bær

From Old Norse ber.

• IPA^(key): /bɛr/, [ˈb̥ɛɐ̯], [ˈpɛɐ̯]

bær n (singular definite bærret, plural indefinite bær)

1. berry

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /bɛːˀr/, [ˈb̥ɛˀɐ̯], [ˈb̥ɛɐ̯ˀ]

bær

1. imperative of bære

From Old Norse bǿr.

• IPA^(key): /paiːr/

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• Rhymes: -aiːr

bær m (genitive singular bæjar, nominative plural bæir)

1. farm
2. town

From Old Norse ber.

bær n (definite singular bæret, indefinite plural bær, definite plural bæra or bærene)

1. a berry

bær

1. imperative of bære

“bær” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /bæːr/, /beːr/
• Homophone: ber (in some dialects)

From Old Norse ber,^[1] from Proto-Germanic *bazją. Akin to English berry.

bær n (definite singular bæret, indefinite plural bær, definite plural bæra)

1. a berry

From Old Norse bærr,^[1] from Proto-Germanic *bēriz. Doublet of -bar.

bær (neuter bært, definite singular and plural bære, comparative bærare, indefinite superlative bærast, definite superlative bæraste)

1. (chiefly of cattle) about to calve, or which recently has calved

   Synonyms: drektig (gestating), tidd (gestating)

2. (more generally, or in compounds) carrying

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bær

1. present tense of bæra (non-standard since 1938)
2. imperative of bæra (non-standard since 1938)

bær (neuter bært, definite singular and plural bære, comparative bærare, indefinite superlative bærast, definite superlative bæraste)

1. (obsolete, dialectal or eye dialect) alternative spelling of berr (“bare”)

• bræ

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”).

• IPA^(key): /bær/

bær

1. bare, naked, unconcealed
   • Wit her baru standaþ unwered wædo. ― We stand here naked, unprotected by garments. (Cædmon's Metrical Paraphrase)

• barian
• bærlīċe

• Middle English: bare, bar, baar, bayre, bere, beare
  • English: bare
  • Scots: bare, bair
  • Yola: baar, baare

bær

1. strong feminine nominative singular of bærr
2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of bærr

From Old Norse ber, from Proto-Germanic *bazją.

bær n

1. berry

• Swedish: bär