See befer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerH- (brown)",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"ang:Rodents"
],
"glosses": [
"beaver"
],
"links": [
[
"beaver",
"beaver"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbe.fer/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbe.ver]"
}
],
"word": "befer"
}
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