byht
- noun [ masculine ]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Ofer wætres byht to lande
over the water's abode [bay] to the land,
- Exon. 106a; Th. 404, 23; Rä. 23, 12.
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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