goibertn.
/ˈɡɔɪbət/, U.S. /ˈɡɔɪbərt/ rare. archaic in later use.
A hare.
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harea700
wimountc1280
wood-catc1280
babbart?a1300
ballart?a1300
bigge?a1300
goibert?a1300
grasshopper?a1300
lightfoot?a1300
long-ear?a1300
make-fare?a1300
pintail?a1300
pollart?a1300
purblind?a1300
roulekere?a1300
scot?a1300
scotewine?a1300
side-looker?a1300
sitter?a1300
westlooker?a1300
wort-cropper?a1300
break-forwardc1300
broom-catc1300
swikebertc1300
cawel-herta1325
deuberta1325
deudinga1325
fern-sittera1325
fitelfoota1325
foldsittera1325
furze cata1325
scutardea1325
skikarta1325
stobherta1325
straw deera1325
turpina1325
skulker1387
chavarta1400
soillarta1400
waldeneiea1400
scutc1440
coward1486
wata1500
bawtiec1536
puss1575
watkin1585
malkin1706
pussy1715
bawd1785
lion1825
dew-hopper-
?a1300 Names Hare (Digby 86) in Proc. Leeds Philos. & Lit. Soc. (1935) 6 350 Þe gras-bitere, þe goibert.
2003 A. Garner Thursbitch (2004) 155 Same wi' Old Goibert. He'll drop in the grass, and the Dog'll never find him there.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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