active voice | |||||||
present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek ber | 1pl | vér berum | 1sg | ek bera | 1pl | vér berim |
2sg | þú berr | 2pl | þér berið | 2sg | þú berir | 2pl | þér berið |
3sg | hon berr | 3pl | þau bera | 3sg | hon beri | 3pl | þau beri |
preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek bar | 1pl | vér bárum | 1sg | ek bæra | 1pl | vér bærim |
2sg | þú bart | 2pl | þér báruð | 2sg | þú bærir | 2pl | þér bærið |
3sg | hon bar | 3pl | þau báru | 3sg | hon bæri | 3pl | þau bæri |
preterite infinitive | báru | ||||||
past participle | f. | borin | m. | borinn | n. | borit | |
imperative | 2sg | ber | 1pl | berum | 2pl | berið |
middle voice: berask “behave; move, go; give way, give up; be born; be proven; happen, fall to one’s lot” | |||||||
present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek berumk | 1pl | vér berumk | 1sg | ek berumk | 1pl | vér berimk |
2sg | þú bersk | 2pl | þér berizk | 2sg | þú berisk | 2pl | þér berizk |
3sg | hon bersk | 3pl | þau berask | 3sg | hon berisk | 3pl | þau berisk |
preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek bárumk | 1pl | vér bárumk | 1sg | ek bærumk | 1pl | vér bærimk |
2sg | þú barzk | 2pl | þér báruzk | 2sg | þú bærisk | 2pl | þér bærizk |
3sg | hon barsk | 3pl | þau bárusk | 3sg | hon bærisk | 3pl | þau bærisk |
past participle | n. | borizk | |||||
imperative | 2sg | bersk | 1pl | berumk | 2pl | berizk |
PG *beraną, OE beran IV, ME bēren, MnE bear, partly weak Dutch baren, German gebären, Latin ferre. Forms coinciding with those of berja 1 “strike, beat” include much of the present subjunctive and imperative systems as well as the present 2pl. Cf. class 2 weak bera “bare.”
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