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bover2 (s.xiii2)
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bover2 (s.xiii2)

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  FEW:  bos 1,445b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  bovart 8,361c TL: ∅ DEAF:  buef (bovart)  DMF:  bouvart  TLF:  bouvard 2  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

This word, defined on the basis of the Latin word it glosses, can be interpreted either as a corruption of Old French bouvart (with an adaptation of the suffix) or as an error for AND bovet (with a misreading of the final letter).

s.

livestockzool.mammalsbullock, young bull: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  juvencus: (D) gallice bover  TLL ii 17

See also:

boef  bové  bover1  bover3  boverie  bovet  bovicle  bovin 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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