boneire (s.xiii)

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boneire (s.xiii)

[ FEW: *1,443b bonus; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF:  bon (bonaire); DMF: ; TLF: ; OED:  bonair(e a.; MED:  bonair(e a.; DMLBS: ]
boneir,  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  deboneire 
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