to bear well up against

bear [beə(r)]

porter ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (f), 1 (h), 1 (i) supporter ⇒ 2 (b), 2 (c)-(e) donner naissance à ⇒ 1 (g) diriger ⇒ 2 (a) peser ⇒ 2 (c) ours ⇒ 3 (a), 3 (b), 3 (d)

(pt bore [bɔ:(r)], pp borne [bɔ:n])

1 transitive verb

(a) (carry → goods, burden) porter; (→ gift, message) apporter; (→ sound) porter, transporter;

∎ a convoy of lorries bore the refugees away or off un convoi de camions emmena les réfugiés;

∎ they bore him aloft on their shoulders ils le portèrent en triomphe;

∎ they arrived bearing fruit ils sont arrivés, chargés de fruits;

∎ she bore her head high elle avait un port de tête altier;

∎ Nautical the wind bore the ship west le vent poussait le navire vers l'ouest;

∎ to be borne along by the crowd/current être emporté par la foule/le courant

(b) (sustain → weight) supporter;

∎ the ice couldn't bear his weight la glace ne pouvait pas supporter son poids;

∎ figurative the system can only bear a certain amount of pressure le système ne peut supporter qu'une certaine pression

(c) (endure) tolérer, supporter;

∎ the news was more than she could bear elle n'a pas pu supporter la nouvelle;

∎ she can't bear the sight of blood elle ne supporte pas la vue du sang;

∎ I can't bear to see you go je ne supporte pas que tu t'en ailles;

∎ I can't bear that man je ne supporte pas cet homme;

∎ I can't bear the suspense ce suspense est insupportable;

∎ she bore the pain with great fortitude elle a supporté la douleur avec beaucoup de courage

(d) (accept → responsibility, blame) assumer; (→ costs) supporter

(e) (allow → examination) soutenir, supporter;

∎ his theory doesn't really bear close analysis sa théorie ne supporte pas une analyse approfondie;

∎ his language does not bear repeating il a été si grossier que je n'ose même pas répéter ce qu'il a dit;

∎ his work bears comparison with Hemingway and Steinbeck son œuvre soutient la comparaison avec Hemingway et Steinbeck;

∎ it doesn't bear thinking about je n'ose pas ou je préfère ne pas y penser

(f) (show → mark, name, sign etc) porter;

∎ the glass bore the letters "TR" le verre portait les lettres "TR";

∎ the letter bore the signatures of several eminent writers la lettre portait la signature de plusieurs écrivains célèbres;

∎ I still bear the scars j'en porte encore les cicatrices;

∎ the murder bore all the marks of a mafia killing le meurtre avait tout d'un crime mafieux;

∎ he bears no resemblance to his father il ne ressemble pas du tout à son père;

∎ his account bears no relation to the truth sa version n'a rien à voir avec ce qui s'est vraiment passé;

∎ to bear witness to sth (person) attester qch; (thing, quality) témoigner de qch

(g) (give birth to) donner naissance à;

∎ she bore a child elle a donné naissance à un enfant;

∎ she bore him two sons elle lui donna deux fils

(h) (produce) porter, produire;

∎ the cherry tree bears beautiful blossom in spring le cerisier donne de belles fleurs au printemps;

∎ figurative all my efforts have borne fruit mes efforts ont porté leurs fruits;

∎ Finance his investment bore 8 percent interest ses investissements lui ont rapporté 8 pour cent d'intérêt

(i) (feel) porter, avoir en soi;

∎ to bear love/hatred for sb éprouver de l'amour/de la haine pour qn;

∎ I bear you no ill will je ne t'en veux pas;

∎ to bear a grudge against sb en vouloir ou garder rancune à qn

(j) (behave)

∎ he bore himself like a man il s'est comporté en homme;

∎ she bore herself with dignity elle est restée très digne

(k) Stock Exchange (market, prices, shares) chercher à faire baisser

2 intransitive verb

(a) (move) diriger;

∎ bear to your left prenez sur la gauche ou à gauche;

∎ we bore due west nous fîmes route vers l'ouest;

∎ they bore straight across the field ils traversèrent le champ en ligne droite;

∎ American bear left ahead (sign) tournez à gauche, filez à gauche

(b) (tree → fruit) produire, donner; (→ flower) fleurir

(c) (be oppressive) peser;

∎ grief bore heavily on her le chagrin l'accablait

(d) Stock Exchange spéculer à la baisse

(e) (idioms)

∎ to bring a gun to bear on a target pointer un canon sur un objectif;

∎ to bring pressure to bear on sb faire pression sur qn;

∎ to bring one's mind to bear on sth s'appliquer à qch

3 noun

(a) Zoology (animal) ours(e) m,f;

∎ British familiar he's like a bear with a sore head il est d'une humeur massacrante;

∎ very familiar humorous does a bear shit in the woods? qu'est-ce que tu crois?^□, à ton avis?^□

(b) pejorative (person) ours m;

∎ he's a big bear of a man (physically) c'est un grand costaud

(c) Stock Exchange (person) baissier(ère) m,f, spéculateur(trice) m,f à la baisse;

∎ to go a bear spéculer ou jouer à la baisse

(d) (toy) ours m (en peluche)

►► American Cookery bear claw = chausson aux fruits portant sur le dessus des incisions semblables à des griffes d'ours;

Stock Exchange bear closing arbitrage m à la baisse;

bear cub ourson m;

bear garden History fosse f aux ours; figurative pétaudière f;

∎ British the place was like a bear garden l'endroit était une véritable pétaudière, on se serait cru à la cour du roi Pétaud;

familiar Stock Exchange bear hug = communiqué d'information annonçant une OPA immédiate;

∎ to give sb a bear hug (embrace) serrer qn très fort dans ses bras;

Stock Exchange bear market marché m à la baisse ou baissier;

Zoology bear pit fosse f aux ours;

Stock Exchange bear position position f vendeur ou baissière;

Stock Exchange bear sale vente f à découvert;

Stock Exchange bear speculation spéculation f à la baisse;

bear tracks empreintes fpl d'ours;

Stock Exchange bear trading spéculation f à la baisse;

Stock Exchange bear transaction transaction f à la baisse

➲ bear down intransitive verb

(a) (approach)

∎ to bear down on or upon (ship) venir sur; (person) foncer sur;

∎ a lorry was bearing down on me un camion fonçait sur moi

(b) (press) appuyer; Obstetrics (in childbirth) pousser

➲ bear in intransitive verb

∎ to bear in on sb s'approcher d'un air menaçant de qn

➲ bear on inseparable transitive verb

(be relevant to) se rapporter à, être relatif à; (concern) intéresser, concerner

➲ bear out separable transitive verb

British confirmer, corroborer;

∎ to bear sb out, to bear out what sb says corroborer ce que qn dit;

∎ the results don't bear out the hypothesis les résultats ne confirment pas l'hypothèse;

∎ he will bear me out on this matter il sera d'accord avec moi sur ce sujet

➲ bear up intransitive verb

British tenir le coup, garder le moral;

∎ she's bearing up under the pressure elle ne se laisse pas décourager par le stress;

∎ he's bearing up remarkably well il tient drôlement bien le coup;

∎ bear up! courage!

➲ bear upon = bear on

➲ bear with inseparable transitive verb

(be patient with) supporter patiemment;

∎ if you'll just bear with me a minute je vous demande un peu de patience;

∎ if you'll bear with me I'll explain si vous patientez un instant, je vais vous expliquer

1. [beə] n

1. 1) медведь; медведица

2) медведь, неуклюжий человек

3) медвежий мех

2. десятилетний бойскаут

3. бирж. проф. спекулянт, играющий на понижение, «медведь»

4. ручной дыропробивной пресс, медведка

5. метал. «козёл»

2. [beə] v бирж. проф.

I

1. 1) переносить, перевозить

2) книжн. носить, нести (обыкн. что-л. тяжёлое)

2. 1) гнать, нести (тж. bear along)

2) направляться, поворачиваться; держаться

3) книжн. находиться, простираться (о местности и т. п.)

4) наводить (орудие и т. п.)

3. 1) иметь, нести на себе

2) иметь, обладать

4. выдерживать, нести тяжесть, нагрузку (тж. bear up)

5. (on, upon)

1) опираться (на что-л.); стоять (на чём-л.); нажимать, давить

2) иметь отношение к (чему-л.), быть связанным с (чем-л.)

6. допускать, разрешать

7. (p. p. тж. born)

1) рождать; производить на свет

2) приносить плоды

8. refl держаться, вести себя

II А

1. 1) терпеть, выносить, выдерживать (боль, пытки и т. п.)

2) переносить (операцию и т. п.)

2. обыкн. в отрицательных или вопросительных предложениях терпеть, выносить; мириться (с чем-л.)

3. нести (расходы, убытки)

4. давать ( показания)

5. питать, таить (чувства и т. п.)

6. распространять (слухи и т. п.); разносить (сплетни и т. п.)

7. иметь

II Б

1. to bear against smth. упираться во что-л.; плотно прилегать к чему-л.

2. to be borne in on /upon/ smb. стать ясным, понятным кому-л.

3. to bear with smb., smth. терпеливо относиться к кому-л., чему-л., мириться с кем-л., чем-л.

1) ((usually with cannot, could not etc) to put up with or endure: I couldn't bear it if he left.) prenesti

2) (to be able to support: Will the table bear my weight?) vzdržati

3) ((past participle in passive born [bo:n]) to produce (children): She has borne (him) several children; She was born on July 7.) roditi (se)

4) (to carry: He was borne shoulder-high after his victory.) nositi

5) (to have: The cheque bore his signature.) nositi

6) (to turn or fork: The road bears left here.) zaviti (proti)

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- bearable

- bearskin

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zoology medved; figuratively neotesanec, neroda; borzni špekulant na padec vrednot; nautical slang metla

a bear leader — inštruktor in spremljevalec mladeniča, spremljevalec blaziranega tujca

bridled bear — mladenič v vzgojiteljevem spremstvu

sell not the bear's skin before you have caught the bear — ne delaj računa brez krčmarja, ne zidaj gradov v oblakih

astronomy Great (Little) Bear — Veliki (Mali) voz

commerce bear operation — borzna špekulacija na padec cen

commerce bear covering — nakup borznih papirjev za prikrivanje špekulacij na padec vrednosti

to take a bear by the tooth — po nepotrebnem se izpostavljati nevarnosti

had it been a bear it would have bitten you — zmotil si se; ni bilo tako strašno kot je kazalo

transitive verb & intransitive verb

commerce špekulirati na borzi na padec cen; znižati vrednost papirjev na borzi, zbijati cene na tržišču

nositi, nesti; prenesti, pretrpeti, prenašati; podpreti, podpirati; dopustiti, dopuščati; roditi; pridelati; občutiti;

zdržati; trpeti; peljati (pot); usmeriti se; biti ploden, (ob)roditi; uspeti

to bear arms — služiti vojake

to bear the blame — biti kriv, vzeti krivdo nase

to bring to bear — vplivati; uveljaviti, urediti

to bear the brunt — biti izpostavljen napadu

to bear the burden — peti s kom refren

I cannot bear — ne prenesem

to bear company — delati komu družbo

to bear evidence ( —ali witness) — pričati, dokaz(ov)ati

to bear good will — biti naklonjen

to grin and bear it — z nasmehom prenesti

to bear no grudge against s.o. — ne zameriti komu

to bear a hand — pomagati

to bear in hand — imeti v oblasti; pomagati

to bear to the left — držati se levo

to bear in mind — misliti na kaj, upoštevati

to bear o.s. well — dobro se držati

to bear the palm — zmagati

to bear a part — biti deležen; imeti vlogo

to bear a purpose — nameravati

to bear reference — sklicevati se

to bear resemblance ( —ali likeness) — biti podoben

to bear to the right — držati se desno

to bear rule ( —ali sway) — vladati

to bear one's age well — biti videti mlajši kot je v resnici

мечка

носи (име), има (траги), сносува, се однесува

fig невешт несмасен човек, шпекулант на берза

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n. 1. мечка; brown (polar) bear кафеава (поларна) мечка;

