- béoceorl
- m (-es/-as) bee-master, bee-keeper
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
béoceorl
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Beoceorl — Lit. bee *ceorl. The person who tended an estate s beehives. If the hives were gafol hives, i.e. those on which rent was to be paid, he would be required in the 11c to pay five *sesters of honey … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
Alveary — A beehive. [< Lat. alvearium = a group of beehives, alvarus = a beehive] Cf. Beoceorl; Mellitarius … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
