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BEFER

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
BEFER, beofer, beofor, byfor, es; m.
A BEAVER; castor, fiber
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  • Befer

    fiber, castor, ponticus ?

    • Ælfc. Gl. 19; Som. 59, 3; Wrt. Voc. 22, 47
    • .
  • Beofor, byfor

    fiber,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 13
    • .
Etymology
[
Plat. Dut. bever
:
Ger. M. H. Ger. biber
:
O. H. Ger. pipar, pipur
:
Dan. bäver
:
Swed. bäfver
:
O. Nrs. bifra, f
:
Slav. bobr
. Grm. Wrtbch. i. 1806 connects the word with
Ger. bauen to build
.]
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v.  beofer.
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