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Abear

//əˈbɛə// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Bearing, behavior. obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    To put up with; to endure; to bear. archaic, dialectal, transitive

    "Hunder-cook, indeed! which it's what I never abore yet, and never will abear."

  2. 2
    To bear; to carry. obsolete, transitive
  3. 3
    To behave; to comport oneself. obsolete, reflexive, transitive

    "So did the Faerie knight himselfe abeare, / And stouped oft his head from shame to shield […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English aberen, from Old English āberan (“to bear, carry, carry away”), from ā- (“away, out”), a- + beran (“to bear”), from Proto-Germanic *uzberaną (“to bear off, bring forth, produce”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”), equivalent to a- + bear. Cognate with Old High German irberan, Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (usbairan).

Etymology 2

From Middle English aberen, from Old English āberan (“to bear, carry, carry away”), from ā- (“away, out”), a- + beran (“to bear”), from Proto-Germanic *uzberaną (“to bear off, bring forth, produce”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”), equivalent to a- + bear. Cognate with Old High German irberan, Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (usbairan).

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