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fóster-bearn

(n.)
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fóster-bearn, féster-bearn, es; n.

A FOSTER-BEARN or childălumnus

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A FOSTER-BEARN or child; ălumnus, Cot. 9

Linked entry: féster-bearn

palm-bearu

(n.)
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a palm-grove Palmbearwes palmeti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 77

sige-bearn

(n.)
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sige-bearn, es ; n.
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A victorious child, applied to Christ His gást onsende sigebearn Godes, Elen. Kmbl. 959 ; El. 481 : Exon. Th. 460, 3 ; Hö. 11. Ðæt sygebearn, 461, 29 ; Hö. 43. Ealra sigebearna ðæt séleste, 33, 3 ; Cri. 520

steóp-bearn

(n.)
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steóp-bearn, es; n.
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An orphan Steópbearn pupillus, Ps. Vos. 81, 3. Ðam steápbearne ic geheólp, Homl. Th. ii. 448, 14, 20. Ðæt mann wydewan geneósige and steópbearnum gehelpe, Homl. Skt. i. 9, 63

sunn-bearu

(n.)
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sunn-bearu, (-o), wes; m.
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A sunny grove:?-Sunbearo líxeþ, wuduholt wynlíc, Exon. Th. 199, 30; Ph. 33

wang-beard

(n.)
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wang-beard, es; m.
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A whisker Teóh him ða loccas, and wringe ða eáran, and ðone wangbeard twiccige, Lchdm. ii. 196, 13

Linked entry: beard

weorold-bearn

(n.)
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weorold-bearn, e; n.
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A child of earth, a man, Exon. Th. 493, 9 ; Rä. 81, 27

cyne-bearn

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Add: a prince Ðǽr sitte sum cynebearn, Sal. K. p. 85, 38: Lch. iii. 166, 28. Siððan ríxadon West-Seaxna cyne*-*barn (-béarn, v. l. ) of þám dæge, Chr. 519; P. 17, 3. Hér Óswiu ofslóh Penda and .xxx. cynebearna ( duces regii xxx interfecti, Bd. 3, 24)

féster-bearn

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Gregorius is úre altor and wé syndan his alumni, ðæt is ðæt hé is úre fésterfæder on Críste, and wé syndon his fésterbearn on fullwihte, Shrn. 62, 21. Substitutefor passage

Linked entry: féster-fæder

freó-bearn

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Add: of human beings Hié ( the descendants of Abraham ) gesittað be sǽm tweónum ... leóde þíne, freóbearn fæder, folca sélost, Exod. 445. Abraham andswarode '... Gǽð geréfa mín fægen freóbearnum,' Gen. 2182. of Christ Háligne Gást swá écne swá Fæder

ge-beácn

(n.)
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ge-beácn, es; n.
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Signs, movements intended to express a meaning Twégen seólas mid heora flýse his fét drygdon, ... and siððan mid gebeácne his bletsunge bǽdon, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 13

ge-beard

(adj.)
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ge-beard, gebearde.

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ge-bearo

(n.)
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ge-bearo, (?); n. (m. ?)
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A wood On wítan stán on ðæt gebeare norðeweardne (cf. on easteweordne ácbeara, 26), C. D. v. 232, 36

frum-bearn

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Add: a first-born child, the eldest child His wíf sunu on woruld bróhte, se eafora wæs Enoc háten, freólic frumbearn, Gen. 1189: 1056. Þám yldestan eaforan, frumbearne, 1215. Hé slóh ǽghwylc frumbearn percussit omne primogenitum, Ps. Th. 104, 31. Frumbearna

beard-leás

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Add:: For buteo = a young man, cf. Du Cange, buteo = juvenis; and see glossary in Hpt. 31, 16, 446, probum buteonem gódne geongan

bearn-eácnod

(adj.)
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pregnant Heó wæs bearneácnod of ðám Hálgan Gáste, Nap. 8

cild-bearn

(n.)
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a child Ǽghwýlc wǽpned cildbearn ( = cild ł bearn), Nap. 12. (?)

Linked entry: bearn

hǽlu-bearn

(n.)
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hǽlu-bearn, hǽlo-, es; n.

A child who brings salvation, the Saviour,

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A child who brings salvation, the Saviour, Exon. 16 a; Th. 37, 1; Cri. 586 : 19 a; Th. 47, 12; Cri. 754

beado-wrǽd

(n.)

A war-company

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Grammar beado-wrǽd, es; m. A war-company (? v. wrǽd, The epithet applies to a collection of plants to be used against a disease, and occurs in a charm) Ic binne (benne ?) áwrát betest beadowrǽda swá benne ne burnon ne burston I have written out the best

Linked entry: wrǽd

bearn-eaca

(adj.)
Grammar
bearn-eaca, adj.

Big with childpregnant

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Big with child, pregnant Maria wæs þágyt bearneáca, Hml. Th. i. 30, 9. Ðonne mon sníð ðá bearneácan (praegnantes), wíf Past. 366, 14