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BEÓ

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
BEÓ, indecl. in s; pl. nom. acc. beón; gen. beóna; dat. beóum, beóm ; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§104; §140; §269; §403; §405;
A BEE; apis. The keeping of bees was an object of much care in the economy of the Anglo-Saxons. The great variety of expressions, taken from the flavour of honey, sufficiently account for the value they placed upon it. While the bee-masters [beó-ceorlas, v. beó-ceorl] enjoyed their own privileges, they had to pay an especial tax for the keeping of bees
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  • Swá swá seó beó sceal losian

    as the bee shall perish

    • Bt. 31, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 112, 26.

  • Sió wílde beó sceal forweorþan, gif hió yrringa awuht stingeþ

    the wild bee shall perish, if she angrily sting anything

    • Bt. Met. Fox 18, 9
      • ;
    • Met. 18, 5.

  • Ða beón beraþ árlícne anleofan and ǽterne tægel

    the bees carry a delicious food and a poisonous tail

    • Frag. Kmbl. 34
      • ;
    • Leás. 19.

  • Be ðám ðe beón bewitaþ

    concerning those, who keep bees

    • L. R. S. 5
      • ;
    • Th. i. 434, 35.

  • Ymbtrymedon me swá swá beón

    circumdederunt me sicut apes

    • Ps. Spl. 117, 12 : Ps. Th. 117, 12.
Etymology
[
Dut. bij, bije
f :
Ger. biene, beie
f :
M. H. Ger. bíe
f :
O. H. Ger. pía
f :
Dan. Swed. bi
, n :
O. Nrs. bý
, n; generally bý-fluga, f. a bee fly.]
Derived forms
beó-breád, -ceorl, -gang, -þeóf, -wyrt
Linked entries
v.  beáw-hyrnet bió beón.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “BEÓ.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/3682.

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  • BEÓ, n.

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