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bí-word

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
bí-word, -wyrd, es; n. [be, bí by, word a word]
Wright's OE grammar
§570;
A BYEWORD, proverb; proverbium
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  • Man segþ [seið MS.] to bíworde, 'hæge sitteþ ða æceras dǽleþ'

    man saith for a proverb, 'the hedge abides which fields divides,'

      Chr. 1130; Erl. 259, 13.
  • Bíword, bíwyrd

    proverbium,

      Cot. 157.
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Word-wheel

  • bí-word, n.