A-beran

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-beran

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: beran. a-beran

Definitions

1 a-beran

p. -bær; pp. -boren. I. to bear, carry, suffer; portare, ferre :-- Ðe man aberan ne mæg which they are not able to bear, Mt. Bos. 23, 4. Hí ne mágon nán earfoða aberan they cannot bear any troubles, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 3: Andr. Kmbl. 1912; An. 958: Ps. Th. 54, 11. II. to take or carry away; tollere, auferre :-- Abær hine of eowdum sceápa sustulit eam de gregibus ovium, Ps. Spl. 77, 76: Ps. Grn. 50,12.

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛒᛖᚱᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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