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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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*Bare, n.² [ME. bare, ON. barar pl.] A bier. (Cf. Bere n.⁴) —a1400 Leg. S. xxiii. 478.
Sume men sais, the emperoure Gert gilt thare bare with gret cure