Middle English Dictionary Entry
bīre n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | bīre n.(2) Also bier, bẹ̄re. |
| Etymology | OE bȳre; MnE dial. byre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A shelter for cattle, cow house; ~ tening, fencing of a cow house; ~ hous.
Associated quotations
- (1296) Sub.R.Lewes in Sus.AC 2298 : Rado atte Byr.
- (1318) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100372 : Debita que debentur Sacriste..De Swayne del byres, xiij s.
- 1372 Leorne to loue (Adv 18.7.21)10 : Ihesu, suete sone dere..þi credel is als a bere, Ox & Asse ben þi fere.
- (1425-6) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103620 : Et in..emendacione de le Bier, et aliis reparacionibus infra manerium.
- (1463) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99153 : Pro le byrtenyng, ix plaustr., ix d.
- (1463) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99154 : Factura murorum..de le byrehouse.