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byrþere

  • noun [ masculine ]
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byrþere, gen. byrþres; m. [beran to bear, carry]
A bearer, carrier, supporter; portarius, vespillo, fulcimen
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  • Crist ðone wácan assan geceás him to byrþre

    Christ chose the mean ass for his bearer,

      Homl. Th. i. 210, 16.
  • Ða byrþeras hine to byrgenne féredon

    the bearers bare him to the grave,

    i.
      492, 27.
  • Seó untrumnys his gecyndes behófode sumes byrþres

    the infirmity of his nature had need of some supporter,

    i.
      308, 12.
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