bí-libban
- verb [ weak ]
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Sciððium wearþ emleóf, ðæt hý gesáwon mannes blód agoten, swá him wæs ðara nýtena meolc, ðe by mǽst bílibbaþ
it was as agreeable to the Scythians to see [lit. that they saw] man's blood shed, as it was [to see] the milk of their cattle, upon which they mostly live,
- Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 26, 31-33.
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God ðás eorþan, ðe ealle cwice wihta bílibbaþ, ealle hire wæstmbǽro gelytlade
God lessened this earth, all its fruitfulness, by which all living creatures are supported,
- 2, 1; Bos. 38, 8.
Bosworth, Joseph. “bí-libban.” 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/4349.
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