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bevere1 (1121-35)
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bevere1 (1121-35)

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bever;  bevr,  bevre,  bievre,  bivere  
  FEW:  beber 1,304a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  bievre 8,324b TL: bievre 1,973 DEAF:  bievre  DMF:  bièvre  TLF:  bièvre  OED:  beaver n. 1  MED:  bever n. 1  DMLBS:  bever 196b

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zool.mammalsbeaver: 
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  'Castor' de beste est nun Que 'bevere' apellum  Best ants 1136
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3 )  li kat e le bevre  Fol Trist ANTS 514
( MS: c.1250 )  De animalibus silvestribus [...] Hic castor [et] Hic fiber: bievre  TLL i 418
♦skinsbeaver fur: 
( s.xii; MS: s.xiiiex ) Ore veit li quens Guillames que li gas fud sur lui, Dunc desfublet ses paus dunt li beveres fud bruns  Pel Charlemagne 745
( MS: s.xiii )  penula taxea vel catina vel beverina (gloss: de bevere)  TLL i 182.64 and ii 91.64
( 1394 )  mon gowne fufuré de bever  Test Ebor i 200
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