2. (astron.) see Great Bear, Little Bear;

3. шпекулант кој смета на паѓање на акциите (cf. bull I 4);

4. (colloq.) несмасен човек; bear II bore (bo(r)); borne (born for 4): (bo(r)n) v

1.tr носење; to bear arms носење оружје; to bear a name носење име (назив); to bear a date носење датум *to bear one's cross носење на својот крст;

2. tr понесување; to bear expenses (guilt, responsibility) понесување на трошоците (вина, одговорност);

3. tr поднесување; to bear pain (suffering) поднесување на болка;

4. tr раѓање; to bear a child раѓање на дете; this tree bears beautiful fruit ова дрва раѓа убави плодови; he was born in Paris се родил во Париз;

5. intr се однесува на; this fact bears on the problem овој факт се однесува на проблем 6. intr да се држи за; to bear to the right држење на десно; 7. misc.; to bear one's age well изгледање помлад отколку што е; to bear a grudge against smb. лут на некого; to bear in mind имање на ум to bear smt. out нешто да се потврди; to bear the brunt издржување на главниот удар; to bear with smt. поднесување на нешто; to bear witness сведочењез

n. мечка

v. шпекулирање дека паѓа цената

медведь;
медведица - *s cub медвежонок - * driver вожак медведя медведь, неуклюжий человек - * sport шумная, грубая игра /забава/ - to play the * вести себя как медведь, быть грубым /неуклюжим, бестактным/ - what a *! что за медведь!, ну и грубиян! медвежий мех десятилетний бойскаут( биржевое) (профессионализм) спекулянт, играющий на понижение, "медведь" - * market рынок с тенденцией на понижение - * operation /speculation/ спекуляция на понижение - * to sell a * играть на понижение;
продать то, чего не имеешь, надуть - go to a * играть на понижение ручной дыропробивной пресс, медведка "козел" > Great B. Большая Медведица (созвездие) > as cross as a * with a sore head зол как черт;
смотрит зверем > you must not sell the skin till you have shot the * нельзя делить шкуру неубитого медведя > to take a * by the tooth лезть в медвежье логово /в пекло/ > had it been a* it would have bitten you (устаревшее) ты не видишь того, что лежит у тебя под носом > to be a* for punishment не бояться лишений, дурного обращения и т. п.;
быть закаленным;
идти напролом к цели, добиваться своего, несмотря ни на какие трудности - to have a* by the tail (американизм) дразнить медведя, бесцельно рисковать, неразумно подвергать себя опасности - loaded for * (американизм) (сленг) готов к драке, на взводе (биржевое) (профессионализм) играть на понижение переносить, перевозить - the ship bore him to a distant country корабль унес его далеко от родины - the mules *ing the baggage remained behind мулы с кладью остались позади( книжное) носить, нести (обыкн. что-л. тяжелое) - to * a banner нести знамя - to come *ing rich gifts прийти с богатыми дарами гнать, нести (тж. * along) - the crowd bore us along толпа увлекла нас за собой - the boat was borne backward by the wind ветер отнес лодку назад напрвляться, поворачиваться;
держаться - to * east двигаться на восток - to * before the wind (морское) спускаться под ветер - to * a course( морское) прокладывать курс( по карте) - when you come to the bridge * to the right когда подойдете к мосту, поверните направо - the road *s to the right дорога отклоняется вправо( книжное) находиться, простираться (о местности и т. п.) - the land *s south of us земля к югу от нас наводить (орудие и т. п.) - to bring /to put/ a telescope to * on smth навести телескоп на что-л. - to bring one's mind to * on smth сосредоточить все свое внимание на чем-л. иметь, нести на себе - to * the marks of smth. иметь признаки чего-л. - to * an evil look выглядеть зловеще - the monument bore an inscription на памятнике была надпись - the letter *s his signature на письме стоит его подпись - what date does that letter *? каким числом помечено это письмо? иметь, обладать - to * a name носить имя - to * an office занимать пост - to * rule /sway/ держать в своих руках власть, властвовать - to * a good character иметь хорошую репутацию, пользоваться доброй славой выдерживать, нести тяжесть, нагрузку (тж. * up) - his shoulders can * a heavy load он может нести на плечах тяжелый груз - will the ice * today? достаточно ли крепкий лед сегодня? - * steady! (морское) так держать! (on, upon) опираться (на что-л.) ;
стоять( на чем-л.) ;
нажимать, давить - a beam *ing on /upon/ two uprights брус, опирающийся на два столба - the whole building *s on these columns эти колонны поддерживают все здание - to * hard /heavily/ on наваливаться, давить на - the old man was *ing heavily on his stick старик тяжело опирался на трость - don't * hard on the pencil - it will break не нажимай сильно на карандаш - он сломается - to bring all one's strength to * on a lever изо всех сил навалиться /надавить/ на рычаг - to bring pressure to * on smb. оказывать давление на кого-л. иметь отношение к( чему-л.), быть связанным с (чем-л.) - the fact does not * on the subject этот факт не имеет отношения к делу - a resolution bearing on the matter резолюция по этому вопросу допускать, разрешать - he spends more than his salary can * он тратит больше, чем позволяет его жалованье - your words * only one interpretation ваши слова можно истолковать только так - there are passages in the book that will * skipping в книге есть места, которые вполне можно пропустить - his langauge does not * repeating его язык не для приличного общества (p.p. тж. born) рождать, производить на свет - borne by Eve, born of Eve рожденный Евой - she has borne him five children она родила ему пятерых детей - I was born in 1922 я родился в 1922 году приносить плоды - the trees * fruit деревья приносят плоды - his efforts bore fruit его усилия увенчались успехом - these shares * 5 per cent interest эти акции приносят 5% прибыли держаться, вести себя - to * oneself with dignity вести себя с достоинством > to * one's head high высоко нести голову, держаться независимо /смело/ терпеть, выносить, выдерживать (боль, пытки и т. п.) - to * pain терпеть боль - to * torture вынести /выдержать/ пытку - to * strain переносить напряжение переносить (операцию и т. п.) - he bore the operation satiafactorily он удовлетворительно перенес операцию - how do you * air travel? как вы переносите самолет? обыкн. в отрицательных или вопросительных предложениях: терпеть, выносить;
мириться (с чем-л.) - I cannot * him я его терпеть не могу /не выношу/ - I cannot * the sight of him видеть его не могу - I cannot * to see it мне тяжело на это смотреть - the charge will not * examination обвинение несостоятельно /совершенно необоснованно/ - this *s no comparison with... это не выдерживает сравнения с... нести (расходы, убытки - to * losses нести убытки /ущерб/ - let him * the expenses пусть он возьмет расходы на себя /расплачивается/ давать (показания) - to * evidence /testimony, witness/ давать свидетельские показания, свидетельствовать - he will * witness that... он может засвидетельствовать, что... - to * false witness (against) лжесвидетельствовать - thou shalt not * false witness against the neighbour( библеизм) не послушествуй на друга свидетельства ложна питать, таить( чувства и т. п.) - to * malice таить злобу - to * goodwill относиться доброжелательно - the love she bore him любовь, которую она к нему питала распространять( слухи и т. п.) ;
разносить слухи, распространять сплетни - to * good news принести добрые вести иметь - to * resemblance иметь сходство - to * relation иметь отношение - it *s no relation to the matter это не имеет отношения к делу > to bear against smth. упираться во что-л.;
плотно прилегать к чему-л. > to be borne in on /upon/ smb. стать ясным, понятным кому-л. > it was gradually borne in upon him that... до него постепенно дошло, что..., мало-помалу он понял /осознал/, что... > to bear with smb., smth. терпеливо относиться к кому-л., чему-л., мириться с кем-л., чем-л. > * with me будьте ко мне снисходительны > to * arms носить оружие;
служить в армии;
иметь или носить герб > to * arms against smb. поднять оружие на кого-л., восстать с оружием в руках против кого-л. > to * a part in smth. принимать участие в чем-л. > to * in mind иметь в виду, помнить, учитывать, принимать во внимание > to * company составлять компанию > to * a hand помогать, содействовать > * a hand! помогите!;
(морское) навались!, взяли! (команда) > * for action! к бою!( команда) > to * smb. in hand держать кого-л. в руках;
(устаревшее) обманывать, водить кого-л. за нос > to * one's age well выглядеть моложаво;
не чувствовать бремени лет > to * the brunt см. brunt > to * smb. a grudge иметь зуб против кого-л., затаить злобу против кого-л. > to * and forbear проявлять терпение и выдержку, обладать ангельским терпением > born yesterday наивный, доверчивый;
как будто только вчера на свет родился > in all one's born days за всю свою жизнь (диалектизм) ячмень (диалектизм) наволочка

~ away выиграть (приз, кубок и т. п.) ;
выйти победителем;
to be borne away быть захваченным, увлеченным

bear выдерживать;
нести груз, тяжесть;
поддерживать, подпирать;
will the ice bear today? достаточно ли крепок лед сегодня? ~ грубый, невоспитанный человек;
to play the bear вести себя грубо ~ рефл. держаться;
вести себя ~ дыропробивной пресс, медведка ~ бирж. играть на понижение ~ играть на понижение ~ метал. козел ~ медведь ~ нести ~ (bore;
borne) носить;
нести;
переносить, перевозить ~ опираться (on) ~ перевозить ~ переносить ~ питать, иметь (чувство и т. п.) ~ приносить ~ простираться ~ (р. p. born) рождать, производить;
to bear children рожать детей;
to bear fruit приносить плоды;
born in 1919 рождения 1919 года ~ спекулянт, играющий на понижение ~ бирж. спекулянт, играющий на понижение ~ терпеть, выносить;
I can't bear him я его не выношу ~ мор. разг. швабра (для мытья палубы) ~ астр.: Great (Little, Lesser) Bear Большая (Малая) Медведица

to ~ company ухаживать;
to bear comparison выдерживать сравнение;
to bear a hand участвовать;
помогать;
to bear hard (on smb.) подавлять( кого-л.)

to ~ in mind помнить;
иметь в виду;
to bear a part принимать участие

to ~ a resemblance быть похожим, иметь сходство;
to bear to the right etc. принять вправо

to ~ arms иметь или носить герб to ~ arms носить оружие;
служить в армии;
to bear arms (against smb.) поднять оружие (на кого-л.), восстать (против кого-л.) to ~ arms носить оружие;
служить в армии;
to bear arms (against smb.) поднять оружие (на кого-л.), восстать (против кого-л.)

~ attr.: ~ pool бирж. объединение спекулянтов, играющих на понижение

~ away выиграть (приз, кубок и т. п.) ;
выйти победителем;
to be borne away быть захваченным, увлеченным

~ (р. p. born) рождать, производить;
to bear children рожать детей;
to bear fruit приносить плоды;
born in 1919 рождения 1919 года

to ~ company составлять компанию, сопровождать to ~ company ухаживать;
to bear comparison выдерживать сравнение;
to bear a hand участвовать;
помогать;
to bear hard (on smb.) подавлять (кого-л.) company: ~ общество;
компания;
to bear (или to keep) (smb.) company составлять (кому-л.) компанию, сопровождать (кого-л.)

to ~ company ухаживать;
to bear comparison выдерживать сравнение;
to bear a hand участвовать;
помогать;
to bear hard (on smb.) подавлять (кого-л.)

~ down влиять;
bear in: to be borne in (on smb.) становиться ясным, понятным (кому-л.) ~ down мор. подходить по ветру ~ down преодолевать ~ down устремляться( upon - к) ;
набрасываться, нападать( upon - на кого-л.)

