beocere

Old English edit

Etymology edit

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”)).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈbe͜oː.ke.re/

Noun edit

bēocere m

beekeeper

Declension edit

Declension of beocere (strong ja-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	bēocere	bēoceras
accusative	bēocere	bēoceras
genitive	bēoceres	bēocera
dative	bēocere	bēocerum

Synonyms edit

bēoċeorl

References edit

^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “imker”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

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