beran

The Old High German “beran” means simultaneously “to bring forth” and “to carry”.

Making Distinctions Between the Distinctions We Make 2004

BURDEN, or BURTHEN, (1) (A.S. _byrthen_, from _beran_, to bear), a load, both literally and figuratively; especially the carrying capacity of a ship; in mining and smelting, the tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin, and the proportion of ore and flux to fuel in the charge of a blast-furnace.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

Hêt þâ up beran äðelinga gestreón, frätwe and fät-gold; näs him feor þanon tô gesêcanne sinces bryttan:

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

_Forward, further_: gewītað forð beran wǣpen and gewǣdu, 291; hē tō forð gestōp, 2290; freoðo-wong þone forð oferēodon, 2960.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

_Forward, further_: gewîtað forð beran wæpen and gewædu, 291; he tô forð gestôp, 2290; freoðo-wong þone forð ofereodon, 2960.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

Hêht þâ se hearda Hrunting beran, sunu Ecglâfes, hêht his sweord niman,

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

Gewiton him þā fēran (flota stille bād, seomode on sāle sīd-fæðmed scyp, on ancre fæst); eofor-līc scionon ofer hlēor-beran gehroden golde

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

Hēt þā up beran æðelinga gestrēon, frætwe and fǣt-gold; næs him feor þanon tō gesēcanne sinces bryttan:

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

Heht þā se hearda Hrunting beran, sunu Ecglāfes, heht his sweord niman,

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

Gewiton him þâ fêran (flota stille bâd, seomode on sâle sîd-fäðmed scyp, on ancre fäst); eofor-lîc scionon ofer hleór-beran gehroden golde

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879