bí-word
- noun [ neuter ]
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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.
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Bíword, bíwyrd
proverbium,
- Cot. 157.
Bosworth, Joseph. “bí-word.” 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/4554.
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