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beˈshear, v.
For forms see shear v.
[WGer.: OE. bescieran = OHG. bisceran (MHG. beschern, Ger. and Du. bescheren), f. bi-, be- 1, 3 + sceran to shear.]
trans. To shear or shave all round; hence, to shear, shave, or cut clean off.[Still possible: at least in pa. pple. beshorn.] c893K. ælfred Oros. iv. xi. § 1 Hie eal hiera heafod bescearen. c1000ælfric Judg. xvi. 17 Ic næs næfre geefsod ne næfre bescoren. a1300Cursor M. 12231, I caitif al nu am bi-scorn [Gött. bischorn]. |