-bære

• -bere

From Proto-Germanic *bēriz (“bearing, carrying”). Akin to Old Frisian -ber, Old Saxon -bāri, and Old High German -bāri.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæː.re/

-bǣre

1. bearing, having

   ‎blostma (“flower”) + ‎-bære → ‎blostmbǣre (“blooming”)

   ‎feþer (“feather”) + ‎-bære → ‎feþerbǣre (“feathered”)

   ‎tungol (“star”) + ‎-bære → ‎tungolbǣre (“starry”)

   ‎wæstm (“fruit”) + ‎-bære → ‎wæstmbǣre (“fruitful”)

2. having the qualities of, characterized by

   ‎and- (“turned”) + ‎hēla (“heel”) + ‎-bære → ‎andelbǣre (“inverted”)

   ‎ātor (“poison”) + ‎-bære → ‎ātorbǣre (“poisonous”)

3. denoting likeness or similarity to

   ‎ċisel + ‎-bære → ‎ċiselbǣre (“gravelly”)

4. producing

   ‎cwealm (“death”) + ‎-bære → ‎cwealmbǣre (“deadly”)

   ‎slǣp (“sleep”) + ‎-bære → ‎slǣpbǣre (“somniferous; putting to sleep”)