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

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[ FEW: 1,445b bos; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 8,361c bovart; 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).

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1livestockzool.mammalsbullock, young bull: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  juvencus: (D) gallice bover  ii 17
boef  bové  bover#1  bover#3  boverie  bovet  bovicle  bovin 
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