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(
s.xivin; MS: s.xiv2/4
)
Et com covenable port ne a yverner (Latin: cum aptus portus non esset ad hiemandum) , plus establirent consail de nager illeoqe
Actes (B) 224d
v.trans.
agricultural(of live-stock) to winter, keep over winter:
(
1292-93
)
il bailla a ly [...] .xxv. berbiz a garder e iverner
Sel Bills Eyre 58
(
1294
)
nul ne put aver plus des avers en cele chasse a communer ke ne pount estre noriz e yvernez del yssue de la tere ke yl tent en meyme la chace
YBB 21-22 Ed I 625
sbst. inf.
agricultural(of live-stock) wintering, keeping over winter:
(
c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3
)
E quant il averunt tot acontee la ferme des vacches e le herbier e le yvernyer e la livreysun del vacchier e de la daye par an
HENLEY2 304
(
1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1
)
Sire Edward i demoert desqu'al fort yvernant [...]; E l'ivern destreint les noz si outragousement Que trop i fait mal sojour a petit e a grant [...]; Einz se turne vers le suth, si le laist pendant Desque li fort yvern seit meuz en finant
LANGTOFT thiol2 339.1268
iverner (c.1270)