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byht

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
byht, es; m. [býgan to bend]
Wright's OE grammar
§387;
A bending, corner, dwelling, an abode, bay, BIGHT; habitatio, dominium, sinus
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  • Andlang norþgeardes ðæt hit cymþ in ðone byht

    along the north yard till it comes to the corner,

      Cod. Dipl. 538; A. D. 967; Kmbl. iii. 18, 29: Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 308; A. D. 875; Kmbl. iii. 399, 25, 32.
  • Eall ðæt sculon ágan eaforan ðíne, þeódlanda gehwilc, folcmægþa byht

    thy sons shall own all that, each country, the dwelling of nations,

      Cd. 100; Th. 133, 20; Gen. 2213.
  • Mec ahebbaþ ofer hæleða byht ðeós heá lyft

    this lofty air raises me above the dwellings of men,

      Exon. 103a; Th. 389, 26; Rä. 8, 3.
  • Ofer wætres byht to lande

    over the water's abode [bay] to the land,

      Exon. 106a; Th. 404, 23; Rä. 23, 12.
Etymology
[Dut. bogt, f; Ger. bucht, f: Dan. bugt, m. f: Swed. bugt, m: Icel. bygð, f.]
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