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1. bē̆r-wīf n.

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A woman servant. …

2. bēri-mancorn n.

Additional spellings: berimancorn
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A mixture of barley with other grains. …

3. bēr(e-wā̆rd(e n.

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(a) One who takes care of or trains bears, bear keeper; one who has charge of the bear in bearbaitings; (b) bere-warde lane, a lane in Nottingham; (c) the constellation Boötes; ?also the star……

4. bar n.

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A baron. …

5. blō-berī n.

Additional spellings: bloberi
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The bilberry or blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); ?also, the blackberry (Rubus fruticosus). …

6. bē̆rton n.

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A barley enclosure; an outlying farm or grange; a demesne farm. …

7. ?gās-berīe n.

Additional spellings: gasberie
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The gooseberry; gas-berie tre, a gooseberry bush (Grossularia reclinata). …

8. pol-bēre n.

Additional spellings: polbere
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A type of early-ripening barley. …

9. bēr(e n.(8)

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A portable bed, a litter. …

10. barǒun n.

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A member of the nobility, a lord; specif., a feudal tenant of a king or other superior, holding by military or other service; a great noble who attends the King's Council or is summoned by writ to……

11. wīnd(e n.

Additional spellings: winde
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(a) An apparatus for hoisting or hauling, a winch, windlass [cp. windas n.]; naut. middel wind, ?a central garnet used in brailing up the sail (b) a wooden reel from which a hank or thread of yarn……

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