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býre

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
býre, es; m. An event, the time at which anything happens, a favourable time, an opportunity; eventus, tempus quo accidit aliquid, opportunitas, occasio, = καιρός
Wright's OE grammar
§225; §386; §562;
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  • Wæs ðǽr mid him óþ ðone býre ðæt Swegen wearþ deád

    was there with him until the time that Sweyn was dead,

      Chr. 1013; Th. 272, 22.
  • Ðá he býre hæfde

    when he had opportunity,

      Byrht. Th. 135, 21; By. 121.
Derived forms
DER. ge-býre.
Similar entries
v. ge-býrian.
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