Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-beran

Part of speech: he -bireþ, -byreþ, -byrþ;

Definitions

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1 ge-beran

p. -bær, pl. -bǽron; pp. -boren [ge-, beran to bear] To bear, bring forth; ferre, părĕre :-- Ne mihton nánuht libbendes geberan they could not bring forth anything alive, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 78, 22 : Exon. l0 b; Th. 13, 19; Cri. 205. Rachel gebær Beniamin Rachel bare Benjamin, Gen. 35, 19. Him wíf sunu gebær his wife bare a son to him, Cd. 132; Th. 167, 31; Gen. 2774. Ðá wearþ Abrahame Ismael geboren then Ishmael was born to Abraham, 105; Th. 138, 26; Gen. 2297 : Andr. Kmbl. 1379; An. 690. ge-beran

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Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛒᛖᚱᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

An.: Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.: Andreas (OE poem)
Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Cri.: Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.: Exeter Book
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Ors.: Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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