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bover3 (1317)
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bover3 (1317)

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  FEW:  bos *1,445b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  bovaria 210c

As the Latin equivalent of this passage suggests, this word may be an incomplete form of boverie (in a manuscript passage that shows some signs of corruption, see also peri). Although it may be the case that the scribe was referring to the English word bower 'dwelling, habitation' (see MED bour n.; OED bower n.1).

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agriculturalbyre, cattle-pen: 
( 1317 )  ad mesme cesti P. fet wast en mesouns nomement abatu et vendu un estable pris de .x. s. et un bover  (ed. bouer) (Latin: bovariam) (l. bover[ie]?) pris etc. [...] atort et a la desheritesoun l'avantdit Johan  YBB Ed II xxii 194

See also:

boef  bové  bover1  bover2  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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