Old English · noun
bocere
Normalised bōcere
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong ja-stem
- IPA
- /ˈboː.ke.re/
- Syllables
- ˈboː · ke · re (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- bookerscribeinstructorauthorwriterlearned
Meaning
-
a writer, scribe
Þā sunderhālgan and ðā bōceras, þe beciddon þæt Crīst mid þām synfullum mannum hine ġerēordode, wǣron mid twyfealdum ġedwylde befangene...
The Pharisees and the scribes who complained that Christ took meals with sinful men were possessed with a twofold error...
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church -
an author
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a learned man
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an instructor
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *bōkārī, from Proto-Germanic *bōkārijaz. Cognate with Old Saxon bōkeri, Old High German buohhāri, Gothic (bōkareis).
Descendants
booker
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