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berbiz (s.xii1/3)
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The form barbiz is a cross reference to the following entry:

berbiz (s.xii1/3)

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barbé,  barbitt,  barbiz ;  berbees,  berbés,  berbez,  berbice,  berbicz,  berbis,  berbit,  berbite,  berbitz;  brebés,  brebis,  brebiz  (berbriz  Eng Docs 77)  
  FEW:  vervex 14,337a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  brebis 8,370b TL: brebiz 1,1131 DEAF:  brebiz  DMF:  brebis  TLF:  brebis  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  berbex 193b

s. sg. and pl.

1mammalslivestockzool.sheep: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  E femme l’ait al col liee En un fil de laine deugie[e] De berbiz que seit enpregniee  Lapid 239.1070
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 ) Veient berbiz a grant fuisun, A chescune blanche tuisun  S Brend mup 387
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiii2 )  Un aultre en la cité estoit Si poure, qe nul bien n'avoit Fors un berbitz  Penit 25
( MS: c.1250 )  Hic et hec bidens: berbis  TLL i 418
♦livestockmammalsflock of sheep: 
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Cum garderat berbiz Qui nenn ad nul pastiz?  Comput ANTS 69
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Nul bercher ne deit departir de cez (=ses) berbiz pur aler a feires  HENLEY2 286.c63
♦fig.eccl.flock of believers: 
( 1351-52 )  [...] Deen de Everwyke, qi avoit par tote Engleterre berbiz (i.e. benefices) sanz nombre  GRANDISSON 75
2skinssheepskin: 
( MS: 1419 )  Item, .j. peir gauntz de berbis, pur .j. denier obole, et le meillour pur .ij. deniers  Lib Alb 732
fel de berbiz
fel1
leit de berbiz
leit
poille de berbiz
poille
berbiz lanus
lanu
berbiz de viande
mammalslivestock mutton, sheep reared for consumption: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Tu dunas nus sicume berbiz de viandes (Latin:  oves escarum)  Oxf Ps ANTS 68.43.13
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