English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woord "bier" het verskeie woordeboekbetekenisse, afhangende van die konteks. Hier is 'n paar:'n Staan waarop 'n lyk of kis geplaas word voor begrafnis of verassing.'n Verskuifbare raam waarop 'n kis geplaas word terwyl dit na 'n graf gedra word.'n Plat bord of plaat wat gebruik word om die dooie liggaam na die graf te dra.Let op dat die woord "afwisselend" dikwels gebruik word, maar afwisselend 'n baar is die staander of raam waarop die kis geplaas word, terwyl die kis die boks is wat die liggaam bevat.

Sentence Examples

  1. As they approached the bier, an audible chirp was heard from somewhere on Dr.
  2. They greeted each other courteously, and then Don Quixote and those who accompanied him turned to examine the bier, and on it, covered with flowers, they saw a dead body in the dress of a shepherd, to all appearance of one thirty years of age, and showing even in death that in life he had been of comely features and gallant bearing.
  3. The bearers went on for twenty paces, then stopped, putting the bier down on the ground.
  4. At intervals the speaker was interrupted by general and loud bursts of sorrow, during which the girls around the bier of Cora plucked the plants and flowers blindly from her body, as if bewildered with grief.
  5. Obedient to the sign, the girls raised the bier to the elevation of their heads, and advanced with slow and regulated steps, chanting, as they proceeded, another wailing song in praise of the deceased.