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bircen

(adj.)
Grammar
bircen, beorcen; adj.

BIRCHENbetulaceus

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BIRCHEN, belonging to birch; betulaceus, Som. Lye

Linked entry: beorcen

BIRCE

(n.)
Grammar
BIRCE, ean; f: berc, beorc, byrc, e; f.

A birch-treebetula alba

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A birch-tree; betula alba Genim bircean take of the birch-tree, L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 7: Wrt. Voc. 285, 22

Linked entries: byrc beorc berc

birce

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Birciae, birce populus, Txts. 88, 792. Birce, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 22. Byrce, ii. 68, 25. Birce beta, i. 285, 38: ii. 11, 57. Byrce betulus, 12, 65. Beeástan ðá bircan, C. D. iii. 213, 3. In ðá twislihtran biricean, 391, 21. Add

birce

(n.)
Grammar
birce, an; f.

Barking

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Barking Bercae latratus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 46. Byrce, 50, 63

Linked entries: byrce beorc

birgen

(n.)
Grammar
birgen, birgenn, e; f.

A burying-place, sepulchresepulcrum

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A burying-place, sepulchre; sepulcrum, Gen. 23, 4, 6: 49, 30: 50, 5: Num. 11, 34

biren

(n.)
Grammar
biren, e; birene, an (v. byrene in Dict.); f.

A she-bear

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A she-bear Ursa, ꝥ is on úre geðeóde byren ... Bebeád seó fǽmne þǽre byrene ... and seó byren hine lét gangan, Shrn. 47, 1-7. In loco que vocitatur birene-feld, C. D. ii. 76, 7. Byrene urse, Kent. Gl. 606

Linked entries: byren beren

biren

(adj.)
Grammar
biren, adj.
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Of a bear Byrenre ursinae, An. Ox. 1476. Byrenne ( = -re; byorenne, Hpt. Gl. 508, 43), 4380

birgan

(v.)
Grammar
birgan, p. de; pp. ed

To cover with a mound, to burysepelire

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To cover with a mound, to bury; sepelire Birge man hine ðæs ilcan dæges sepelietur in eadem die, Deut. 21, 23: Gen. 49, 31

Linked entries: býrian birgean

birgean

(v.)

to bury

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to bury Iosue hét hí birgean Joshua ordered to bury them, Jos. 10, 27

birgan

(v.)

to taste

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to taste Byrgeth libat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 33. Ic ꝥ wæter bergde aquam gustavi, Nar. 8, 28, 30. Seó swétnes ðe ic ǽr byrigde (bregde, v. l.) (degustans ), Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 625, 12. Úser Drihten gallan berigde, Angl. xi. 173, 3. Bergað gustate, Ps. Srt.

birnan

(v.)
Grammar
birnan, pp. burnen

To burnardentvehement

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To burn (intrans.) Ic byrne ardeo, ðú byrnst ardes, ic onginne byrnan ardesco, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 212, 6. of fire, light, &c. Bir[n]ð ardescit (ignis ), Kent. Gl. 573. Hé þá leóhtfatu onǽlde and hý burnon, Gr. D. 43, 19. Ðætte se spearca bierne (birne

Linked entries: byrnan beornan

birnan

Similar entry: sin-birnende

birc-holt

(n.)
Grammar
birc-holt, es; n.

A birch holt or grovebetuletum

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A birch holt or grove; betuletum

be-birgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-birgan, -birigan; p. de; pp. ed

To burysepelire

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To bury; sepelire Mín fæder me byd ðæt ic hine bebirgde pater meus adjuravit me, ut eum sepelirem, Gen. 50, 5 : 50, 6. He hine bebirigde he buried him, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6. 2. Hine bebirgdon sepelierunt eum, Gen. 50, 13. Bebirged sepultus, 50, 14. Ðǽr wæs

ge-birgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-birgan, p. de (a strong form gebarg occurs Jn. L. 2, 9)
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To taste. Take here ge-býrgan (l. -byrgan) in Dict., and add: Nǽnig weorona ðára gibergeð (gebirgað, L., gustabit) feorme mine, Lk. L. 14, 24. Ðá ðe of ðáre gebirgað qui ex eagustaverint, Rtl. 99, 22. Mið ðý gebirigde (inbergde, R.) cum gustasset, Mt

ge-birman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-birman, to ferment.
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Take here ge-byrman, and add: — Gebirm mid giste, Lch. ii. 96, 21. Cf. ge-beormad

Linked entries: ge-beormad ge-byrman

on-birgan

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Ic hálsige þé. . . ꝥ þú ná geþrístlǽce ꝥ þú þises húsles onbyrige ( ut non audeas hanc eucharistiam percipere), Ll. Lbmn. 413, 25. Add

á-birgan

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Add:to á-byrgan (in Dict.): with gen. Heora ǽlc ábyrige ðæs háligwæteres. Ll. Th. i. 226, 24. with acc. Hé ábyrgde ðá forbodenan fictreówes blǽda, Sal. K. 182, 34

Linked entry: a-byrgan

on-birgan

(v.)
Grammar
on-birgan, p. de (with gen. and acc.)

To taste of, taste, take (food)

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To taste of, taste, take (food) Gif hé bitres onbyrgeþ, Met. 12, 11: 13, 23. Onbirigþ, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 26: 25; Fox 88, 11. Sume ðe deáþ ne onbyrigeaþ (-byrgeaþ, MS. A.: -byrigaþ, MS. B.) Mt. Kmbl. 16, 28. Onbyrigeaþ (-byrgaþ MS. A.), Mk. Skt. 9, 1. Nán

Linked entry: á-birgan

a-biran

(v.)

to bearcarryportare

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to bear, carry; portare, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 31