beobread

Old English

noun
Definitions
  • the pollen of flowers collected by bees and mixed with honey for the food of the larvae; beebread

Etymology

Compound from Old English bēo (I am, I become, I will be, bee) + Old English brēad (crumb, bread, bit, also bread, morsel, fragment, food).

Origin

Old English

brēad

Gloss

crumb, bread, bit, also bread, morsel, fragment, food

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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