~ (р. p. born) рождать, производить;
to bear children рожать детей;
to bear fruit приносить плоды;
born in 1919 рождения 1919 года fruit: fruit плод;
to bear fruit плодоносить

to ~ company ухаживать;
to bear comparison выдерживать сравнение;
to bear a hand участвовать;
помогать;
to bear hard (on smb.) подавлять (кого-л.)

~ down влиять;
bear in: to be borne in (on smb.) становиться ясным, понятным (кому-л.)

to ~ in mind помнить;
иметь в виду;
to bear a part принимать участие

~ market бирж. рынок с понижательной тенденцией market: bear ~ рынок, на котором наблюдается тенденция к снижению курсов bear ~ рынок с понижением фондовой конъюнктуры

~ off отклоняться;
bear on касаться, иметь отношение (к чему-л.) ;
bear out подтверждать;
подкреплять;
поддерживать

~ off отклоняться;
bear on касаться, иметь отношение (к чему-л.) ;
bear out подтверждать;
подкреплять;
поддерживать to ~ up for взять направление на;
bear upon = bear on;
bear with относиться терпеливо (к чему-л.) ;
мириться (с чем-л.)

~ off отклоняться;
bear on касаться, иметь отношение (к чему-л.) ;
bear out подтверждать;
подкреплять;
поддерживать

~ attr.: ~ pool бирж. объединение спекулянтов, играющих на понижение

to ~ the signature иметь подпись, быть подписанным;
to bear testimony, to bear witness свидетельствовать, показывать, давать показания testimony: bear ~ давать показания под присягой

to ~ the signature иметь подпись, быть подписанным;
to bear testimony, to bear witness свидетельствовать, показывать, давать показания signature: ~ подпись;
to bear the signature (of) быть подписанным (кем-л.) ;
over the signature за подписью

to ~ a resemblance быть похожим, иметь сходство;
to bear to the right etc. принять вправо

~ up держаться стойко ~ up поддерживать;
подбадривать ~ up мор. спускаться (по ветру)

to ~ up for взять направление на;
bear upon = bear on;
bear with относиться терпеливо (к чему-л.) ;
мириться (с чем-л.)

to ~ up for взять направление на;
bear upon = bear on;
bear with относиться терпеливо (к чему-л.) ;
мириться (с чем-л.)

to ~ up for взять направление на;
bear upon = bear on;
bear with относиться терпеливо (к чему-л.) ;
мириться (с чем-л.)

to ~ the signature иметь подпись, быть подписанным;
to bear testimony, to bear witness свидетельствовать, показывать, давать показания

~ (р. p. born) рождать, производить;
to bear children рожать детей;
to bear fruit приносить плоды;
born in 1919 рождения 1919 года

bridled ~ юнец, путешествующий с гувернером

cross( или sulky, surly) as a ~ = зол как черт

enter into ~ transactions бирж. играть на понижение

~ астр.: Great (Little, Lesser) Bear Большая (Малая) Медведица

had it been a ~ it would have bitten you = вы ошиблись, обознались;
(оказалось) не так страшно, как вы думали

~ терпеть, выносить;
I can't bear him я его не выношу

~ грубый, невоспитанный человек;
to play the bear вести себя грубо

polar ~ белый медведь

sea ~ зоол. белый медведь sea ~ зоол. морской котик

to sell the ~'s skin before one has caught the ~ делить шкуру неубитого медведя

to take a ~ by the tooth без нужды подвергать себя опасности, лезть на рожон

Teddy ~ медвежонок (детская игрушка)

~ down влиять;
bear in: to be borne in (on smb.) становиться ясным, понятным (кому-л.)

bear выдерживать;
нести груз, тяжесть;
поддерживать, подпирать;
will the ice bear today? достаточно ли крепок лед сегодня?

abs

1) the ice bears лед держит, по льду можно ходить, лед крепкий

2) usually with can; it was more than she could bear Этого она [уже] вынести /выдержать/ не могла. Это было выше ее сил

3) she is unable to bear она не может иметь детей; these peach-trees are not going to bear Эти персиковые деревья не будут плодоносить

1) bear at some time the tree bears every year (every other year, once in seven years, etc.) Это дерево плодоносит каждый год и т. д.

2) bear in some direction naut. bear north (south, east, etc.) лежать /быть расположенным/ к северу и т. д.; the land bore due north земля лежала прямо /точно/ к северу

3) bear in some manner bear hard нажимать, надавливать

1) bear smth., smb. bear a heavy load (a suitcase, the baggage, a large parcel, a banner, a sleeping child, etc.) нести тяжелый груз и т. д.

2) bear smth., smb. bear the weight of a large trunk (an elephant, a heavy man, etc.) выдерживать вес большого сундука и т. д.; this plank /board/ will not bear your weight эта доска не выдержит вашей тяжести; the ice is too thin to bear the weight of the horse лед слишком тонок, чтобы выдержать лошадь; this bridge does not bear more than 10 tons Этот мост рассчитан не больше, чем /только/ на десять тонн

3) bear smb., smth. usually with can, especially in the negative or interrogative I can't bear this man (the sight of him, this noise, such scenes, the odour, that perfume, etc.) [я] не выношу /терпеть не могу/ Этого человека и т. д; she couldn't bear his condescending manner она не выносила его манеру говорить или обращаться с ней свысока; how could he bear the idea /the thought/ of it? как он мог даже подумать об этом?;

4) bear smth. bear responsibility нести ответственность; bear the cost (the expense) оплачивать стоимость (расходы); I am willing to bear all the expenses я согласен (поднести любые расходы; bear losses нести потери, терпеть ущерб; bear the burden взвалить на себя [всю] тяжесть; bear the brunt принять на себя /выдержать/ главный удар (неприятеля)

5) bear smth. usually with can, especially in the negative or interrogative will he bear the strain (the test)? выдержит ли он это напряжение (испытание)?; he couldn't bear the humiliation он не мог вынести /пережить/ Этого унижения

6) bear smth. bear the marks /the signs, the traces/ of blows (of wounds, of punishment, of ill-treatment, of tears, etc.) носить следы побоев и т. д.; this document bears your signature на этом документе стоит ваша подпись; this note bears your name Эта записка адресована вам; this letter bears no date на этом письме нет даты; the envelope bears traces of having been tampered with на конверте имеются /видны/ следы того, что его вскрывали; а monument bearing an inscription памятник с надписью

7) bear smth. bear a sword (a revolver, etc.) носить шпагу и т. д.; bear the sceptre (the marshal's staff) носить скипетр (маршальский жезл); all men who can bear arms все мужчины, способные носить оружие; а ship bearing the American colours корабль под американским флагом

8) bear smth. often offic. bear the name of John (a noble name, the title of earl, etc.) иметь /носить/ имя Джон и т. д; remember that you bear my name (за)помни, ты носишь мое имя

9) bear smth. bear interpretation (explanation, etc.) допускать толкование и т.д.; his words bear only one interpretation его слова можно интерпретировать только в одном смысле; this statement doesn't bear close examination это заявление /утверждение/ не выдерживает пристального анализа; bear comparison выдерживать сравнение

10) || bear tales Ябедничать; bear the news передавать новости

11) bear smth., smb. bear fruit (good peaches, fine apples, sweet grapes, etc.) давать плоды и т. д.; this tree bears no fruit Это дерево не плодоносит; bear children рожать детей; cats usually bear more than two young ones кошка обычно приносит более двух котят; bear interest (profit) приносить /давать/ проценты (прибыль); at last his efforts bore fruit наконец его усилия принесли плоды /увенчались успехом/

12) bear smth. bear the upper storey (the' whole building, the bridge etc.) поддерживать /нести/ верхний этаж и т.д. the four pillars bear the arch Эти четыре колонны несут арку /служат опорой для арки/; Atlas had to bear the weight of the heavens on his shoulders Атлант должен был держать на своих плечах небесный свод

1) bear smb., smth. somewhere bear the wounded home относить или отвозить раненых домой; bear the girl across перенести девушку на другую сторону (улицы, реки и т. п.); bear the cases downstairs снести чемоданы [вниз]

2) bear smth. in same manner bear one's head high (proudly etc.) высоко и т. д. держать голову

3) bear smth. in some manner bear pain (one's loss, hardships, etc.) patiently (well, manfully, stoically, heroically, philosophically, etc.) переносить боль и т. д. терпеливо и т. д.; bear an operation satisfactorily удовлетворительно перенести операцию; bear one's sorrow in silence молча переносить [свое] горе

1) bear smb. smth. bear smb. love (affection, malice, ill-will, etc.) питать /испытывать/ любовь и т.д. к кому-л.; she bore him no love whatever никакой любви к нему она не испытывала; the hatred he bore me ненависть, которую он ко мне питал; I bear you no grudge и не таю обиды против вас, я зла на вас не держу

2) bear smb. smb. bear smb. a child (a son, a daughter) родить кому-л. ребенка; she has borne him three sons она родила ему трех сыновей

1) be born a man is born человек родился; be born at some time be born in 1920 (in January, on the first of May. etc.) родиться в тысяча девятьсот двадцатом году и т. д; born in 1945 тысяча девятьсот сорок пятого года рождения; be born in some place he was born in England он родился в Англии: the idea was born in the minds of the people Эта мысль зародилась в умах людей; be born of smb. he was born of fairly well-to-do parents он родился в довольно зажиточной семье; be born smb. be born a poet родиться поэтом; be born to do smth. he was not born to become a poet fly не суждено было стать поэтом; he was born to be hanged ему на роду написано окончить жизнь на виселице; be born to smb. offic. a son and a daughter were born to them у них родились сын и дочь; be born with smth. be born with a good memory (with a talent for smth., etc.) быть наделенным хорошей памятью и т. д. от рождения; be born of smth. his confidence is born of knowledge его уверенность порождена знаниями / результат знаний/ || be born out of wedlock быть незаконнорожденным /внебрачным ребенком/

2) book, be borne to some place he was borne to prison его отвела в тюрьму; be borne somewhere by smb. the crowd was borne back by the police полиция оттеснила толпу; the boat was borne backward by the wind ветер отнес лодку назад; be bone upon smth. her voice (the music, the song, the fragrance, etc.) was borne upon the wind ветер доносил или уносил звук ее голоса и т. д.

3) be borne upon smb. book. it was gradually borne upon me that... до меня постепенно начало доходить, что... || it has to be borne in mind that... следует помнить /не следует забывать/, что...

1) this cloth will bear washing Этот материал стирается; some passages in this book will bear skipping некоторые места /абзацы/ в этой книге вполне можно пропустить; your joke (his language, the story, etc.) does not bear repeating я не рискну повторить вашу шутку и т. д.

2) usually with can, especially in the negative or interrogative I can't bear living alone [я] терпеть не могу жить одна; how can you bear to travel by sea? как это ты выносишь морские путешествия?

1) bear with smb., smth. bear with her (with her whims, with his uneven temper, etc.) относиться к ней и т. д. терпеливо; bear with his bad memory мириться с тем, что у него плохая память; you will have to bear with her inexperience вам придется примириться с ее неопытностью; bear with me a little longer Be сердитесь на меня, потерпите еще немного (я сейчас уйду или доскажу и т. п.)

2) bear (up)on smth. bear on the subject (on the question, upon tile situation, etc.) иметь отношение к [данному] предмету и т. д.; your arguments do not bear on the problem ваши доводы не имеют отношения и этой проблеме; it bears directly on our topic Это непосредственно связано с нашей темой

3) bear (up)on smth. bear hard on a surface (on a stick, etc.) нажимать /надавливать/ на поверхность и т. д.; if you bear too hard (up)on the point of your pencil it may break если ты будешь слишком сильно нажимать на карандаш, грифель сломается

4) bear (up)on smb. bear hard (up)on the people (on the natives, on the settlers, etc.) a) угнетать народ и т. д.; б) ложиться тяжелым бременем на народ и т. д.

