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BERE

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
BERE, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§55; §386; §419;
Barley; hordeum
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  • Ðá hét he him bere sǽd bringan

    inde hordeum jussit afferri,

    • Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 36 : Ælfc. Gr. 8
    • ;
    • Som. 7, 63.
  • Hira flex and hira beras [MS. bernas] wǽron fordóne

    eorum linum et hordea læsa sunt,

    • Ex. 9, 31.
Etymology
[
Scot. and North E. bear, bere barley
:
Goth. barizeins, adj. made of barley; hordeaceus
:
Swed. Norw. Icel. barr, n. I. spina abietis vel pinus, II. granum, semen, hordeum.
]
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  • BERE, n.