Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bread made of oatmeal. See
haver .
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By the way, oats were not only the staple food in Scotland but also in Cumbria--where oatbread is or was called haverbread, from the norse word for oats--and the North of England.
qms commented on the word haverbread
For ages has crofter labor fed
The gentry who lay late abed.
They rise warm to eat
Fine dainties of wheat;
While cold crofters gnaw haverbread.
November 24, 2017