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a crown, garland
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  • Beáh of hwítum blóstmum geworht,

      Gr. D. 338, 12.

  • Mon sette ðyrnenne beág on ðæt heáfod,

      Past. 261, 14: Bl. H. 23, 33.

  • Wuldres beág,

      171, 10.

  • Bég

    coronam,

      Ps. Srt. 20, 4: 64, 12: Mk. L. R. 15, 17.
a collar, necklace
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  • Baeg

    munila (=monile ),

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 33.

  • Beáh,

      55, 79.
a shackle for the neck:--
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  • Beágas boias (in collo ),

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 29: 11, 74.
a bracelet
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  • Beáh

    armilla,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 55.

  • Hí him þá áþas swóron on þám hálgan beáge,

    • Chr. 876
      • ;
    • P. 74, 9.

  • Hé (the king) sylþ mé hors oþþe beáh (armillam),

      Coll. M. 22, 35.

  • Bégas

    dextralia,

      An. Ox. 5260.
a circle,
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v. beáh-hyrne
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  • Eáge

    oculus, seó papilla,

  • beág

    corona

    (cf. in a list of similar words :-- Circulus ðæs seó hringc, . . . corona vel circulus wulderbeáh,
      42, 72-43, 5
    ),
      Wrt. Voc. i. 282, 54: ii. 16, 48.
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v. gylden-, sweor-beáh.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “beáh.” 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/39533.

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