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byht

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
byht, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§387;
[býgan to bend] 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
.]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “byht.” 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/5549.

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