bear.pst.part clear

beran

V

to carry, bear, hold; to wear; to sustain, support; to bring forth, produce, give birth

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beran#Old_English

Attested in Ælfric's Lives of Saints - Saint Eugenia (æþelboren)

originates from

PWGmc *beran "to carry, to bear" through pwgmc-to-oe

PGmc *beran- "bear, carry, give birth" through pgmc-to-oe

(source: Kroonen 2013:59)

Inflected forms

boren "bear.pst.part" (oe-passive-participle)

Paradigms