5) bear in some direction naut. bear to the north (to the east, to the right, etc.) двигаться, идти или поворачивать на север а т. д.; when you reach the top of the hill bear to the left когда дойдете до вершины холма, сверните налево

6) bear on smth. bear on the columns (on the pillars. on.the walls, etc.) опираться на колонны и т.д.; the whole building bears on the columns колонны держат все здание; bear heavily on a stick тяжело опираться на палку

7) bear in smth. bear in spring (in this climate, in the north, in this soil, etc.) плодоносить весной и т. д.

1) bear smb., smth. to some place bear the wounded man to the hospital (the thief to prison, the letter to the president, etc.) отвезти, отнести или доставить раненого в больницу и т. д.; the ship bore him to a distant country корабль увез его в дальние края; bear smb., smth. across smth. the bridge bore us across the river по мосту мы попали на другой берег [реки]; bear smth., smb. on (in, over, etc.) smith. bear smth., smb. on (over) one's shoulders (in one's arms, in one's hands, etc.) нести что-л., кого-л. на плечах и т. д.

2) bear smth. on /by/ smth. bear a badge on the lapel of one's coat (a sword by one's side, etc.) носить значок /эмблему/ на отвороте пиджака и т. д.

3) bear smth. for smth., smb. I don't want to bear the blame for your mistakes я не хочу принимать на себя /нести/ вину да ваши ошибки; you will have to bear the penalty for your misdeeds вам придется понести наказание за свой проступки; who will bear the responsibility for the children? кто будет отвечать /нести ответственность/ за датой?; bear smth. against smb. bear a grudge (malice, ill-will, etc.) against slab. испытывать к кому-л. чувство злобы и т.д., испытывать злобу и т. д. против кого-л. =bear иметь зуб против кого-л.

4) bear smth. to smb., smth. bear no relation to smb., smth. не иметь никакого отношения к кому-л., чему-л., bear (no) resemblance to smb., smth. (не) быть похожим да кого-л., что-л. || bear smth. in mind помнить о чем-л.; you must bear his warning in mind вы не должны забывать о его предупреждении

5) bear smth. in smth. bear fruit in autumn (in the spring, in this climate, etc.) плодоносить осенью и т.д.;

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◆ bear up

vi standhalten, durchhalten

how is she? — oh she's \bear uping up wie geht es ihr? — nun ja, sie lässt sich nicht unterkriegen

to [not] \bear up up under questioning einer Befragung [nicht] standhalten

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bear up

A v/t

1. tragen, stützen

2. fig aufrechterhalten, ermutigen

B v/i

1. (against, under) (tapfer) standhalten (dat), die Stirn bieten (dat), sich behaupten (gegen), (tapfer) ertragen (akk)

2. Br Mut fassen, (wieder) fröhlich werden:

bear up! Kopf hoch!, lass den Kopf nicht hängen!

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ermutigen v.

sich behaupten (gegen) v. v.

Mut fassen ausdr.

wieder fröhlich werden ausdr.

1) (in opposition to: They fought against the enemy; Dropping litter is against the law (= illegal).) contra

2) (in contrast to: The trees were black against the evening sky.) sobre, respecto a

3) (touching or in contact with: He stood with his back against the wall; The rain beat against the window.) contra

4) (in order to protect against: vaccination against tuberculosis.) contra

against prep contra

tr[ə'genst, ə'geɪnst]

preposition

1 (gen) contra

■ against the wall contra la pared

■ Leeds played against Liverpool Leeds jugó contra Liverpool

■ there's no evidence against her no hay pruebas contra ella

■ I have nothing against him, but... no tengo nada contra él, pero...

■ insurance against fire un seguro contra incendios

2 (opposed to) en contra de

■ it's against the law va en contra de la ley

■ I am against the plan me opongo al plan

■ I voted against the proposal voté en contra de la propuesta

3 (in contrast to) respecto a, frente a

■ the euro has risen against the dollar el euro ha subido frente al dólar

■ the black bear was clearly visible against the white snow el oso negro se veía claramente sobre el fondo blanco de la nieve

\

to work against the clock trabajar contra reloj

against [ə'gɛntst, -'gɪntst] prep

1) touching: contra

against the wall: contra la pared

2) opposing: contra, en contra de

I will vote against the proposal: votaré en contra de la propuesta

against the grain: a contrapelo

• en contra adv.

• enfrente adv.

• al lado de prep.

• cerca de prep.

• contra prep.

1) ( in opposition to) en contra de, contra

2) ( in opposite direction) contra

3)

a) ( alongside) contra

b) (on, onto) contra

4)

a) ( in contrast to) contra

b) ( in relation to)

5) ( as protection from) contra

adverb en contra

1. PREP

1) (=in opposition to) [+ person] contra, en contra de; [+ plan] en contra de

- be up against it

2) (=in contact with) contra

3) (=in front of) contra

4) (in comparisons)

5) (=for)

ADV en contra

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1) ( in opposition to) en contra de, contra

2) ( in opposite direction) contra

3)

a) ( alongside) contra

b) (on, onto) contra

4)

a) ( in contrast to) contra

b) ( in relation to)

5) ( as protection from) contra

adverb en contra

поддерживать, подбадривать - to * a principle отстаивать принцип выдержать, не сломаться - the floor will * under the weight of the new machine пол выдержит тяжесть новой машины держаться стойко - to * against misfortune не сломиться под тяжестью горя, выдержать удары судьбы (морское) спускаться под ветер

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transitive verb & intransitive verb držati, podpirati; hrabriti; ( against) zdržati, ostati trden

bear up for ( —ali against) — pluti proti

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(ber; bar, bárum; borinn), v.

I.

1) to bear, carry, convey (bar B. biskup í börum suðr í Hvamm);

bera (farm) af skipi, to unload a ship;

bera (mat) af borði, to take (the meat) off the table;

bera e-t á hesti, to carry on horseback;

2) to wear (bera klæði, vápn, kórónu);

bera œgishjálm, to inspire fear and awe;

3) to bear, produce, yield (jörðin berr gras; tré bera aldin, epli);

4) to bear, give birth to, esp. of sheep and cows;

kýr hafði borit kálf, had calved;

absol., ván at hón mundi bera, that the cow would calve;

the pp. is used of men; hann hafði verit blindr borinn, born blind;

verða borinn í þenna heim, to be born into this world;

þann sóma, sem ek em til borinn, born to;

borinn e-m, frá e-m (rare), born of;

Nótt var Nörvi borin, was the daughter of N.;

borinn Sigmundi, son of S.;

5) bera e-n afli, ofrafli, ofrliði, ofrmagni, ofríki, to bear one down, overcome, oppress, one by odds or superior force;

bera e-n ráðum, to overrule one;

bera e-n málum, to bear one down (wrongfully) in a lawsuit;

bera e-n sök, to charge one with a fault;

bera e-n bjóri, to make drunk with beer;

verða bráðum borinn, to be taken by surprise;

borinn verkjum, overcome by pains;

þess er borin ván, there is no hope, all hope is gone;

borinn baugum, bribed; cf. bera fé á e-n, to bribe one;

6) to lear, be capable of bearing (of a ship, horse, vehicle);

þeir hlóðu bæði skipin sem borð báru, with as much as they could carry;

fig., to sustain, support (svá mikill mannfjöldi, at landit fekk eigi borit);

of persons, to bear up against, endure, support (grief, sorrow, etc.);

absol., bar hann drengiliga, he bore it manfully;

similarly, bera (harm) af sér, berast vel (illa, lítt) af;

bar hon sköruliga af sér, she bore up bravely;

hversu berst Auðr af um bróðurdauðann, how does she bear it?

hon berst af lítt, she is much cast down;

bera sik vel upp, to bear well up against;

7) bera e-t á, e-n á hendr e-m, to charge or tax one with (eigi erum vér þess valdir, er þú berr á oss);

bera (kvið) á e-n, to give a verdict against, declare guilty (í annat sinn báru þeir á Flosa kviðinn);

bera af e-m (kviðinn), to give a verdict for;

bera e-t af sér, to deny having done a thing;

bera or bera vitni, vætti, to bear witness, testify;

bera or bera um e-t, to give a verdict in a case;

bera e-n sannan at sök, to prove guilty by evidence;

bera e-n undan sök, to acquit;

bera í sundr frændsemi þeirra, to prove (by evidence) that they are not relations;

bera e-m vel (illa) söguna, to give a favourable (unfavourable) account of one;

refl. (pass.), berast, to be proved by evidence (þótt þér berist þat faðerni, er þú segir);

8) to set forth, report, tell;

bera e-m kveðju (orð, orðsending), to bring one a greeting, compliments (word, message);

bera or bera fram erindi sín fyrir e-n, to state (tell) one’s errand or to plead one’s case before one;

bera e-m njósn, to apprise one;

bera e-t upp, to produce, mention, tell;

bera upp gátu, to give (propound) a riddle;

bera upp erindi sín, to state one’s errand;

bera saman ráð sín, to consult together;

eyddist það ráð, er þeir báru saman, which they had designed;

9) to keep, hold, bear, of a title (bera jarlnafn, konnungsnafn);

bera (eigi) giptu, gæfu, hammingju, auðnu til e-s, (not) to have the good fortune to do a thing (bar hann enga gæfu til at þjóna þér);

bera vit, skyn, kunnáttu á e-t, to have knowledge of, uniderstanding about;

vel viti borinn, endowed with a good understanding;

bera hug, áræði, þor, traust til e-s, to have courage, confidence to do a thing;

bera áhyggju fyrir e-u, to be concerned about;

bera ást, elsku, hatr til e-s, to bear affection, love, hatred to;

10) to bear off or away, carry off (some gain);

bera sigr af e-m, af e-u, to carry off the victory from or in;

hann hafði borit sigr af tveim orustum, he had been victorious in two battles;

bera hærra (lægra) hlut to get the best (the worst) of it;

bera efra (hærra) skjöld, to gain the victory;

bera hátt (lágt) höfuðit, to bear the head high (low), to be in high (low) spirits;

bera halann bratt, lágt, to cock up or let fall the tail, to be in high or low spirits;

11) with preps.:

bera af e-m, to surpass;

en þó bar Bolli af, surpassed all the rest;

bera af sér högg, lag to ward off, parry a blow or thrust;

bera eld at, to set fire to;

bera fjötur (bönd) at e-m, to put fetters (bonds) on one;

bera vápn á e-n, to attack one with sharp weapons;

bera á or í, to smear, anoint (bera vatn í augu sér, bera tjöru í höfuð sér);

bera e-t til, to apply to, to try if it fits (bera til hvern lykil af öðrum at portinu);

bera e-t um, to wind round;

þá bar hann þá festi um sik, made it fast round his body;

bera um með e-n, to bear with, have patience with;

bera út barn, to expose a child;

12) refl., berast mikit (lítit) á, to bear oneself proudly (humbly);

láta af berast, to die;

láta fyrir berast e-s staðar, to stay, remain in a place (for shelter);

berast e-t fyrir, to design a thing (barst hann þat fyrir at sjá aldregi konur);

at njósna um, hvat hann bærist fyrir, to inquire into what he was about;

berast vápn á, to attack one another;

berast at or til, to happen;

þat barst at (happened) á einhverju sumri;

ef svá harðliga kann til at berast, if that misfortune does happen;

berast í móti, to happen, occur;

hefir þetta vel í móti borizt, it is a happy coincidence;

berast við, to be prevented;

ok nú lét almáttugr guð við berast kirkjubrunann, prevented, stopped the burning of the church;

