Etymology

beshear

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Today it means: To shear or shave off; shear or shave all over. Full definition →

Middle English bischeren ← Old English besċieran ← Proto-West Germanic *biskeran
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*biskeran“to cut off”
  2. Old English · inherited frombesċieran
  3. Middle English · inherited frombischeren
  4. English todaybeshear

From Middle English bischeren, from Old English besċieran, besċeran (“to shear, shave, cut hair, give the tonsure”), from Proto-West Germanic *biskeran (“to cut off”), equivalent to be- (“around, off, away”) + shear. Cognate with Saterland Frisian beskere, West Frisian beskeare, Dutch bescheren, German Low German bescheren, German bescheren.

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