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bera.

to carry, to bear

4 characters2 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈpɛːra]
  1. to carry, to bear

    strong · verb
  2. to give birth

    strong · verb
  3. to be incumbent upon, to be the duty of [with preceding dative ‘someone’ and að (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’] (idiomatically translated as “should” or “be one's duty”, with the dative object as the logical subject)

    impersonal · strong · verb
    Mér ber að fara í stríð.
Where this word comes from

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

verb[ˈpɛːra]
  1. to bare

    weak
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse bera, from Proto-Germanic *bazōną.

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