icge gold
- Beo. Th. 2219 ;
- B. 1107.
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The translation of this phrase is difficult. Thorpe has 'moreover,' Kemble 'heaped up;' Heyne suggests comparison with Sskr. ic dominare, imperare, and gives 'Schatzgold, reiches gold;' Grein's note is as follows : 'Sollte vielleicht zu icg das Altn.
sund-flite
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béme
A trumpet ⬩ tuba ⬩ salpinx
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Béme barbita Cot. 27
bend
A band ⬩ bond ⬩ ribbon ⬩ a chaplet ⬩ crown ⬩ ornament ⬩ vinculum ⬩ ligamen ⬩ diadema
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Bend agimmed and gesmiðed diadema Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 69, 12; Wrt. Voc. 40, 46. Mid golde gesiwud bend nimbus 64; Som. 69, 13
a-búgan
To bow ⬩ bend ⬩ incline ⬩ withdraw ⬩ retire ⬩ se vertere ⬩ declinare ⬩ inclinare ⬩ averti
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Ðǽr fram sylle abeág medu-benc monig there many a mead-bench inclined from its sill, Beo. Th. 1555 ; B. 775
betst
Best, most ⬩ optime
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Best, most; optime Ðæt betst lícaþ that pleases best, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 23. Ic him betst truwode I most trusted them, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 12. Albínus wæs betst gelǽred Albinus was most learned, Bd. pref; S. 471, 23
gebed-clýfa
A den ⬩ spēlunca
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A den; spēlunca Swá swá leo on gebedclýfan quăsi leo in spēlunca, Ps. Spl. C. second 9, 10 : 103, 23
ge-bedda
A bed fellow ⬩ consort ⬩ wife ⬩ consors tŏri ⬩ uxor
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Wolde wígfruma sécan cwén to gebeddan the martial leader would seek the queen as bed-companion, Beo. Th. 1334; B. 665 : Runic pm. 29; Kmbl. 345, 16; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 58.
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byreþ
bears
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bears, Beo. Th. 598; B. 296
BEÓT
a threatening ⬩ threat ⬩ command ⬩ menace ⬩ comminatio ⬩ minæ ⬩ peril ⬩ periculum ⬩ a boasting ⬩ boasting promise ⬩ promise ⬩ jactantia ⬩ promissio gloriosa ⬩ promissum
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He beót eal wið ðé sóðe gelǽste he truly fulfilled all his promise to thee Beo. Th. 1051; B. 523 : 160; B. 80
fast
fast, firm
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fast, firm
ge-radian
líc-beorg
a hill ⬩ funeral mound ⬩ protection ⬩ to taste ⬩ eat
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m. a hill, funeral mound; or beorg; f. protection; or beorg connected with beorgan to taste, eat, a literal reproduction of sarcophagus?] a sarcophagus Lícbeorg sarcofago, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 50
begannes
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and substitute: Celebration Begánnes ka-lende, Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 38. v. preceding word
betrymian
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Hig woldon þ æs cynges scipa ábútan betrymman, Chr. 1052 ; P. 180, 20. Add:
ge-widerian
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weather On længtene beána sáwan, wíngeard settan, . . . and raðe æfter ðám, gif hit mót gewiderian, mederan settau, línséd sáwan, Angl. ix. 262, 9
Linked entry: widerian
binnan
Within, in, into ⬩ intra, infra, in
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Within, in, into; intra, infra, in Ðe binnan ðam fæstenne wǽran who were within the fastness, Ors. 4, 11; Bos. 97, 39: Mt. Bos. 2, 16. Gyt ne com se Hǽlend binnan ða ceastre nondum Iesus venerat in castellum, Jn. Bos. 11, 30
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bii
By, near to ⬩ juxta, prope
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By, near to; juxta, prope Se eádiga ærcebiscop Sanctus Laurentius bii his fóregengan Sancte Agustine bebyrged wæs beatus archiepiscopus Laurentius juxta prædecessorem suum Augustinum sepultus est, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 6
æsc-berend
A spear or lance-bearer ⬩ a soldier ⬩ hastifer
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A spear or lance-bearer, a soldier; hastifer Eorre æscberend the fierce spear-bearer, Andr. Kmbl. 93; An. 47: 2153; An. 1078. Ealde æscberend the old spear-bearer, 3072; Au. 1539