Obs. Forms: 1 beamere, bemere, bymere, 2–3 bemare. [f. BEME v. or sb. + -ER1.] A trumpeter.
c. 950. Lindisf. Gosp., Matt. ix. 23. And ʓesæh beameres [Rushw. piperas, Ags. hwistleras] mænende.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Gloss., in Wr.-Wülcker, Voc., 190. Býmere, salpista.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 210. Þe prude beoð his bemares.
