big-geng
observation, worship ⬩ cultus
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observation, worship; cultus Biggeng [MS. biggend] cultus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 18
bil-wetnes
innocence
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innocence, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 28
bil-wit
mild
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mild, Cd. 40; Th. 53, 4; Gen. 856
bió-wyrt
bee-wort ⬩ apiastrum
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bee-wort; apiastrum,Glos. Epnl. Recd. 153, 20
þǽr-big
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Thereby, by that (person or thing) Gif hwá gefare and nán bearn ne gestriéne, gif hé bróðor lǽfe, fó se tó his wífe. Gif hé ðonne bearn ðǽrbig(-bié, Cott. MSS., by the wife ) gestriéne, ðonne cenne hé ðæt ðam gefarenan bréðer ðe hié ǽr ǽhte, Past. 5;
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big-spæc
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Dele
ge-bit
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Tóða gebitt, Hml. Th. i. 132, 26: 530, 15. Gebit, 30. Add
bedd
bid ⬩ command
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bid, command,Lev. 6, 20
bítst
bidest, bides
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bidest, bides; 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of bídan
ge-bilod
Having a bill or beak ⬩ rostrātus
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Having a bill or beak, rostrātus Ða fugelas, ðe be flǽsce lybbaþ, syndon clyferféte and scearpe gebilode the birds which live by flesh are cloven-footed and sharp-billed, Hexam. 9; Norm. 14, 19
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berc
a birch-tree ⬩ betula
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a birch-tree; betula Nim birc rinde take birch-tree rind, L. M. 3, 39; Lchdm. ii. 332, 9
bécnydlic
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bildan
to embolden ⬩ encourage
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to embolden, encourage Nán mon hiu hiéremonna mód ne bilt (bielt, v. l.) tó gǽstlicum weorcum nulla subditorum mentes exhortatio sublevat, Past. 129, 11
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a-sǽlan
To bind fast ⬩ bind ⬩ astringere ⬩ ligare
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To bind fast, bind; astringere, ligare Synnum asǽled bound fast by sins, Elen. Kmbl. 2485; El. 1244: Cd. 100; Th. 132, 18; Gen. 2195: 166; Th. 207, 21; Exod. 470
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bisig
Busy ⬩ occupied
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Busy, occupied Oft bið seó sáwul on ánum þinge swá bysig, ꝥ heó ne gýmð hwá hyre gehende bið, þeáh ðe heó on lócie, Hml. s. 1, 217. Se bisceop wæs bysig mid þám cynincge, 21, 235. Mín dohtor is nú swiðe bisy ymbe hyre leornunge, Ap. Th. 20, 5
bunda
a wedded or married man, a husband ⬩ maritus, sponsus ⬩ the father or head of a family, a householder ⬩ paterfamilias, œconomus ⬩ wedlock, marriage, ⬩ lawfully born, born in wedlock ⬩ wedlock breaker, an adulterer ⬩ marriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband: ⬩ to wed, take a wife ⬩ a wedded man, husband, householder ⬩ one wedded or bound, a husband ⬩ to bind ⬩ person ⬩ agent ⬩ a hammer ⬩ a hammerer ⬩ rule, government, ⬩ a ruler, governor ⬩ bound ⬩ one bound, a husband
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So, in other compounds, from bindan to bind, as bonde-land bond or leased land, land let on binding conditions. Bunda then is a pure Anglo-Saxon word derived from bindan to bind.
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gebundennes
A binding ⬩ an obligation ⬩ oblĭgātio
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A binding, an obligation; oblĭgātio Gibundennises ligandi, Rtl. 59, 11. Ða abúgendan on gebundennesse oððe to bændum declīnantes in oblĭgātiōnes, Ps. Lamb. 124, 5