[bonaire] (s.xiii)
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[bonaire] (s.xiii)

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  FEW:  ager 25,1321b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  bon (bonaire)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  bonair(e a.  MED:  bonair(e a.  DMLBS: ∅
boneir,  boneire;  boner,  bonere;  boneyre  

a.

1meek, mild, humble: 
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Seez deboneir et curteise (var. (T: 1415-20) Frank, bonere et curteise), Et ke tu saches bien parler fraunceys  399.17 (var.)
♦gentle, kind: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  sa boneire virge mere  63.18
2 name (used as a surname): 
( s.xiii )  John Boneyre  Bonner
( 1297 )  Walter Boneyre  Bonner
( 1332 )  Robert Boner  Bonner
aire#2  bonairement  bonaireté  debonaire  tresbonaire 
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