=Ber=-an, to carry.--=Bearer=; =burden=; =barrow=, that on which something is borne; =bier=, that on which a corpse is borne; =forbear=, to bear forth or off, hence to abstain; =overbear=, to bear over, to overpower. =Brec=-an, to break.--=Break=, an instrument for breaking the speed of a train; =breach=, a break in a wall; =brook=, a stream which breaks from the ground. =Brinn=-an, to burn.--=Burn=; =brown= is the burnt colour; =brand=, a mark made by burning; =brandy=, a drink made by burning wine; =brunt=, the burning or hottest part of a fight; =brimstone=, burning stone (a name for sulphur); =brindled=, striped with brown; =bran new= [=brand new]. =Drag=-an, to pull.--=Drag=; =draw=, another form of drag; =dray=, a kind of cart which is drawn along; =draught=, what is drawn; =draft=, a cheque drawn on a banker; =drain=, a ditch for drawing off water; =drawl=, to keep drawing out one’s words. =Far=-an, to go.--=Far=, that which requires much going to reach; =farewell=, go well! =fieldfare=, a bird which goes in the fields; =thoroughfare=, a place where people go through; =ford=, a place in a river where one can go across on foot; =ferry=, a place in a river where one can go over in a boat; =fare=, the money paid for going. =Hæl=, sound.--=Hale=; =heal=, to make hale; =health=, state of being sound or hale; =healthy=; =healthful=; =holy=, spiritually hale; =hail=, be hale! or be healthy! =whole=, in a state of being hale (the _w_ is intrusive); =wholesome=, what tends to make hale. =Lig=, lie.--=Lie=, to lie down; =lay=, to make to lie; =lair=, the place where a wild beast lies; =law=, what lies or is in due order; =low=, what is (lying) down. =Maw=-an, to mow.--=Mower=; =math=, the grass that is mowed; =aftermath=, the grass that is mowed after the first crop; =mead=, a place where grass is mowed; =meadow=, a small mead. =Met=-an, to meet.--=Mote=, a meeting (an old word now found only in wardmote and folkmote); =meet=. =Reaf=-ian, to take away.--=Reave=; =bereave=; =reef=, what is taken in in a sail; =rifle=, to plunder or take away; =robber=, a person who takes away what does not belong to him. =Sceot=-an, to throw.--=Shoot=, to throw out (by means of a gun or otherwise); =shut=, to throw to (the door); =shoot=, a branch thrown out by a tree; =shot=, what is thrown out (by a gun or otherwise); =shout=, to throw out of the mouth; =shuttle=, an instrument thrown by a weaver; =sheet=, what is thrown over (a bed); =shutter=, what is thrown to, to guard a window.