II. impers., denoting a sort of passive or involuntary motion;

1) with acc., it bears or carries one to a place;

alla berr at sama brunni, all come to the same well (end);

bar hann (acc.) þá ofan gegnt Ösuri, he happened to come down just opposite to Ö.;

esp. of ships and sailors; berr oss (acc.) til Íslands eða annarra landa, we drift to Iceland or other countries;

þá (acc.) bar suðr í haf, they were carried out southwards;

Skarpheðin (acc.) bar nú at þeim, S. came suddenly upon them;

ef hann (acc.) skyldi bera þar at, if he should happen to come there;

e-n berr yfir, one is borne onwards, of a bird flying, a man riding;

hann (acc.) bar skjótt yfir, it passed quickly (of a flying meteor);

2) followed by preps.:

Gunnar sér, at rauðan kyrtil bar við glugginn, that a red kirtle passed before the window;

hvergi bar skugga (acc.) á, there was nowhere a shadow;

e-t berr fram (hátt), is prominent;

Ólafr konungr stóð í lyptingu ok bar hann (acc.) hátt mjök, stood out conspicuously;

e-t berr á milli, comes between;

leiti (acc.) bar á milli, a hill hid the prospect;

fig. e-m berr e-t á milli, they are at variance about a thing;

mart (acc.) berr nú fyrir augu mér, many things come now before my eyes;

veiði (acc.) berr í hendr e-m, game falls to one’s lot;

e-t berr undan, goes amiss, fails;

bera saman, to coincide;

bar nöfn þeirra saman, they had the same name;

fig., with dat.; bar öllum sögum vel saman, all the stories agreed well together;

fund várn bar saman, we met;

3) bera at, til, við, at hendi, til handa, to befall, happen, with dat. of the person;

svá bar at einn vetr, it happened one winter;

þó at þetta vandræði (acc.) hafi nú borit oss (dat.) at hendi, has befallen us;

bar honum svá til, it so befell him;

þat bar við (it so happened), at Högni kom;

raun (acc.) berr á, it is proved by fact;

4) of time, to fall upon;

ef þing (acc.) berr á hina helgu viku, if the parliament falls in the holy week;

bera í móti, to coincide, happen exactly at the same time;

5) denoting cause;

e-t berr til, causes a thing;

konungr spurði, hvat til bæri úgleði hans, what was the cause of his grief;

ætluðu þat þá allir, at þat mundi til bera, that that was the reason;

berr e-m nauðsyn til e-s, one is obliged to do a thing;

6) e-t berr undir e-n, falls to a person’s lot;

hon á arf at taka, þegar er undir hana berr, in her turn;

e-t berr frá, is surpassing;

er sagt, at þat (acc.) bæri frá, hvé vel þeir mæltu, it was extraordinary how well they spoke;

7) e-t berr bráðum, happens of a sudden;

e-t berr stóru, stórum (stœrrum), it amounts to much (more), it matters a great deal (more), it is of great (greater) importance;

8) absol. or with an adv., vel, illa, with infin.;

e-m berr (vel, illa) at gera e-t, it becomes, beseems one (well, ill) to do a thing (berr yðr vel, herra, at sjá sannindi á þessu máli);

used absol., berr vel, illa, it is beseeming, proper, fit, or unbeseeming, improper, unfit (þat þykkir eigi illa bera, at).

(að), v. to make bare (hon beraði likam sinn).

f. she-bear, = birna.

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u, f.

I. [björn], a she-bear, Lat. ursa; the primitive root ‘ber’ remains only in this word (cp. berserkr and berfjall), björn (q. v.) being the masc. in use, Landn. 176, Fas. i. 367, Vkv. 9: in many Icel. local names, Beru-fjörðr, -vík, from Polar bears; fem. names, Bera, Hallbera, etc., Landn.

II. a shield, poët., the proverb, baugr er á beru sæmstr, to a shield fits best a baugr (q. v.), Lex. Poët., Edda (Gl.); hence names of poems Beru-drápa, Eg.

bar, báru, borit, pres. berr,—poët. forms with the suffixed negative; 3rd pers. sing. pres. Indic. berrat, Hm. 10; 3rd pers. sing. pret. barat, Vellekla; 1st pers. sing. barkak, Eb. 62 (in a verse); barkat ek, Hs. 8; 2nd pers. sing. bartattu; 3rd pers. pl. bárut, etc., v. Lex. Poët. [Gr. φέρειν; Lat. ferre; Ulf. bairan; A. S. beran; Germ. gebären; Engl. bear; Swed. bära; Dan. bære].

A. Lat. ferre, portare:

I. prop. with a sense of motion, to bear, carry, by means of the body, of animals, of vehicles, etc., with acc., Egil tók mjöðdrekku eina mikla, ok bar undir hendi sér, Eg. 237; bar hann heim hrís, Rm. 9; konungr lét bera inn kistur tvær, báru tveir menn hverja, Eg. 310; bera farm af skipi, to unload a ship, Ld. 32; bera (farm) á skip, to load a ship, Nj. 182; tóku alla ösku ok báru á á ( amnem) út, 623, 36; ok bar þat ( carried it) í kerald, 43, K. Þ. K. 92; b. mat á borð, í stofu, to put the meat on table, in the oven; b. mat af borði, to take it off table, Eb. 36, 266, Nj. 75, Fms. ix. 219, etc.

2. Lat. gestare, ferre, denoting to wear clothes, to carry weapons; skikkja dýr er konungr hafði borit, Eg. 318; b. kórónu, to wear the crown, Fms. x. 16; atgeir, Nj. 119; vápn, 209: metaph., b. ægishjálm, to inspire fear and awe; b. merki, to carry the flag in a battle, Nj. 274, Orkn. 28, 30, 38, Fms. v. 64, vi. 413; bera fram merki, to advance, move in a battle, vi. 406.

3. b. e-t á hesti (áburðr), to carry on horseback; Auðunn bar mat á hesti, Grett. 107; ok bar hrís á hesti, 76 new Ed.; þeir báru á sjau hestum, 98 new Ed.

II. without a sense of motion:

1. to give birth to; [the root of barn, bairn; byrja, incipere; burðr, partus; and burr, filius: cp. Lat. parĕre; also Gr. φέρειν, Lat. ferre, of child-bearing.] In Icel. prose, old as well as mod., ‘ala’ and ‘fæða’ are used of women; but ‘bera,’ of cows and sheep; hence sauðburðr, casting of lambs, kýrburðr; a cow is snembær, siðbær, Jólabær, calves early, late, at Yule time, etc.; var ekki ván at hon ( the cow) mundi b. fyr en um várit, Bs. i. 193, 194; kýr hafði borit kálf, Bjarn. 32; bar hvárrtveggi sauðrinn sinn burð, Stj. 178: the participle borinn is used of men in a great many compds in a general sense, aptrborinn, árborinn, endrborinn, frjálsborinn, goðborinn, höldborinn, hersborinn, konungborinn, óðalborinn, samborinn, sundrborinn, velborinn, úborinn, þrælborinn, etc.; also out of compds, mun ek eigi upp gefa þann sóma, sem ek em til borinn, … entitled to by inheritance, Ld. 102; hann hafði blindr verit borinn, born blind, Nj. 152, Hdl. 34, 42, Vsp. 2: esp. borinn e-m, born of one, Rm. 39, Hdl. 12, 23, 27, Hðm. 2, Gs. 9, Vþm. 25, Stor. 16, Vkv. 15; borinn frá e-m, Hdl. 24: the other tenses are in theol. Prose used of Christ, hans blezaða son er virðist at láta berast hingað í heim af sinni blezaðri móður, Fms. i. 281; otherwise only in poetry, eina dóttur (acc.) berr álfröðull (viz. the sun, regarded as the mother), Vþm. 47; hann Gjálp um bar, hann Greip um bar …, Hdl. 36: borit (sup.), Hkv. 1. 1.

β. of trees, flowers; b. ávöxt, blóm …, to bear fruit, flower … (freq.); bar aldinviðrinn tvennan blóma, Fms. ix. 265; cp. the phrase, bera sitt barr, v. barr.

2. denoting to load, with acc. of the person and dat. of the thing:

α. in prop. sense; hann hafði borit sik mjök vápnum, he had loaded himself with arms, i. e. wore heavy armour, Sturl. iii. 250.

β. but mostly in a metaph. sense; b. e-n ofrafli, ofrmagni, ofrliði, ofríki, magni, to bear one down, to overcome, oppress one, by odds or superior force, Grág. i. 101, ii. 195, Nj. 80, Hkr. ii. 371, Gþl. 474, Stj. 512, Fms. iii. 175 (in the last passage a dat. pers. badly); b. e-n ráðum, to overrule one, Nj. 198, Ld. 296; b. e-n málum, to bearhim down (wrongfully) in a lawsuit, Nj. 151; b. e-n bjóri, to make drunk, Vkv. 26: medic., borinn verkjum, sótt, Bjarn. 68, Og. 5; bölvi, Gg. 2: borne down, feeling heavy pains; þess er borin ván, no hope, all hope is gone, Ld. 250; borinn sök, charged with a cause, Fms. v. 324, H. E. i. 561; bráðum borinn, to be taken by surprise, Fms. iv. 111; b. fé, gull á e-n, to bring one a fee, gold, i. e. to bribe one, Nj. 62; borinn baugum, bribed, Alvm. 5; always in a bad sense, cp. the law phrase, b. fé í dóm, to bribe a court, Grág., Nj. 240.

3. to bear, support, sustain, Lat. sustinere, lolerare, ferre:

α. properly, of a ship, horse, vehicle, to bear, be capable of bearing; þeir hlóðu bæði skipin sem borð báru, all that they could carry, Eb. 302;—a ship ‘berr’ ( carries) such and such a weight; but ‘tekr’ ( takes) denotes a measure of fluids.

β. metaph. to sustain, support; dreif þannig svá mikill mannfjöldi at landit fékk eigi borit, Hkr. i. 56; but metaph. to bear up against, endure, support grief, sorrow, etc., sýndist öllum at Guð hefði nær ætlað hvat hann mundi b. mega, Bs. i. 139; biðr hann friðar ok þykist ekki mega b. reiði hans, Fms. iii. 80: the phrase, b. harm sinn í hljóði, to suffer silently; b. svívirðing, x. 333: absol., þótti honum mikit víg Kjartans, en þó bar hann drengilega, he bore it manfully, Ld. 226; er þat úvizka, at b. eigi slíkt, not to bear or put up with, Glúm. 327; b. harm, to grieve, Fms. xi. 425: in the phrases, b. sik, b. af sér, berask, berask vel (illa, lítt), to bear oneself, to bear up against misfortune; Guðrúnu þótti mikit fráfall Þorkels, en þó bar hon sköruliga af sér, she bore her bravely up, Ld. 326–328; lézt hafa spurt at ekkjan bæri vel af sér harmana, Eb. 88; berask af; hversu bersk Auðr af um bróðurdauðann? (how does she bear it?); hón bersk af lítt ( she is much borne down) ok þykir mikit, Gísl. 24; niun oss vandara gört en öðrum at vér berim oss vel (Lat. fortiter ferre), Nj. 197; engi maðr hefði þar jamvel borit sik, none bad borne himself so boldly, Sturl. iii. 132; b. sik vel upp, to bear well up against, bear a stout heart, Hrafn. 17; b. sik beiskliga ( sorely), Stj. 143; b. sik lítt, to be downcast, Fms. ii. 61; b. sik at göra e-t, to do one’s best, try a thing.

