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pere

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
pere, peru, an ; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§96; §291; §404;
A pear
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  • Seó peru

    hoc pirum,

      Ælfc. Gr. 6 ; Som. 5, 59.
  • Pere,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 59.
  • Healfreáde peran crustumie vel volemis vel insana vel melimendrum, 39, 25. (Cf. hec volemus ae permayn-tre, 191, col. 2 :

    hoc volemum

    ae permayne,
      192, col. 2.) Peran, Lchdm. ii. 176, 18.
Etymology
[Icel. pera : O. H. Ger. bira.]
Linked entries
v.  peru.
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  • pere, n.