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Grammar
bere, barley.
Wright's OE grammar
§55; §386; §419;
Dele first passage, and add
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  • Sixecge bere exaticum (cf.

    hoc exaticum

    byge (v. beów), i.
      233, 62), Wrt. Voc. ii. 144., 58.

  • Bere is swíðe earfoðe tó gearcigenne, and þeáhhwæðere fét ðone mann, þonne hé gearo bið,

      Hml. Th. i. 188, 4.

  • Horse mete is bere,

      Hml. S. 3, 216.

  • Gebúr sceal syllan .xxiii. systra beres,

      Ll. Th. i. 434, 11.

  • Genim beánmela oððe ǽtena oððe beres,

      Lch. ii. 84, 5 : 82, 24.

  • Of fíf hláfum beres (bere, L. )

    ex quinque panibus hordiaciis,

      Jn. R. 6, 13.

  • Hláfas of bere (bero,

      L. 9.
  • Mid onlegene of wearmum bere. Lch. ii. 82, 15.

  • Beras

    ordea,

      Ælfc. Gr. Z. 84, 6.
Similar entries
v. gafol-, lencten-bere.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “bere.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/40029.

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