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bicarius

bicarius [cf. 2 bica, OF bigre] , bee-taker, bee-master. †bochero [AS: beoceorle], id est apum custodi, pertinet, si gafolheorde ‥ teneat, ut inde reddat (Quad.;Rect.) GAS 448; 1157 dedi eis ‥ redditum omnium bigrorum quos ibi [in foresta] habebam (Ch. Silli, Norm.) Act. Hen. II I 131; 1277 (v. 2 bica).

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