byrþere
- noun [ masculine ]
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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.
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Ða byrþeras hine to byrgenne féredon
the bearers bare him to the grave,
i.- 492, 27.
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Seó untrumnys his gecyndes behófode sumes byrþres
the infirmity of his nature had need of some supporter,
i.- 308, 12.
Bosworth, Joseph. “byrþere.” 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/5667.
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