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biren

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
biren, e; birene, an (v. byrene in Dict.); f.
Wright's OE grammar
§378;
A she-bear
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  • Ursa,

    ꝥ is on úre geðeóde byren ... Bebeád seó fǽmne þǽre byrene ... and seó byren hine lét gangan,

    • Shrn. 47, 1-7
    • .
  • In loco que vocitatur birene-feld,

    • C. D. ii. 76, 7
    • .
  • Byrene

    urse,

    • Kent. Gl. 606
    • .
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. berin ursa.
]
Linked entries
v.  byren beren.
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  • biren, n.