[esbekier] (s.xiiiex)
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[gdw]

  FEW:  beccus *1,306b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: esbechier 3,801 DEAF:  bec (esbechier)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
esbescher  

v.n.

1 orn.zool.(of a bird) to peck at, strike with the beak: 
( MS: s.xiiiex ) [...] s’il sunt ramage u girfalc, [...]. Idonc li offrez la char e s’il veolt la char, si le lessez esbescher .ij. feiz ou .iij.  88.3 (var. C)
abekier  bekier 
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