A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Berward, n. [ME. ber-, berewarde, f. Bere n.1] A bearkeeper. —a1500 Colk. Sow i. 66.
Scho callit to hir cheir … A berward, … ane aip ledar