bere

Etymology 1

From Middle English bere, from Old English bere (“barley”), from Proto-Germanic *baraz (“barley”). Compare Welsh bara (“bread”), Latin far (“spelt”), Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno (“flour”), Albanian bar (“grass”), Ancient Greek Φήρον (Phḗron, “plant deity”). See also: barley.

noun

1. (chiefly Scotland) Barley, especially four-rowed barley or six-rowed barley.

Etymology 2

See bear (“pillowcase”)

noun

1. (now dialectal) A pillowcase; a fabric case or covering as for a pillow; a pillowbere.
   Woven and embroidered coverlets in imitation of tapestry appear as 'a tapestry covering which lieth on my bed' … 'a pillow of feathers with a bere' (pillow-case); 'two pillows and the beres to [cover them]' 1976, Essex Record Office, Publications
   … he'd tossed me an extra pillow in a bere. 2014-04-01, Phil Rickman, The Heresy of Dr Dee, Atlantic Books