be-smitenes
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Bútan leahtra be*-*tmitenesse sine macula, R. Ben. 3, 18. Geclǽnsode fram deófolgilda besmitennysse, Hml. S. 30, 73
be ongewyrhtum
freely ⬩ gratis
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freely; gratis, Ps. Spl. C. 34, 8
bet-boren
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Better-born, of higher-birth Gif æðelborenran (bett-, v. l.) wífmen þis gelimpe. Ll. Th. i. 70, 1
be-léd
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Dele, and see preceding word
be-eástan
To the east of,
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Be-eástan him, Ors. 1, 1; S. 16, 9 (and often). Him is be-eástan se Wendelsǽ, S. 28, 15. Be-eástan Ríne, S. 14, 36. Be-eástan Selwyda, Chr. 878; P. 76, 7. Nóht feor be-eástan ðǽre byrig, Shrn. 66, 22. with acc.
bædd
a bed
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a bed,Vit. Swith
be-seolfrian
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to cover with silver Besi(l)frede deargentatae, Ps. Srt. 67, 14
bát
bit ⬩ momordit
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bit; momordit,Beo. Th. 1488; B. 742;
bær
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Hine lyst bet cyssan óðerne on bær líc þonne þér þǽr cláðas betweónan beóð, 185, 31: 186, 1. Hé eóde ofer byrnende gléda mid his barum fótum, Hml. S. 5, 378. Hé tóbræc hire ceaflas mid his barum handum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 17. Add
bǽr
a BIER ⬩ feretrum ⬩ a couch ⬩ pallet ⬩ litter ⬩ grabatus
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a BIER; feretrum Síe seó bǽr gearo let the bier be ready, Beo. Th. 6202; B. 3105. Gefærenne man brohton on bǽre they brought a dead man on a bier, Elen.
beód-gereordu
A table-meal ⬩ a feast ⬩ convivium
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A table-meal, a feast; convivium Cd. 74; Th. 91, 27; Gen. 1518
bat
contention ⬩ strife ⬩ contentio ⬩ a bat ⬩ club ⬩ staff ⬩ stick ⬩ fustis
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Ben. 21. a bat, club, staff, stick; fustis, Som
BEÓN
To BE ⬩ exist ⬩ become ⬩ esse ⬩ fieri
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Ic ðæs folces beó hyrde I am the people's pastor Cd. 106; Th. 139, 24; Gen. 2314. Ic beó gearo sóna I shall be soon ready Beo. Th. 3655; B. 1825 : Exon. 71 a; Th. 264, 17; Jul. 365 : Andr. Kmbl. 144; An. 72. Ic beó hál I shall be safe Mt.
bén-feorm
Food required from a tenant ⬩ firma precum
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Food required from a tenant; firma precum L. R. S. 21; Th. i. 440, 26
beód-ern
A refectory ⬩ a dining-room ⬩ refectorium
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A refectory, a dining-room; refectorium, Ælfc. Gl. 107; Som. 78, 94; Wrt. Voc. 58, 9
beó-breád
BEE-BREAD ⬩ apum panis ⬩ honey-comb ⬩ favus
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sweeter than if thou blendedst bee-bread with honey Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 20; Rä. 41, 59.
Linked entries: beón-breád bí-breád bió-breád
ám-ber
a dry measure of four bushels ⬩ mensura continens quatuor modios sive bussellos ⬩ a liquid measure ⬩ batus ⬩ cadus ⬩ a vessel with one handle ⬩ a tankard ⬩ pitcher ⬩ pail ⬩ lagena ⬩ urceus ⬩ amphora ⬩ situla ⬩ hydria
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Agyfe mon hine élce mónaþ áne ámbra meles let there be given him every month one amber of meal, L. Ath. i. proœm; Th. i. 198, 6. Þritig ómbra rues cornes, feówer ámbru meolwes thirty ambers of rye-corn, four ambers of meal, Th. Diplm. A.
be-hæftan
To betake ⬩ take ⬩ bind ⬩ captare ⬩ vincire
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To betake, take, bind; captare, vincire Be-hæft held Gen. 22, 13.
BǼL
fire ⬩ flame ⬩ ignis ⬩ flamma ⬩ the fire of a funeral pile, in which dead bodies were burned ⬩ a funeral pile ⬩ rogus ⬩ pyra
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fire, flame; ignis, flamma Hæfde landwara líge befangen, bǽle and bronde he had enveloped the inhabitants of the land with flame, with fire and brand, Beo. Th. 4633; B. 2322: 4606; B. 2308.
be-fǽttian
to fatten
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to fatten Ele ne áfǽttaþ ł ne be[fǽttaþ] heáfod mín oleum non inpinguet caput meum, Ps. L. 140, 5