Obs. Also 5 berowe. [OE. bearu (infl. bearwes) grove. (The mod. repr. would be berrow. The nom. bearu, ME. bere, survives in Bere, Beere, Bear, as a place-name).] A grove, a shady place.
c. 890. K. Ælfred, Bæda, V. ii. (Bosw.). Wic mid bearuwe ymbsealde.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 33. Berwe or schadewe [1499 berowe or shadowe], umbraculum, umbra.
