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BÓC

(n.)
Grammar
BÓC, e; f: bóc-treów, es; n: bócce, beóce, béce, bǽce, an; f.

A beech-tree ⬩ fagus silvatica, fagus ⬩ æsculus

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A beech-tree; fagus silvatica, fagus = φηγός, æsculus Bóc fagus; bóc æsculus, Ælfc. Gl. 45; Som. 64, 99, 100

Linked entries: béc bócce bóc-treów

BEÁCEN

(n.)
Grammar
BEÁCEN, bécen, bécn, bécun; g. beácnes; n. A

BEACON ⬩ sign ⬩ token ⬩ standard ⬩ signum ⬩ significatio ⬩ typus ⬩ vexillum ⬩ portentum ⬩ miraculum

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Segn genom beácna beorhtost he took an ensign brightest of standards, Beo. Th. 5547; B. 2777

Linked entries: beácne bécen bécn bécun biécn

bere-brytta

(n.)
Grammar
bere-brytta, an; m.
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The guardian of a granary Be berebryttan (-e,MS. ). Berebryttan gebyreð corngebrot on hærfæste æt bernes dure, Ll. Th. i. 440, 2

lǽþan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽþan, to cause to be hateful, cause a person (dat.)
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Ben. 11, 18

betrung

(n.)
Grammar
betrung, bettrung, e; f. [betrian to be better]

A BETTERING, amending ⬩ emendatio

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A BETTERING, amending; emendatio Ðæt hit wǽre heora betrung that it was their amendment, Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 13

Linked entries: beterung bettrung

bi-wærlan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-wærlan, p. de; pp. ed [v. bí- in be- II]

To pass by ⬩ præterire

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To pass by; præterire, Lk. Lind. War. 10, 31: 11, 42: Lk. Rush. War. 11, 42

Linked entry: wærlan

glædman

(n.)
Grammar
glædman,
  • Beo. Th. 740
    • ;
  • B. 367
    • .
Thorpe and Kemble take this word as the oblique case of a noun =

gladness ⬩ pleasure

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gladness, pleasure; but see 'glæd.'

birgness

(n.)
Grammar
birgness, e; f.

Tasting ⬩ taste

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Be ðes gallan berignesse ðe úser Drihten berigde, Angl. xi. 173, 3. Mid byrinesse (byrig-, beorh-, v. ll.) ðæs wæteres aquae gustum, Bd. 5, 18; Sch. 649, 16

ge-ádlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ádlian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [ádlian to be sick, to languish]

To be sick ⬩ to languish ⬩ become impotent ⬩ languescĕre

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Ðæt úre mód þurh wærscipe wacole beón, ðæt hí þurh orsorhnysse ne asleacion, ne þurh nytennysse geádlion that our minds may be vigilant through heedfulness, that through security they slacken, not, nor through ignorance become impotent, Homl.

Linked entry: ádlian

bi-hlemman

(v.)
Grammar
bi-hlemman, v. a. [be, hlemman to dash together]

To dash together ⬩ collidere cum strepitu

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To dash together; collidere cum strepitu He ða grimman goman bihlemmeþ fæste togædre he dashes the grim jaws [gums] fast together, Exon. 97 b; Th. 364, 26; Wal. 76

Linked entry: be-hlemman

cymst

Grammar
cymst, cymest comest,
  • Cd. 203
    • ;
  • Th. 252,
    • 28;
  • Dan. 585: Beo. Th. 2769
    • ;
  • 8. 1382
;
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2nd pres. sing. of cuman

feore

(n.)
Grammar
feore, to, for or with life,
  • Exon. 39 a
    • ;
  • Th. 128, 32: Beo. Th. 1161
    • ;
  • B. 578
    • ;
dat.
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and inst. of feorh

an-búgan

(v.)
Grammar
an-búgan, p. -beáh, -beág, pl. -bugon; pp. -bogen; v. intrans.

To bend or bow one's self in ⬩ submit to any one ⬩ se inflectere ⬩ se submittere alicui

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To bend or bow one's self in, submit to any one; se inflectere, se submittere alicui To ðon ðæt hí him anbugon that they might submit to him, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 25

Linked entry: on-búgan

béne

(n.)
Grammar
béne, gen. dat. s ; nom. acc. pl. of bén q. v.

a prayer

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a prayer

bogung

(n.)
Grammar
bogung, e; f. [bogen bent; pp. of búgan to bow, bend]

Crookedness, perversity ⬩ pravitas, perversitas

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Crookedness, perversity; pravitas, perversitas Þurh heora upahefednysse and ágenre bogunge through their arrogance and own perversity, Homl. Th. ii. 428, 13

Linked entry: bóung

Acemannes burh

(n.)
Grammar
Acemannes burh, burg; g. burge; d. byrig, beri; f: ceaster, cester; g. ceastre; f. [æce ake, mannes man's, ceaster or burh city or fortress]

Bath, Somersetshire

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At Acemannes beri at Akeman's bury, Ing. 158, note g

bera-scinn

(n.)
Grammar
bera-scinn, es; n.

A bear-skin

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A bear-skin iii berascin, Cht. Th. 429, 27

Linked entry: scinn

befylþ

(v.)
Grammar
befylþ, 3rd pers. pres. of be-feallan

falls

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falls Mt. Bos. 10, 29

byóþ

Grammar
byóþ, are, shall be, = bióþ; pres. pl.
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of bión

búfan

(prep.)
Grammar
búfan, búfon; prep. dat. [be-ufan]

Above ⬩ super

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Above; super; used in opposition to under God totwǽmde ða wæteru, ðe wǽron under ðære fæstnisse fram ðám ðe wǽron búfan ðære fæstnisse Deus divisit aquas, quæ erant sub firmamento ab his quæ erant super firmamentum. Gen. l, 7. Búfan ðam máran wealle

Linked entry: be-ufan

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