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Anglo-Saxon

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byfor

(n.)
Grammar
byfor, es; m.
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A beaver, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 13, MS. T. v. befer

býgan

(v.)
Grammar
býgan, bígan, bígean, bégan; he býgeþ; p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.
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He herm-cweðend hýneþ and býgeþ humiliabit calumniatorem, Ps. Th. 71, 5

Linked entries: býgend-líc for-býgan bégan bígan bígean bíg-nes ge-býgan

býge

(n.)
Grammar
býge, bíge, es; m. [býgan to bow]
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A bowing, bending, turning, a corner, an angle, a bay, bosom, the apex of a helmet; flexus, ancon, angulus, sinus, conus Ðá gestóp he to ánes wealles býge then he stepped to a bend of a wall, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 23: Num. 22, 26.

Linked entry: bíge

býgend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
býgend-líc, adj.
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Flexible, pliable; flexilis, flexibilis Býgendlíc on ðám geþeódnessum his liða flexibilibus artuum compagibus, Bd. 4, 30; S. 608, 37

Linked entry: bígend-lic

bygest

(v.)
Grammar
bygest, he bygeþ buyest, he buys, Exon. 90b; Th. 340, 14; Gn. Ex. 111;
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2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of bycgan

byht

(n.)
Grammar
byht, es; m. [býgan to bend]
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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. Ofer wætres byht to lande over the water's abode [bay] to the land, Exon. 106a; Th. 404, 23; Rä. 23, 12

býing

(n.)
Grammar
býing, e; f.
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A habitation; domus, Mk. Skt. Rush. 5, 3

Linked entry: býencg

BÝL

(n.)
Grammar
BÝL, býle, bíle, es; m.
Entry preview:

A BILE, blotch, sore; carbunculus, Cot. 183

Linked entries: býle bíle

BYLD

(n.)
Grammar
BYLD, e; f; byldo; f. indecl.
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in s. Constancy, boldness; constantia Bídeþ þurh byldo awaiteth with constancy, Exon. 9 b; Th. 8, 5; Cri. 113. He sceolde ða byldo anescian poterat emollire constantiam, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, note 43

Linked entry: beld

bylda

(n.)
Grammar
bylda, an; m. [bold a house]
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A BUILDER; ædificator Sum biþ bylda til hárn to habbanne one is a good builder to raise a house, Exon. 79 b; Th. 297, 29; Crä. 75

Linked entry: byldan

byldan

(v.)
Grammar
byldan, p. bylde; pp. bylded; v. trans. [beald bold; v. byld]
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Swá hí ealle bylde Godríc to gúþe so Godric encouraged them all to the war, Byrht. Th. 141, 11; By. 320.

Linked entry: bældan

býle

(n.)
Entry preview:

a bile, blotch, sore

byle-wit

(adj.)
Entry preview:

merciful; æquanimus, mansuetus Gehýran ða bylewitan audeant mansueti, Ps. Spl. 33, 2

bylg

(n.)
Grammar
bylg, a bulge, bag, Cot. 27. v. belg.

Bylges leg

(n.)
Grammar
Bylges leg, es; n. [Flor. Bililesleaga: Sim. Dun. Byligesleage: Hovd. Biligesleage]
Entry preview:

BISLEY, in Gloucestershire Hí cómon to Bylges lege they came to Bisley, Chr. 1055; Erl. 190, 15

byllinc

(n.)
Entry preview:

a cake; collyris, collyrida, Cot. 208

bylwet-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
bylwet-líce, adv.
Entry preview:

Simply; simpliciter, Ors. l, 2; Bos. 26, 29

býme-sangere

(n.)
Grammar
býme-sangere, es; m. [býme a trumpet, sangere a singer] A trumpeter; salpicta = σαλπιγκτής, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 13; Wrt. Voc. 60, 48.

Linked entries: sang sangere

býmian

(v.)
Grammar
býmian, p. ode; pp. od [býme a trumpet]
Entry preview:

To sound or play on a trumpet; tuba canere, buccinare Ic býme salpizo vel buccino,Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 14; Wrt. Voc. 60, 49. Býmiaþ oððe hlyriaþ on niwum mónþe mid býman buccinate in neomenia tuba, Ps. Lamb. 80, 4

Linked entry: bíman

byrc

(n.)
Grammar
byrc, e; f.
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A birch-tree; betula Byre betula [MS. betulus ], Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 20; Wrt. Voc. 33, 20

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