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beche1 (c.1155)
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beche1 (c.1155)

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becche,  beiche,  beesche,  besche,  besque  (bege  TLL ii 89)  
  FEW:  *bissicare 1,382b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  besche 8,318a TL: besche 1 1,938 DEAF:  beschier (besche 1)  DMF:  bêche  TLF:  bêche 1  OED: ∅ MED:  becche n.  DMLBS: ∅

s.

tool for digging (spade, shovel, hoe, mattock, etc.): 
( c.1155; MS: s.xii3/3 )  .xx. souz pur la teste, e .iiij. den. ceper, e une maille pur la besche  Leis Will ANTS 3.1
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  Ly autre od sun martel i vent [...], Ly autre a besche (var. (B: s.xiv2/4) od besques ) e od pichois  S Edm Life ANTS 3151
( MS: s.xiii )  marre: beche  TLL i 122
( c.1250; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Foir doit on a une besche  Cosmetic Recs 55.15
( MS: s.xiii2 )  scobs quod gallice dicitur beche [...] scoba .s. trible [...] scoba .i. bala (y) ne  TLL i 297
( MS: s.xiiiex )  fossorium: anglice delvere, beche  TLL ii 163
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  spata: beche  TLL ii 84.159
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Trobile, beche (M.E. spade), furche fymere  Nominale 518
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