III. in law terms or modes of procedure:

1. bera járn, the ordeal of bearing hot iron in the hand, cp. járnburðr, skírsla. This custom was introduced into Scandinavia together with Christianity from Germany and England, and superseded the old heathen ordeals ‘hólmganga,’ and ‘ganga undir jarðarmen,’ v. this word. In Norway, during the civil wars, it was esp. used in proof of paternity of the various pretenders to the crown, Fms. vii. 164, 200, ix. Hák. S. ch. 14, 41–45, viii. (Sverr. S.) ch. 150, xi. (Jómsv. S.) ch. 11, Grett. ch. 41, cp. N. G. L. i. 145, 389. Trial by ordeal was abolished in Norway A. D. 1247. In Icel. It was very rarely mentioned, vide however Lv. ch. 23 (paternity), twice or thrice in the Sturl. i. 56, 65, 147, and Grág. i. 341, 361; it seems to have been very seldom used there, (the passage in Grett. S. l. c. refers to Norway.)

2. bera út (hence útburðr, q. v.), to expose children; on this heathen custom, vide Grimm R. A. In heathen Icel., as in other parts of heathen Scandinavia, it was a lawful act, but seldom exercised; the chief passages on record are, Gunnl. S. ch. 3 (ok þat var þá siðvandi nokkurr, er land var allt alheiðit, at þeir menn er félitlir vórn, en stóð ómegð mjök til handa létu út bera börn sín, ok þótti þó illa gört ávalt), Fs. Vd. ch. 37, Harð. S. ch. 8, Rd. ch. 7, Landn. v. ch. 6, Finnb. ch. 2, Þorst. Uxaf. ch. 4, Hervar. S. ch. 4, Fas. i. 547 (a romance); cp. Jómsv. S. ch. 1. On the introduction of Christianity into Icel. A. D. 1000, it was resolved that, in regard to eating of horse-flesh and exposure of children, the old laws should remain in force, Íb. ch. 9; as Grimm remarks, the exposure must take place immediately after birth, before the child had tasted food of any kind whatever, and before it was besprinkled with water (ausa vatni) or shown to the father, who had to fix its name; exposure, after any of these acts, was murder, cp. the story of Liafburga told by Grimm R. A.); v. Also a Latin essay at the end of the Gunnl. S. (Ed. 1775). The Christian Jus Eccl. put an end to this heathen barbarism by stating at its very beginning, ala skal barn hvert er borit verðr, i. e. all children, if not of monstrous shape, shall be brought up, N. G. L. i. 339, 363.

β. b. út (now more usual, hefja út, Am. 100), to carry out for burial; vera erfðr ok tit borinn, Odd. 20; var hann heygðr, ok út borinn at fornum sið, Fb. i. 123; b. á bál, to place (the body and treasures) upon the pile, the mode of burying in the old heathen time, Fas. i. 487 (in a verse); var hon borin á bálit ok slegit í eldi, Edda 38.

B. Various and metaph. cases.

I. denoting motion:

1. ‘bera’ is in the Grág. the standing law term for delivery of a verdict by a jury (búar), either ‘bera’ absol. or adding kvið ( verdict); bera á e-n, or b. kvið á e-n, to give a verdict against, declare guilty; bera af e-m, or b. af e-m kviðinn, to give a verdict for; or generally, bera, or b. um e-t, to give a verdict in a case; bera, or b. vitni, vætti, also simply means to testify, to witness, Nj. 111, cp. kviðburðr ( delivering of verdict), vitnisburðr ( bearing witness), Grág. ii. 28; eigi eigu búar ( jurors) enn at b. um þat hvat lög eru á landi hér, the jurors have not to give verdict in (to decide) what is law in the country, cp. the Engl. maxim, that jurors have only to decide the question of evidence, not of law, Grág. (Kb.) ch. 85; eigi eru búar skildir at b. um hvatvetna; um engi mál eigu þeir at skilja, þau er erlendis ( abroad) hafa görzt, id.; the form in delivering the verdict—höfum vér ( the jurors), orðit á eitt sáttir, berum á kviðburðinn, berum hann sannan at sökinni, Nj. 238, Grág. i. 49, 22, 138, etc.; í annat sinn báru þeir á Flosa kviðinn, id.; b. annattveggja af eðr á; b. undan, to discharge, Nj. 135; b. kvið í hag ( for), Grág. i. 55; b. lýsingar vætti, Nj. 87; b. vitni ok vætti, 28, 43, 44; b. ljúgvitni, to bear false witness, Grág. i. 28; b. orð, to bear witness to a speech, 43; bera frændsemi sundr, to prove that they are not relations, N. G. L. i. 147: reflex., berask ór vætti, to prove that oneself is wrongly summoned to bear witness or to give a verdict, 44: berask in a pass. sense, to be proved by evidence, ef vanefni b. þess manns er á hönd var lýst, Grág. i. 257; nema jafnmæli berisk, 229; þótt þér berisk þat faðerni er þú segir, Fms. vii. 164; hann kvaðst ætla, at honum mundi berask, that he would be able to get evidence for, Fs. 46.

β. gener. and not as a law term; b. á, b. á hendr, to charge; b. e-n undan, to discharge, Fs. 95; eigi erum vér þessa valdir er þú berr á oss, Nj. 238, Ld. 206, Fms. iv. 380, xi. 251, Th. 78; b. e-m á brýnn, to throw in one’s face, to accuse, Greg. 51; b. af sér, to deny; eigi mun ek af mér b., at… ( non diffitebor), Nj. 271; b. e-m gott vitni, to give one a good…, 11; b. e-m vel (illa) söguna, to bear favourable (unfavourable) witness of one, 271.

2. to bear by word of mouth, report, tell, Lat. referre; either absol. or adding kveðju, orð, orðsending, eyrindi, boð, sögu, njósn, frétt…, or by adding a prep., b. fram, frá, upp, fyrir; b. kveðju, to bring a greeting, compliment, Eg. 127; b. erindi (sín) fyrir e-n, to plead one’s case before one, or to tell one’s errand, 472, 473; b. njósn, to apprise, Nj. 131; b. fram, to deliver (a speech), talaði jungherra Magnús hit fyrsta erindi (M. made his first speech in public), ok fanst mönnum mikit um hversu úbernsliga fram var borit, Fms. x. 53; (in mod. usage, b. fram denotes gramm. to pronounce, hence ‘framburðr,’ pronunciation); mun ek þat nú fram b., I shall now tell, produce it, Ld. 256, Eg. 37; b. frá, to attest, relate with emphasis; má þat frá b., Dropl. 21; b. upp, to produce, mention, tell, þótt slík lygi sé upp borin fyrir hann, though such a lie be told him, Eg. 59; þær (viz. charges) urðu engar upp bornar ( produced) við Rút, Nj. 11; berr Sigtryggr þegar upp erindi sín (cp. Germ. ojfenbaren), 271, Ld. 256; b. upp gátu, to give (propound) a riddle, Stj. 411, Fas. i. 464; b. fyrir, to plead as an excuse; b. saman ráð sín, or the like, to consult, Nj. 91; eyddist þat ráð, er þeir báru saman, which they had designed, Post. 656 A. ii; b. til skripta, to confess (eccl.), of auricular confession, Hom. 124, 655 xx.

II. in a metaphorical or circumlocutory sense, and without any sense of motion, to keep, hold, bear, of a title; b. nafn, to bear a name, esp. as honour or distinction; tignar nafn, haulds nafn, jarls nafn, lends manns nafn, konungs nafn, bónda nafn, Fms. i. 17, vi. 278, xi. 44, Gþl. 106: in a more metaph. sense, denoting endowments, luck, disposition, or the like, b. (ekki) gæfu, hamingju, auðnu til e-s, to enjoy (enjoy not) good or bad luck, etc.; at Þórólfr mundi eigi allsendis gæfu til b. um vináttu við Harald, Eg. 75, 112, 473, Fms. iv. 164, i. 218; úhamingju, 219; b. vit, skyn, kunnáttu á (yfir) e-t, to bring wit, knowledge, etc., to bear upon a thing, xi. 438, Band. 7; hence vel (illa) viti borinn, well (ill) endowed with wit, Eg. 51; vel hyggjandi borinn, well endowed with reason, Grág. ii; b. hug, traust, áræði, þor, til e-s, to have courage, confidence … to do a thing, Gullþ. 47, Fms. ix. 220, Band. 7; b. áhyggju, önn fyrir, to care, be concerned about, Fms. x. 318; b. ást, elsku til e-s, to bear affection, love to one; b. hatr, to hate: b. svört augu, to have dark eyes, poët., Korm. (in a verse); b. snart hjarta, Hom. 5; vant er þat af sjá hvar hvergi berr hjarta sitt, where he keeps his heart, Orkn. 474; b. gott hjarta, to bear a proud heart, Lex. Poët., etc. etc.; b. skyndi at um e-t, to make speed with a thing, Lat. festinare, Fms. viii. 57.

2. with some sense of motion, to bear off or away, carry off, gain, in such phrases as, b. sigr af e-m, af e-u, to carry off the victory from or in …; hann hafði borit sigr af tveim orrustum, er frægstar hafa verit, he had borne off the victory in two battles, Fms. xi. 186; bera banaorð af e-m, to slay one in a fight, to be the victor; Þorr berr banaorð af Miðgarðsormi, Edda 42, Fms. x. 400: it seems properly to mean, to bear off the fame of having killed a man; verðat svá rík sköp, at Regin skyli mitt banorð bera, Fm. 39; b. hærra, lægra hlut, ‘to bear off the higher or the lower lot,’ i. e. to get the best or the worst of it, or the metaphor is taken from a sortilege, Fms. ii. 268, i. 59, vi. 412; b. efra, hærra skjöld, to carry the highest shield, to get the victory, x. 394, Lex. Poët.; b. hátt (lágt) höfuðit, to bear the head high (low), i. e. to be in high or low spirits, Nj. 91; but also, b. halann bratt (lágt), to cock up or let fall the tail (metaph. from cattle), to be in an exultant or low mood: sundry phrases, as, b. bein, to rest the bones, be buried; far þú til Íslands, þar mun þér auðið verða beinin at b., Grett. 91 A; en þó hygg ek at þú munir hér b. beinin í Norðrálfunni, Orkn. 142; b. fyrir borð, to throw overboard, metaph. to oppress; verðr Þórhalli nú fyrir borð borinn, Th. was defied, set at naught, Fær. 234; b. brjóst fyrir e-m, to be the breast-shield, protection of one, Fms. vii. 263: also, b. hönd fyrir höfuð sér, metaph. to put one’s hand before one’s head, i. e. to defend oneself; b. ægishjálm yfir e-m, to keep one in awe and submission, Fm. 16, vide A. I. 2.

III. connected with prepp., b. af, and (rarely) yfir (cp. afburðr, yfirburðr), to excel, surpass; eigi sá hvárttveggja féit er af öðrum berr, who gets the best of it, Nj. 15; en þó bar Bolli af, B. surpassed all the rest, Ld. 330; þat mannval bar eigi minnr af öðrum mönnum um fríðleik, afi ok fræknleik, en Ormrinn Langi af öðrum skipum, Fms. ii. 252; at hinn útlendi skal yfir b. ( outdo) þann sem Enskir kalla meistara, xi. 431: b. til, to apply, try if it fits; en er þeir báru til (viz. shoes to the hoof of a horse), þá var sem hæfði hestinum, ix. 55; bera til hvern lykil at öðrum at portinu, Thom. 141; b. e-t við, to try it on (hence viðburðr, experiment, effort): b. um, to wind round, as a cable round a pole or the like, Nj. 115; þá bar hann þá festi um sik, made it fast round his body, Fms. ix. 219; ‘b. e-t undir e-n’ is to consult one, ellipt., b. undir dóm e-s; ‘b. e-t fyrir’ is to feign, use as excuse: b. á, í, to smear, anoint; b. vatn í augu sér, Rb. 354; b. tjöru í höfuð sér, Nj. 181, Hom. 70, 73, cp. áburðr; b. gull, silfr, á, to ornament with gold or silver, Ld. 114, Finnb. 258: is now also used = to dung, b. á völl; b. vápn á e-n, to attack one with sharp weapons, Eg. 583, Fms. xi. 334: b. eld at, to set fire to, Nj. 122; b. fjötur (bönd) at e-m, to put fetters (bonds) on one, Fms. x. 172, Hm. 150: metaph. reflex., bönd berask at e-m, a law term, the evidence bears against one; b. af sér, to parry off; Gyrðr berr af sér lagit, G. parries the thrust off, Fms. x. 421; cp. A. II. 3. β.

