Befer

According to the Old English Dictionary:

befer

For? after ponticus substitute: (ponticus canis = castor, Migne), and add:--Bebr fiber, Txts. 60, 399. Bebir(-er) castorius, 52, 272. Befer fiber, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 33: castor, 129, 34. Befor, i. 66, 3. Beofer fiber, 78, 16. On beueres bróces heáfod, C. D.

Related words: 48, 8. The word occurs in local names, v. C. D. vi. 257, col. 2. befer