæstm (“fruit”) + ‎-bære → ‎wæstmbǣre (“fruitful”)

2. having the qualities of, characterized by

   ‎and- (“turned”) + ‎hēla (“heel”) + ‎-bære → ‎andelbǣre (“inverted”)

   ‎ātor (“poison”) + ‎-bære → ‎ātorbǣre (“poisonous”)

3. denoting likeness or similarity to

   ‎ċisel + ‎-bære → ‎ċiselbǣre (“gravelly”)

4. producing

   ‎cwealm (“death”) + ‎-bære → ‎cwealmbǣre (“deadly”)

   ‎slǣp (“sleep”) + ‎-bære → ‎slǣpbǣre (“somniferous; putting to sleep”)

Declension

Declension of -bǣre — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	-bǣre	-bǣru, -bǣro	-bǣre
Accusative	-bǣrne	-bǣre	-bǣre
Genitive	-bǣres	-bǣrre	-bǣres
Dative	-bǣrum	-bǣrre	-bǣrum
Instrumental	-bǣre	-bǣrre	-bǣre
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	-bǣre	-bǣra, -bǣre	-bǣru, -bǣro
Accusative	-bǣre	-bǣra, -bǣre	-bǣru, -bǣro
Genitive	-bǣrra	-bǣrra	-bǣrra
Dative	-bǣrum	-bǣrum	-bǣrum
Instrumental	-bǣrum	-bǣrum	-bǣrum

Declension of -bǣre — 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

Old English terms suffixed with -bære