侍はべり

irregular -ru verb (-ri ending), intransitive verb

wait upon; serve (a superior)

Archaic humble verb used in classical Japanese to describe attending or serving a person of higher status. Not used in modern speech.

• 昔むかし、家け来らいは主しゅ君くんに侍はべりて仕つかえた。

  Long ago, retainers waited upon and served their lord.

irregular -ru verb (-ri ending), intransitive verb

be (humble)

Archaic humble copula used in classical Japanese, equivalent to modern ございます or おります. Found in historical texts and formal old-style writing.

• 「ここに侍はべり」と古ふるい文ぶんに書かいてある。

  It is written in an old text as 'I am here' (using 侍り).

suffix, irregular -ru verb (-ri ending)

humbly do ... (after -masu stem)

Archaic humble auxiliary attached to the -masu stem of a verb. Forms a polite/humble verb phrase in classical Japanese. Not productive in modern language.

• 「申もうし侍はべり」は「申もうします」に当あたる古ふるい言いい方かただ。

  申し侍り is an old expression equivalent to modern 申します (I humbly say).