beshear
verbEtymology
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.
Definitions
To shear or shave off
To shear or shave off; shear or shave all over.
- Eld trees arise: grim druids of the wood, Long since beshorn of their prime loveliness, Solemn they frown upon the solitude; […]
- Wiglaf mine lief, now that lieth the Worm And sleepeth sore wounded, beshorn of his treasure; […]
A surname.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA