bere1 (c.1136-37)
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bere1 (c.1136-37)

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  FEW:  *bëra 15/i,93b Gdf:  biere 1,647c GdfC:  biere 2 8,324a TL: biere 1,971 DEAF:  biere  DMF:  bière 1  TLF:  bière 2  OED:  bier n.  MED:  ber(e n. 8  DMLBS:  bera 1 193b
ber;  biere,  bierre  

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1litter, bier: 
( 1214-16; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  li uns feseyunt bere de buche a porter lour coors  1290
( MS: s.xiii1 )  libitina: (J) bere  253
( MS: s.xiii2 )  feretrum: bere  ii 24
( c.1305; MS: c.1330 )  ly chetif est mort e gist sur la bere  149
( MS: s.xiii2 )  libitina: (C) bere(var. (D: xiii/xiv) ber)  ii 77
2coffin: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Puis fit lit en la biere De beles flurs […]  6381
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  E meimes li reis siweit la bierre  67
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  N’i ad meisun u mort ne gise en bere  (E) 2112
( MS: s.xiii )  loculus: bere  ii 117
mettre en bere
1 to send to an early grave, kill: 
( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii2 )  E en mist plus de dis en biere D’une hache qu[e] il teneit  4656
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