Old English · noun

beocere

Normalised bēocere

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong ja-stem
IPA: /ˈbe͜oː.ke.re/
Syllables: ˈbe͜oː · ke · re (3 syllables)
Modern English: beekeeper

Meaning

beekeeper

Declension

Declension of beocere
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bēocere	bēoceras
Accusative	bēocere	bēoceras
Genitive	bēoceres	bēocera
Dative	bēocere	bēocerum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bijakārī (“beekeeper”, literally “beehiver”), derived from *bijakaʀ (“beehive”), equivalent to bēo + *cere (“vessel-maker”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch bijker (“beekeeper”), Dutch Low Saxon bijker (“beekeeper”), French bigre ("woodsman"; via Old French bigre and Medieval Latin bigrius, bigarus (“forester, beekeeper”)).

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