Obs. Also 3 ibere. [ME. beren, short for iberen (see 1st quot.):—OE. ʓebǽran to bear oneself, behave = OS. gibârjan, OHG. *gabarjan, MHG. gebâren, gebæren, f. BERE sb., which see for change of sense.] intr. To cry, roar. Hence Berand ppl. a.
c. 1225. Juliana, 53. He … iberde [v.r. berde] as þe ful wiht.
a. 1300. E. E. Psalter xxxii[i]. 3. Well singes to him in berand steven.
c. 1400. Leg. Rood (1871), 140. Beerynge as a beore-whelp.
c. 1470. Henry, Wallace, VII. 457. The peple beryt lyk wyld bestis.
a. 1550. Christis Kirke Gr., xxii. Quhyn thay had berit lyk baitit bullis.
