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to this family ; it survives in tlie North E. word to ' lig,'' in the 

 Germ, hauen (to till) and possibly (v. above) in the auxiliary 

 verb ' to he,'' 



But (Hel. Mr=habitaculum ; A.-S., hur ; Eng. bower ; Scot. 

 and North E. byre ; Germ, bauer), a word common to all Teut. 

 idioms, and in most of them denoting a chamber. In Icel. only 

 in the sense of larder, pantry. . 



Bid. I. a dweller, inhabitant, only in compounds. II. a 

 neighbour=^jafem'." Cleasby. 



A.-S. by, bye (lying, habitatio, by a, by an, habitare. Lye), 

 dwelling place, habitation, from hyggan, to build; Suio-Goth. 

 byggia ; Dan. bygge ; Sw. bygga ; Ger. hauen ; Dut. bouiven, to 

 build. 



Gr. jSvpLov, ot/cos ; Lat. domus, domicilium, casa, cedes, habitatio, 

 habitaculum. 



It. domiciUo, casa, dimoro, abitazione ; Sp. domicilio, casa, habi- 

 tacion ; Port, casa, morada, hahitacdb ; Fr. maison, domicile, casa ; 

 batir, to build, hatiment, a building ; "Wei. tyannedd ; Gael. 

 taigh, fardoch, teach; Ir. tairisme, tamh, fardach; Manx ttrie, 

 cummal, ynn-yd-vaghea, house. 



^^ By, pagus, (Svptov, oLK7]fia, byr, incola, A.-S.. bure, Ger. 

 haver. 



"Bur, habitaculum, ab ant, bua, ho, habitare, unde hur and byr, 

 Icel. id. ftvpiov, domicilium." Ihre. 



" A.-S. biir, a bower, cottage, dwelling, an inner room, bed- 

 chamber, storehouse, from bitan, bywan, bitwian, hugian, to inha- 

 bit, dwell, to cultivate, till." Bosworth. 



" The Boor ; the parlour, bedchamber or inner room, Cumb." 

 Ray's Gloss. 



Byre, a cowhouse. " Byar, a cowhouse. North. Douce, in 

 his MS. papers, calls the field near the Byar, the Byerleys." 

 HaUiwell. 



In Brockett's Glossary we find the following passage : — 



"Byar, byer, byre, a house in which cows are bound up, a 

 cowThouse. The origin. Dr. Johnson says, is uncertain. But 

 it is perhaps to be sought for in Lat. boarius, of or appertaining 

 to oxen, or in our ancient law term boveria ; if not in the Irish 



