bearen

English

Etymology

From Middle English beren, equivalent to bear + -en.

Verb

bearen

  1. (obsolete) plural simple present form of bear
    • 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender
      They looken big as Bulls that been bate,
      And bearen the Crag so stiff and so state,
    • 1647, Henry More, The Sleep of the Soul
      But further yet the mind to satisfie
      That various apprehensions bearen down,
    • 1714, Samuel Croxall, Another Original Canto of Spencer
      Succour they bring to all by Powre opprest;
      That happy Coast where ere they bearen Rule is blest.

Anagrams


West Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɪə̯rən/

Noun

bearen

  1. plural of bear
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