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Anglo-Saxon

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bere-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
bere-ærn, ber-ern, beren, bern, bearn, es; n.

A barley-place ⬩ a corn-place ⬩ a barn ⬩ horreum

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A barley-place, a corn-place, a barn; horreum He gegaderaþ his hwǽte on his bern congregabit triticum suum in horreum, Mt. Bos. 3, 12 : 13, 30. He feormaþ hys berenes flóre purgabit aream suam, Lk. Jun. 3, 17. Ic towurpe míne berenu destruam horrea mea

Linked entries: bearn beren bern bern-hús ber-ern bern

bere-ærn

Grammar
bere-ærn, (-ern).
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Bereern (her-, L. ) horreum, Lk. R. 12, 24. Þ á feówer hyrnan þ æs berenes, Lch. iii. 290, 28. Bernes flór (berern,L.) area. Lk. 3, 17. Æt bernes dure, Ll. Th. i. 440, 2. On hláfordes berne . . . of his áganum berne, Ll. Th. i. 434, 16, 19 : Cht. E. 377

be-reáfere

(n.)
Grammar
be-reáfere, es; m.

A plunderer ⬩ pillager

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A plunderer, pillager Bereáfre captator, i. raptator, An. Ox. 46, 36

Linked entry: reáfere

bere-corn

(n.)
Grammar
bere-corn, es; n. [bere barley, corn a grain]

BARLEY-CORN ⬩ a grain of barley ⬩ hordei granum

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BARLEY-CORN, a grain of barley; hordei granum IX bere-corna nine barley-corns, L. Ath. iv. 5; Th. i. 224, 11

bere-corn

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Swá berecorn ðerscendum (ðerccedum, MS.) quasi tipsonas feriente (Prov, 27, 22), Kent. Gl. 1035. Berecorn beorende ptysones (Is this also-a gloss of Prov. 27, 22 with ferente read instead of feriente?), Txts. 89, 1677. Add:

ber-ern

(n.)

a barley place ⬩ a barn ⬩ horreum

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a barley place, a barn; horreum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 3, 12

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