noun. etc. An obsolete form of bear, bear, etc., berry, etc.

noun. See bear, barley.

transitive verb. To pierce.

noun. Barley, especially six-rowed barley.

"In common with its Scottish neighbours and the northern counties of England, oats and barley in Orkney a variety known as bere is grown, locally called corn are the cereal staples used for breads and bannocks, and, less/more essentially, ale and whisky."