bær

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ber.

Etymology 2

See bære.

Etymology

From Old Norse bǿr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paiːr/ (

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  Rhymes: -aiːr

Noun

bær m (genitive singular bæjar, nominative plural bæir)

1. farm
2. town

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ber.

Etymology 2

References

“bær” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Norse ber. Akin to English berry.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. a berry

References

• “bær” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

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: Balto-Slavic *basas (Lithuanian bãsas, Latvian bass, Russian босой (bosoj), Polish bosy), Albanian mbath (“I wear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bær/

Adjective

bær

1. bare, naked, unconcealed

   Wit her baru standaþ unwered wædo: we stand here naked, unprotected by garments. (Cædmon's Metrical Paraphrase)

Etymology

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

Noun

bær n

1. berry