forberan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to abstain, refrain, restrain, forbear; bear away from; keep away from
- to endure, suffer
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *fraberaną (hold back, endure, bear, forbear, restrain) prefix from Old English beran (bear, bring, carry).
Origin
Old English
beran
Gloss
bear, bring, carry
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
熊
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forbear English
- *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- *fraberaną Proto-Germanic
- aberan Old English
- beran Old English
- foreberan Old English
- forþberan Old English
- geberan Old English
- underberan Old English
- ætberan Old English
- forberen Middle English
- ferberan Old High German
- verbërn Middle High German
- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *beran gmw-pro
- *fraberan gmw-pro
- forbèeran Cimbrian