English Explanatory Dictionary

bere

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Barley, especially four-rowed barley or six-rowed barley.
noun
  1. A pillowcase; a fabric case or covering as for a pillow; a pillowbere.

Pronunciation

/bɪə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bere.wav /bɪɚ/ /bɛə/ /bɛɚ/

Word forms

bere bear beres

Etymology

From Middle English bere (“barley”), from Old English bere (“barley”), from Proto-West Germanic *barī, from Proto-Germanic *baraz (“barley”). Compare Welsh bara (“bread”), Latin far (“emmer”), Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno (“flour”), Albanian bar (“grass”), Ancient Greek Φήρον (Phḗron, “plant deity”). See also: barley.

Derived words

beremeal
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