IV. reflex., berask mikit á (cp. áburðr), to bear oneself proudly, or b. lítið á, to bear oneself humbly; hann var hinn kátasti ok barst á mikit, Fms. ii. 68, viii. 219, Eb. 258; b. lítið á, Clem. 35; láta af berask, to die; Óttarr vill skipa til um fjárfar sitt áðr hann láti af b., Fms. ii. 12: berask fyrir, to abide in a place as an asylum, seek shelter; hér munu vit láta fyrir b., Fas. iii. 471; berask e-t fyrir, to design a thing, be busy about, barsk hann þat fyrir at sjá aldregi konur, Greg. 53; at njósna um hvat hann bærist fyrir, to inquire into what he was about, Fms. iv. 184, Vígl. 19.

β. recipr. in the phrase, berask banaspjót eptir, to seek for one another’s life, Glúm. 354: b. vápn á, of a mutual attack with sharp weapons, Fms. viii. 53.

γ. pass., sár berask á e-n, of one in the heat of battle beginning to get wounds and give way, Nj.:—berask við, to be prevented, not to do; ok nú lét Almáttugr Guð við berast kirkjubrunnann, stopped, prevented the burning of the church, Fms. v. 144; en mér þætti gott ef við bærist, svá at hón kæmi eigi til þín, vi. 210, vii. 219; ok var þá búit at hann mundi þegar láta hamarinn skjanna honum, en hann lét þat við berask, he bethought himself and did not, Edda 35; því at mönnum þótti sem þannig mundi helzt úhæfa við berask, that mischief would thus be best prevented, Sturl. ii. 6, iii. 80.

C. IMPERS.:—with a sort of passive sense, both in a loc. and temp. sense, and gener. denotes an involuntary, passive motion, happening suddenly or by chance:

I. with acc. it bears or carries one to a place, i. e. one happens to come; the proverb, alla (acc.) berr at sama brunni, all come to the same well (end), Lat. omnes una manet nox; bar hann þá ofan gegnt Özuri, he happened to come in his course just opposite to Ö., Lat. delatus est, Dropl. 25: esp. of ships or sailors; nú berr svá til ( happens) herra, at vér komum eigi fram ferðinni, berr oss (acc.) til Íslands eðr annara landa, it bore us to I., i. e. if we drive or drift thither, Fms. iv. 176; þá (acc. pl.) bar suðr í haf, they drifted southwards, Nj. 124.

β. as a cricketing term, in the phrase, berr (bar) út knöttinn, the ball rolls out, Gísl. 26, cp. p. 110 where it is transit.; berr Gísli ok út knöttinn, vide Vígl. ch. 11, Grett. ch. 17, Vd. ch. 37, Hallfr. S. ch. 2.

γ. Skarpheðin (acc.) bar nú at þeim, Sk. came suddenly upon them, Nj. 144; bar at Hróaldi þegar allan skjöldinn, the shield was dashed against H.’s body, 198; ok skyldu sæta honum, ef hann (acc.) bæri þar at, if he should per chance come, shew himself there, Orkn. 406; e-n berr yfir, it bears one, i. e. one is borne onwards, as a bird flying, a man riding; þóttist vita, at hann (acc.) mundi fljótara yfir bera ef hann riði en gengi, that he would get on more fleetly riding than walking, Hrafn. 7; hann (acc.) bar skjótt yfir, he passed quickly, of a flying meteor, Nj. 194; e-n berr undan, escapes.

2. also with acc. followed by prepp. við, saman, jafnframt, hjá, of bodies coinciding or covering one another: loc., er jafnframt ber jaðrana tungls ok sólar, if the orb of the moon and sun cover each other, Rb. 34; þat kann vera stundum, at tunglit (acc.) berr jafht á millum vár ok sólar (i. e. in a moon eclipse), 108; ber nokkut jaðar (acc.) þess hjá sólar jaðri, 34; Gunnarr sér at rauðan kyrtil (acc.) bar við glugginn, G. sees that a red kirtle passed before the window, Nj. 114; bar fyrir utan þat skip vápnaburð (acc.) heiðingja (gen. pl.), the missiles of the heathens passed over the ship without hurting them, flew too high, Fms. vii. 232; hvergi bar skugga (acc.) á, nowhere a shadow, all bright, Nj. 118; þangat sem helzt mátti nokkut yfir þá skugga bera af skóginum, where they were shadowed (hidden) by the trees, Fms. x. 239; e-t berr fram (hátt), a body is prominent, Lat. eminet; Ólafr konungr stóð í lyptingunni, bar hann (acc.) hátt mjök, king O. stood out conspicuously, ii. 308; b. yfir, þótti mjök bera hljóð (acc.) þar yfir er Ólafr sat, the sound was heard over there where O. sat, Sturl. i. 21; b. á milli, something comes between; leiti (acc.) bar á milli, a hill hid the prospect, Nj. 263: metaph., e-m berr e-t á milli, they come to dissent, 13, v. 1.; b. fyrir augu (hence fyrirburðr, vision), of a vision or the like; mart (acc.) berr nú fyrir augu mér, ek sé …, many things come now before my eyes, 104; hann mundi allt þat er fyrir hann hafði borit, i. e. all the dream, 195; eina nótt berr fyrir hann í svefni mikla sýn, Fms. i. 137, Rd. 290; veiði (acc.) berr í hendr e-m (a metaphor from hunting), sport falls to one’s lot; hér bæri veiði í hendr nú, here would be a game, Nj. 252; e-t berr undan (a metaphor from fishing, hunting term), when one misses one’s opportunity; vel væri þá … at þá veiði (acc.) bæri eigi undan, that this game should not go amiss, 69; en ef þetta (acc.) berr undan, if this breaks down, 63; hon bað hann þá drepa einhvern manna hans, heldr en allt (acc.) bæri undan, rather than that all should go amiss, Eg. 258: absol., þyki mér illa, ef undan berr, if I miss it, Nj. 155; viljum vér ekki at undan beri at…, we will by no means miss it…, Fms. viii. 309, v. 1. The passage Bs. i. 416 (en fjárhlutr sá er átt hafði Ari, bar undan Guðmundi) is hardly correct, fjárhlut þann would run better, cp. bera undir, as a law term, below.

II. adding prepp.; b. við, at, til, at hendi, at móti, til handa …, to befall, happen, Lat. accidere, occurrere, with dat. of the person, (v. atburðr, viðburðr, tilburðr); engi hlut skyldi þann at b., no such thing should happen as…, Fms. xi. 76; svá bar at einn vetr, it befell, x. 201; þat hefir nú víst at hendi borit, er…, Nj. 174; þó þetta vandræði (acc.) hafi nú borit oss (dat.) at hendi, Eg. 7; b. til handa, id., Sks. 327; bar honum svá til, so it befell him, Fms. xi. 425; at honum bæri engan váðaligan hlut til á veginum, that nothing dangerous should befall him on the way, Stj. 212; bæri þat þá svá við, at hann ryfi, it then perchance might happen, that …, 102; þat bar við at Högni kom, 169, 172, 82; raun (acc.) berr á, it is proved by the fact, event, Fms. ix. 474, x. 185.

2. temp., e-t berr á, it happens to fall on …; ef þing (acc.) ber á hina helgu viku, if the parliament falls on the holy week (Whitsun), Grág. i. 106; ef Crucis messu (acc.) berr á Drottins dag, Rb. 44; berr hana (viz. Petrs messu, June 29) aldrei svá optarr á öldinni, 78; þat er nú berr oss næst, what has occurred of late, Sturl. iii. 182: b. í móti, to happen exactly at a time; þetta (acc.) bar í móti at þenna sama dag andaðist Brandr biskup, Bs. i. 468; b. saman, id.; bar þat saman, at pá var Gunnarr at segja brennusöguna, just when G. was about telling the story, Nj. 269.

3. metaph. of agreement or separation; en þat (acc.) þykir mjök saman b. ok þessi frásögn, Fms. x. 276: with dat., bar öllum sögum vel saman, all the records agreed well together, Nj. 100, v. l.; berr nú enn í sundr með þeim, Bjarna ok Þorkatli at sinni, B. and Th. missed each other, Vápn. 25.

4. denoting cause; e-t (acc.) berr til …, causes a thing; ætluðu þat þá allir, at þat mundi til bera, that that was the reason, Nj. 75; at þat beri til skilnaðar okkars, that this will make us to part (divorce), 261; konungr spurði, hvat til bæri úgleði hans, what was the cause of his grief? Fms. vi. 355; þat berr til tunglhlaups, Rb. 32.

β. meiri ván at brátt beri þat (acc.) til bóta, at herviliga steypi hans ríki, i. e. there will soon come help (revenge), Fms. x. 264; fjórir eru þeir hlutir er menn (acc.) berr í ætt á landi hér, there are four cases under which people may be adopted, Grág. i. 361.

γ. e-t berr undir e-n, falls to a person’s lot; hon á arf at taka þegar er undir hana berr, in her turn, 179; mikla erfð (acc.) bar undir hana, Mar. (Fr.); berr yfir, of surpassing, Bs. ii. 121, 158; b. frá, id. (fráburðr); herðimikill svá at þat (acc.) bar frá því sem aðrir menn, Eg. 305; er sagt, at þat bæri frá hve vel þeir mæltu, it was extraordinary how well they did speak, Jb. 11; bar þat mest frá hversu illa hann var limaðr, but above all, how…, Ó. H. 74.

5. with adverbial nouns in a dat. form; e-t berr bráðum, happens of a sudden; berr þetta (acc.) nú allbráðum, Fms. xi. 139; cp. vera bráðum borinn, to be taken by surprise (above); berr stórum, stærrum, it matters a great deal; ætla ek stærrum b. hin lagabrotin (acc.), they are much more important, matter more, vii. 305; var þat góðr kostr, svá at stórum bar, xi. 50; hefir oss orðit svá mikil vanhyggja, at stóru berr, an enormous blunder, Gísl. 51; svá langa leið, at stóru bar, Fas. i. 116; þat berr stórum, hversu mér þóknast vel þeirra athæfi, it amounts to a great deal, my liking their service, i. e. I do greatly like, Fms. ii. 37; eigi berr þat allsmám hversu vel mér líkar, in no small degree do I like, x. 296.

β. with dat., it is fitting, becoming; svá mikit sem landeiganda (dat.) berr til at hafa eptir lögum, what he is legally entitled to, Dipl. iii. 10; berr til handa, it falls to one’s lot, v. above, Grág. i. 93.

III. answering to Lat. oportet, absolutely or with an adverb, vel, illa, with infinit.; e-m berr, it beseems, becomes one; berr þat ekki né stendr þvílíkum höfuðfeðr, at falsa, Stj. 132; berr yðr (dat.) vel, herra, at sjá sannindi á þessu máli, Fms. ix. 326; sagði, at þat bar eigi Kristnum mönnum, at særa Guð, x. 22; þá siðu at mér beri vel, Sks. 353 B: used absol., berr vel, illa, it is beseeming, proper, fit, unbeseeming, unfit, improper; athæfi þat er vel beri fyrir konungs augliti, 282; þat þykir ok eigi illa bera, at maðr hafi svart skinn til hosna, i. e. it suits pretty well, 301: in case of a pers. pron. in acc. or dat. being added, the sentence becomes personal in order to avoid doubling the impers. sentence, e. g. e-m berr skylda (not skyldu) til, one is bound by duty; veit ek eigi hver skylda (nom.) yðr (acc.) ber til þess at láta jarl einn ráða, Fms. i. 52: also leaving the dat. out, skylda berr til at vera forsjámaðr með honum, vii. 280; eigi berr hér til úviska mín, it is not that I am not knowing, Nj. 135.

