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byre

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
byre, gen. byres; dat. byre; acc. byre: pl. nom. acc. byras, byre; gen. byra; dat. byrum; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§225; §386; §562;
A son, child, descendant; natus, filius, soboles, proles
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  • Ðonne ǽfre byre monnes hýrde under heofonum than ever child of man heard under heaven, Exon. 57b; Th. 206, 18; Ph. 128: Beo. Th. 4113; B. 3053. Ðǽr hyre byre wǽron

    where her sons were,

      2381; B. 1188.
  • Ðæs ða byre siððan gyrne onguldon, ðe hí ðæt gyfl þégun

    for which their children since with grief have paid, that they ate that fruit,

      Exon. 61b; Th. 226, 22; Ph. 409.
  • Mǽru cwén bǽdde byras geonge

    the illustrious queen solicited her young sons,

      Beo. Th. 4040; B. 2018.
  • Lamech bearna strýnde; him byras wócan eafora and idesa; he ðone yldestan Noæ nemde

    Lamech begat children; to him descendants were born of sons and daughters; the eldest he named Noah,

      Cd. 62; Th. 75, l; Gen. 1233.
Etymology
[Goth. baur, m. one born, a son: O. Nrs. burr, borr, m.]
Similar entries
v. bearn.
Linked entries
v.  ge-byre.
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