beor

== Latin == === Verb === beor first-person singular present passive indicative of beō == Middle English == === Noun === beor (Early Middle English, Herefordshire) alternative form of ber == Old English == === Alternative forms === bīor === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews- (“dross, sediment, brewer's yeast”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /be͜oːr/ Rhymes: -e͜oːr === Noun === bēor n (chiefly poetic) beer, ale Synonym: ealu ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: ber, beer, beere, beir, bere, beyr (Early Scots), beor, bor (Southern, West Midland), beyre (Promptorium Parvulorum)English: beer (see there for further descendants)Middle Scots: beir, bere, bear, beare, beere (Anglicised)Scots: beer == Swedish == === Noun === beor indefinite plural of bea