IV. when the reflex. inflexion is added to the verb, the noun loses its impers. character and is turned from acc. into nom., e. g. þar (þat?) mun hugrinn minn mest hafa fyrir borizt, this is what I suspected, fancied, Lv. 34; cp. hugarburðr, fancy, and e-t berr fyrir e-n (above, C. I. 2); hefir þetta (nom.) vel í móti borizt, a happy coincidence, Nj. 104; ef svá harðliga kann til at berask, if the misfortunes do happen, Gþl. 55; barsk sú úhamingja (nom.) til á Íslandi, that mischief happened (no doubt the passage is thus to be emended), Bs. i. 78, but bar þá úhamingju …; þat (nom.) barsk at, happened, Fms. x. 253; fundir várir (nom.) hafa at borizt nokkurum sinnum, vii. 256; þat barsk at á einhverju sumri, Eg. 154; bærist at um síðir at allr þingheimrinn berðist, 765, cp. berast við, berask fyrir above (B. V.): berast, absol., means to be shaken, knocked about; var þess ván, at fylkingar mundu berast í hergöngunni, that they would be brought into some confusion, Fms. v. 74; Hrólfr gékk at ramliga, ok barst Atli (was shaken, gave away) fyrir orku sakir, þar til er hann féll. Fas. iii. 253; barst Jökull allr fyrir orku sakir (of two wrestling), Ísl. ii. 467, Fms. iii. 189: vide B. IV.

D. In mod. usage the strong bera—bar is also used in impersonal phrases, denoting to let a thing be seen, shew, but almost always with a negative preceding, e. g. ekki bar (ber) á því, it could ( can) not be seen; að á engu bæri, láta ekki á bera ( to keep tight), etc. All these phrases are no doubt alterations from the weak verb bera, að, nudare, and never occur in old writers; we have not met with any instance previous to the Reformation; the use is certainly of late date, and affords a rare instance of weak verbs turning into strong; the reverse is more freq. the case.

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(ber; bar, bárum; borinn), v.

I.

1) to bear, carry, convey (bar B. biskup í börum suðr í Hvamm);

bera (farm) af skipi, to unload a ship;

bera (mat) af borði, to take (the meat) off the table;

bera e-t á hesti, to carry on horseback;

2) to wear (bera klæði, vápn, kórónu);

bera œgishjálm, to inspire fear and awe;

3) to bear, produce, yield (jörðin berr gras; tré bera aldin, epli);

4) to bear, give birth to, esp. of sheep and cows;

kýr hafði borit kálf, had calved;

absol., ván at hón mundi bera, that the cow would calve;

the pp. is used of men; hann hafði verit blindr borinn, born blind;

verða borinn í þenna heim, to be born into this world;

þann sóma, sem ek em til borinn, born to;

borinn e-m, frá e-m (rare), born of;

Nótt var Nörvi borin, was the daughter of N.;

borinn Sigmundi, son of S.;

5) bera e-n afli, ofrafli, ofrliði, ofrmagni, ofríki, to bear one down, overcome, oppress, one by odds or superior force;

bera e-n ráðum, to overrule one;

bera e-n málum, to bear one down (wrongfully) in a lawsuit;

bera e-n sök, to charge one with a fault;

bera e-n bjóri, to make drunk with beer;

verða bráðum borinn, to be taken by surprise;

borinn verkjum, overcome by pains;

þess er borin ván, there is no hope, all hope is gone;

borinn baugum, bribed; cf. bera fé á e-n, to bribe one;

6) to lear, be capable of bearing (of a ship, horse, vehicle);

þeir hlóðu bæði skipin sem borð báru, with as much as they could carry;

fig., to sustain, support (svá mikill mannfjöldi, at landit fekk eigi borit);

of persons, to bear up against, endure, support (grief, sorrow, etc.);

absol., bar hann drengiliga, he bore it manfully;

similarly, bera (harm) af sér, berast vel (illa, lítt) af;

bar hon sköruliga af sér, she bore up bravely;

hversu berst Auðr af um bróðurdauðann, how does she bear it?

hon berst af lítt, she is much cast down;

bera sik vel upp, to bear well up against;

7) bera e-t á, e-n á hendr e-m, to charge or tax one with (eigi erum vér þess valdir, er þú berr á oss);

bera (kvið) á e-n, to give a verdict against, declare guilty (í annat sinn báru þeir á Flosa kviðinn);

bera af e-m (kviðinn), to give a verdict for;

bera e-t af sér, to deny having done a thing;

bera or bera vitni, vætti, to bear witness, testify;

bera or bera um e-t, to give a verdict in a case;

bera e-n sannan at sök, to prove guilty by evidence;

bera e-n undan sök, to acquit;

bera í sundr frændsemi þeirra, to prove (by evidence) that they are not relations;

bera e-m vel (illa) söguna, to give a favourable (unfavourable) account of one;

refl. (pass.), berast, to be proved by evidence (þótt þér berist þat faðerni, er þú segir);

8) to set forth, report, tell;

bera e-m kveðju (orð, orðsending), to bring one a greeting, compliments (word, message);

bera or bera fram erindi sín fyrir e-n, to state (tell) one’s errand or to plead one’s case before one;

bera e-m njósn, to apprise one;

bera e-t upp, to produce, mention, tell;

bera upp gátu, to give (propound) a riddle;

bera upp erindi sín, to state one’s errand;

bera saman ráð sín, to consult together;

eyddist það ráð, er þeir báru saman, which they had designed;

9) to keep, hold, bear, of a title (bera jarlnafn, konnungsnafn);

bera (eigi) giptu, gæfu, hammingju, auðnu til e-s, (not) to have the good fortune to do a thing (bar hann enga gæfu til at þjóna þér);

bera vit, skyn, kunnáttu á e-t, to have knowledge of, uniderstanding about;

vel viti borinn, endowed with a good understanding;

bera hug, áræði, þor, traust til e-s, to have courage, confidence to do a thing;

bera áhyggju fyrir e-u, to be concerned about;

bera ást, elsku, hatr til e-s, to bear affection, love, hatred to;

10) to bear off or away, carry off (some gain);

bera sigr af e-m, af e-u, to carry off the victory from or in;

hann hafði borit sigr af tveim orustum, he had been victorious in two battles;

bera hærra (lægra) hlut to get the best (the worst) of it;

bera efra (hærra) skjöld, to gain the victory;

bera hátt (lágt) höfuðit, to bear the head high (low), to be in high (low) spirits;

bera halann bratt, lágt, to cock up or let fall the tail, to be in high or low spirits;

11) with preps.:

bera af e-m, to surpass;

en þó bar Bolli af, surpassed all the rest;

bera af sér högg, lag to ward off, parry a blow or thrust;

bera eld at, to set fire to;

bera fjötur (bönd) at e-m, to put fetters (bonds) on one;

bera vápn á e-n, to attack one with sharp weapons;

bera á or í, to smear, anoint (bera vatn í augu sér, bera tjöru í höfuð sér);

bera e-t til, to apply to, to try if it fits (bera til hvern lykil af öðrum at portinu);

bera e-t um, to wind round;

þá bar hann þá festi um sik, made it fast round his body;

bera um með e-n, to bear with, have patience with;

bera út barn, to expose a child;

12) refl., berast mikit (lítit) á, to bear oneself proudly (humbly);

láta af berast, to die;

láta fyrir berast e-s staðar, to stay, remain in a place (for shelter);

berast e-t fyrir, to design a thing (barst hann þat fyrir at sjá aldregi konur);

at njósna um, hvat hann bærist fyrir, to inquire into what he was about;

berast vápn á, to attack one another;

berast at or til, to happen;

þat barst at (happened) á einhverju sumri;

ef svá harðliga kann til at berast, if that misfortune does happen;

berast í móti, to happen, occur;

hefir þetta vel í móti borizt, it is a happy coincidence;

berast við, to be prevented;

ok nú lét almáttugr guð við berast kirkjubrunann, prevented, stopped the burning of the church;

II. impers., denoting a sort of passive or involuntary motion;

1) with acc., it bears or carries one to a place;

alla berr at sama brunni, all come to the same well (end);

bar hann (acc.) þá ofan gegnt Ösuri, he happened to come down just opposite to Ö.;

esp. of ships and sailors; berr oss (acc.) til Íslands eða annarra landa, we drift to Iceland or other countries;

þá (acc.) bar suðr í haf, they were carried out southwards;

Skarpheðin (acc.) bar nú at þeim, S. came suddenly upon them;

ef hann (acc.) skyldi bera þar at, if he should happen to come there;

e-n berr yfir, one is borne onwards, of a bird flying, a man riding;

hann (acc.) bar skjótt yfir, it passed quickly (of a flying meteor);

2) followed by preps.:

Gunnar sér, at rauðan kyrtil bar við glugginn, that a red kirtle passed before the window;

hvergi bar skugga (acc.) á, there was nowhere a shadow;

e-t berr fram (hátt), is prominent;

Ólafr konungr stóð í lyptingu ok bar hann (acc.) hátt mjök, stood out conspicuously;

e-t berr á milli, comes between;

leiti (acc.) bar á milli, a hill hid the prospect;

fig. e-m berr e-t á milli, they are at variance about a thing;

mart (acc.) berr nú fyrir augu mér, many things come now before my eyes;

veiði (acc.) berr í hendr e-m, game falls to one’s lot;

e-t berr undan, goes amiss, fails;

bera saman, to coincide;

bar nöfn þeirra saman, they had the same name;

fig., with dat.; bar öllum sögum vel saman, all the stories agreed well together;

fund várn bar saman, we met;

3) bera at, til, við, at hendi, til handa, to befall, happen, with dat. of the person;

svá bar at einn vetr, it happened one winter;

þó at þetta vandræði (acc.) hafi nú borit oss (dat.) at hendi, has befallen us;

bar honum svá til, it so befell him;

þat bar við (it so happened), at Högni kom;

raun (acc.) berr á, it is proved by fact;

4) of time, to fall upon;

ef þing (acc.) berr á hina helgu viku, if the parliament falls in the holy week;

bera í móti, to coincide, happen exactly at the same time;

5) denoting cause;

e-t berr til, causes a thing;

konungr spurði, hvat til bæri úgleði hans, what was the cause of his grief;

ætluðu þat þá allir, at þat mundi til bera, that that was the reason;

berr e-m nauðsyn til e-s, one is obliged to do a thing;

6) e-t berr undir e-n, falls to a person’s lot;

hon á arf at taka, þegar er undir hana berr, in her turn;

e-t berr frá, is surpassing;

er sagt, at þat (acc.) bæri frá, hvé vel þeir mæltu, it was extraordinary how well they spoke;

7) e-t berr bráðum, happens of a sudden;

e-t berr stóru, stórum (stœrrum), it amounts to much (more), it matters a great deal (more), it is of great (greater) importance;

8) absol. or with an adv., vel, illa, with infin.;

e-m berr (vel, illa) at gera e-t, it becomes, beseems one (well, ill) to do a thing (berr yðr vel, herra, at sjá sannindi á þessu máli);

used absol., berr vel, illa, it is beseeming, proper, fit, or unbeseeming, improper, unfit (þat þykkir eigi illa bera, at).

(að), v. to make bare (hon beraði likam sinn).

f. she-bear, = birna.

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að, [berr, nudus], to make bare, Lat. nudare; hon beraði líkam sinn, Bret. 22: impers., berar hálsinn (acc.), the neck became bare, Bs. i. 624.

vouloir [vulwaʀ]

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1. transitive verb

2. indirect transitive verb

3. reflexive verb

4. masculine noun

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