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beverie (s.xii)
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beverie (s.xii)

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baiverie;  bevrie  (beveire );
pl. beyveris  
  FEW:  bibere 1,349a Gdf:  beverie 1,642b GdfC:  beverie 8,321c TL: beverie 1,959 DEAF:  boivre (beverie)  DMF:  beuverie  TLF:  beuverie  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

beveragedrink: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  il beverunt le truble boevre en enfer pur les delicius mangers & les delicius boevres (var. (C: s.xivin) e les delices e les beyveris) que il unt ci  Apoc Prose 74
( MS: s.xiii3/3 )  sanz manger e sanz beverie treis nuz e treis jors  Court Bar (S) 60
♦(heavy) drinking: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  tut i usa sa juvente En beverie e en ivresce  Brut WACE 3655
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  E tuz li autre ki sunt aprés Sunt pruz, gentils e francs adés, Fors sul itant ke beverie Empire mult lur bele vie  Pet Plet ANTS 1271
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  d’ivresce e de beverie  Dial Greg SATF 78748
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  Ke trestut pardoné [lui] sait K’il ad [...] mesfait: En manger ou en baiverie  Corset ANTS 2349
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  cest clerk se ala dedure [...] Od altre gent en beverie  Mir N-D 45.16
♦drinking bout: 
( s.xii )  quant il sunt si pres ensemble, et a lur bevrie et aillurs [...]  Bor Cust ii 56
( 1216-25; MS: s.xiiim )  si murut en une beverie  Reis Britt2 24.3

See also:

surbeverie 
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