-bære

• -bǣr, -bere

From Proto-Germanic *bēriz (“bearing, carrying”). Akin to Old Frisian -ber, Old Saxon -bāri, Middle Dutch -bare (Dutch -baar), Old High German -bāri (German -bar).

• IPA^(key): /bæːre/

-bǣre

1. suffix meaning bearing, having

   ‎corn + ‎-bære → ‎cornbǣre (“corn-bearing”)

   ‎æppel + ‎-bære → ‎æppelbǣre (“fruitful, (lit. apple-bearing)”)

   ‎wæstm + ‎-bære → ‎wæstmbǣre (“fruitful”)

2. having the qualities of, characterized by

   andelbǣre (“reverse, reversed”)

   ‎ator + ‎-bære → ‎ātorbǣre (“poisonous”)

3. denoting likeness or similarity to

   ‎ċeosel + ‎-bære → ‎ċeoselbǣre (“gravelly, shingly”)

   ‎cwealm + ‎-bære → ‎cwealmbǣre (“deadly, bloodthirsty, murderous”)

4. producing

   ‎mann + ‎-bære → ‎mannbǣre (“man-producing, producing men”)