bere (1)

t. .) [BIRD.] [BEAR, v.] To bear. ( Wycliffe , To bere upon: To charge with. "As ich am giltles of that dede That he opon the bere ." Amis and Amiloun, 1,121-2. *bere-bag, s. One who bears a bag. A term of contempt applied by Minot to the Scotch, who were said to carry a bag of oatmeal when they went on a campaign or plundering foray. "He brought men i bere -bag With bow redy bent." Minot: Poems, p. 41. (S. in Boucher .)