bric-
a bridge
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a bridge
bríd
a bride ⬩ sponsa
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a bride; sponsa
brig
a bridge
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a bridge, Chr. 1125 ; Erl. 254, 19
brit
knits ⬩ plectit
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knits; plectit
BRÚ
A BROW, an eye-brow, eye-lash ⬩ cilium, supercilium, tauto ⬩ supercilium ⬩ the forehead, brow
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A BROW, an eye-brow, eye-lash; cilium, supercilium, tauto Brúa cilia, Ælfc. Gl. 70; Som. 70, 62; Wrt. Voc. 42, 70. Brúwa cilium [ = cilia ], Wrt. Voc. 64, 35: 282, 49. Brúwa tautones, Wrt. Voc. 64, 28. Ic eom wíde calu, ne ic breága ne brúna [ = brúena
Linked entry: BRǼW
brýd-bed
A bride-bed ⬩ genialis torus
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A bride-bed; genialis torus, Ælfc. Gl. 66; Som. 69, 72; Wrt. Voc. 41, 26
Linked entry: brýd-ræst
on-bén
A prayer asking for something (evil) to come upon a person, an imprecation
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A prayer asking for something (evil) to come upon a person, an imprecation Hí ús mid heora wiðerwordum onbénum and wyrinessum éhtaþ qui adversis nos imprecationibus persequuntur, Bd. 2, 2; S. 504, 4
spell-bóc
a book of homilies
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a book of homilies .i. full spelbóc wintres and sumeres, Chart. Th. 430, 21
traht-bóc
A book of exposition ⬩ a treatise ⬩ commentary
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A book of exposition, a treatise, commentary Gregorius gedihte manega hálige trahtbéc, Homl. Th. ii. 132, 15 : i. 436, 10. Twá and hundseofontig bóca ðære ealdan ǽ and ðære níwan hé áwende . . . búton óðrum menigfealdum trahtbócum ðe hé deópðancollíce
sweord-bite
The bite of a sword, wounding with a sword:
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The bite of a sword, wounding with a sword:?- Áswebban ꝥurh sweordbite to kill with the sword, Exon. Th. 278, 26; Jul. 603
frófor-bóc
Similar entry: frófer-bóc
scin-bán
A shin ⬩ shin-bone
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A shin, shin-bone Scina vel scinbán tibiae, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 72: 71, 58
Linked entry: scinu
scip-bíme
A ship-trumpet
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A ship-trumpet Scypbýman classicam tubam, Germ. 391, 48
Linked entry: bíme
scrift-bóc
a penitential ⬩ a book staling the penances to be enjoined after confession for various sins ⬩ a discourse referring to penance
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a penitential, a book staling the penances to be enjoined after confession for various sins i. scriftbóc on Englisc, Chart. Th. 430, 20; cf. L. Ælfc. P. 44; Th. ii. 384, 2. Swá hwylc swá ðás scriftbóc tilige tó ábrecanne quicunque Confessionale hoc violare
sige-bíme
A trumpet which is sounded after victory
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A trumpet which is sounded after victory Sungon sigebýman (after the Israelites had escaped from the Egyptians), Cd. Th. 214, 6; Exod. 565
síþ-bóc
An itinerary
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An itinerary Síþbóc itinerarium, Hpt. Gl. 454, 19
gristel-bán
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A gristle bone; cartilageum os
wíg-bed
An altar
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An altar [from wíg (wíh) and beód; some forms, e.g. wígbeddes, weóbedd, suggest that the word was thought to be derived from bed] Weófod altar vel ara, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 51. Hé scolde ðone Godes alter habban uppan áholodne, ðæt hé meahte on healdan ða
wíl-bec
a stream of misery (?)
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a stream of misery (?) Wuniendo wær wílbec biscær, Exon. Th. 353, 42; Reim. 26
gecynd-bóc
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Gecyndbóca gerecednesse (juxla) Geneseos relatum, An. Ox. 50: 1154. Add