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BÆR

  • adjective
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Grammar
BÆR, g. m. n. bares; f. bærre: d. barum: acc. bærne: pl. nom. baru; acc. bare; dat. barum; def. se bara; seó, ðæt bare; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§425;
BARE, naked, open; nudus
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  • On bær líc

    on the bare body,

    • Exon. 125a; Th. 482, 7
    • ;
    • Rä. 66, 4
    • .
  • On barum sondum

    on bare sands,

    • Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 24
    • .
  • Wit hér baru standaþ unwered wǽdo

    we stand here naked, unprotected by garments,

    • Cd. 38; Th. 50, 20
    • ;
    • Gen. 811
    • .
Etymology
[
Plat. Dut. Ger. baar nudus, promptus, merus, manifestus
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M. H. Ger. bar nudus
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O. H. Ger. par, bar
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the Goth. form is not found, but would be basis or basus
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Dan. Swed. bar
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O. Nrs. berr
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Slav. bos
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Lith. bosus; then the radical consonants would be b-s, not b-r; therefore the word is not connected with beran ferre. v. Grm. Wrtbch. i. 1055.
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Similar entries
v. berie.
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v.  bare.
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  • BÆR, adj.