Middle English Dictionary Entry
bọ̄kere n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bọ̄kere n. |
| Etymology | OE |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A learned man, a scholar or scribe; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)28/21,26 : Ða Iudeisce boceræs bifrynnon hine..Ða smeadan ða boceræs betwyx heom.
- c1225 Sanctus beda (Wor F.174)7 : Ælfric abbod, þe we alquin hoteþ, he was bocare & þe bec wende.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)32125 : Þe king..lette beoden alle þa bocares wise.
b
- (1255) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms220 : Will. le Bocer.
- (1257) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms220 : Alice Bokere.
- (1332) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms220 : Joh. le Boker.