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bover1 (1113-19)
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bover1 (1113-19)

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bovier,  bovir;  buver,  buvier  
  FEW:  bos 1,445b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  bovier 8,362a TL: bovier 1,1102 DEAF:  buef (bovier)  DMF:  bouvier  TLF:  bouvier  OED:  bouvier n.  MED:  bov(i)er n.  DMLBS:  bovarius 211a

s.

1occupationlivestockoxherd, herdsman: 
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Çoe dit en repruver Li vilain al buver: La pirre reuelette Criet de la charette  Comput ANTS 132
( c.1150; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) Le bover qui vindrent devant Ne peuvent [...] les boes del char arester  S Nichol wace 780
( MS: 1150-61 )  bubulcus: buvier  Polyglot Glossary 82.B3
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  bubulcus: bover  TLL ii 19
( MS: s.xiii2 )  mandra: bover  TLL i 379
( 1363 )  charetters, charuers [...], bovers, vachers  Stats i 381 xiv
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1191 )  Daniel le Buvier  Family Names Bover
( 1236 )  Galfridus le Buver  MED bov(i)er n.
( 1327 )  John Bovier  Family Names Bover

See also:

boef  bové  bover1  bover2  boverie  bovet  bovicle  bovin 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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