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
239.1070
(
1121-25;
MS: s.xiv1
) Veient berbiz a grant fuisun, A chescune blanche tuisun
387
(
s.xiii;
MS: s.xiii2
)
Un aultre en la cité estoit Si poure, qe nul bien n'avoit Fors un berbitz
25
(
MS: c.1250
)
Hic et hec bidens: berbis
i 418
♦
livestockmammalsflock of sheep:
(
1113-19;
MS: s.xii3/3
)
Cum garderat berbiz Qui nenn ad nul pastiz?
69
(
c.1270;
MS: s.xiv1/3
)
Nul bercher ne deit departir de cez
(=ses) berbiz pur aler a feires
286.c63
♦
fig.eccl.flock of believers:
(
1351-52
)
[...] Deen de Everwyke, qi avoit par tote Engleterre berbiz
i.e. benefices sanz nombre
75
2skinssheepskin:
(
MS: 1419
)
Item, .j. peir gauntz de berbis, pur .j. denier obole, et le meillour pur .ij. deniers
732
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