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bæcestre

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Grammar
bæcestre, bæcistre, bæcystre, an; f ? m. [bacan to bake, heó bæc-eþ; estre, v. -isse]
Wright's OE grammar
§404; §603;
A woman who bakes; pistrix: but because afýrde men performed that work which was originally done by females, this occupation is here denoted by a feminine termination; hence, a baker; pistor
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  • Ðá gelamp hit ðæt twegen afýryde men agylton wið heora hláford, Egypta cynges byrle and his bæcistre

    ecce accidit ut peccarent duo eunuchi, pincerna regis Ægyptorum, et pistor, domino suo,

    • Gen. 40, 1
    • .
  • Ðara óðer bewiste his byrlas, óðer his bæcestran

    illorum alter pincernis præerat, alter pistoribus,

    • 40, 2
    • ,
  • Bæcistra ealdor

    pistorum magister,

    • 40, 16, 20
    • .
  • Bæcestre

    a baker;

    pistor,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 28, 1; Som. 30, 36
    • .
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v.  bæcystre.
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  • bæcestre, n.