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  • 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

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