bære

From Old Danish bæræ, from Old Norse bera, from Proto-Germanic *beraną, cognate with Swedish bära, English bear, German gebären. The verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (“to bear, carry”), which is also the source of Latin ferō, Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō), Sanskrit भरति (bhárati).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛːrə/, [ˈpeːɐ], [ˈpɛːɐ]
• Homophones: bæger, bærer

bære (past tense bar, past participle båret, common gender attributive båren, definite or plural attributive bårne)

1. to carry (to transport by lifting)
2. to carry (to be transmitted; to travel)
3. to bear (to be equipped with something)
4. to bear (to put up with something)
5. to bear (to produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops)

From Old Norse bera, from Proto-Germanic *beraną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).

bære (imperative bær, present tense bærer, passive bæres, simple past bar, past participle båret, present participle bærende)

1. to bear; endure
2. to wear
3. to support; bear; carry

• “bære” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From adjective bær.

bære f (definite singular bæra, indefinite plural bærer, definite plural bærene)

1. a cattle which is about to calve, or which recently has calved

bære

1. definite singular of bær
2. plural of bær

bære

1. (dialectal) alternative form of betre

bære

1. (dialectal) alternative form of betre

• “bære” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.