Middle English Dictionary Entry
abēre n.
Entry Info
Forms | abēre n. |
Etymology | Prob. var. of ibēre, from OE gebǣru behavior, gesture. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Gesture, sign.
Associated quotations
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)58/1642 : And ȝef þe man oþer þat wyf By cheaunce doumbe were, ȝef [me] may wyten hare assent By soum oþer abere ..Hy mowe be wedded.