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Anglo-Saxon

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bi-wyrcan

(v.)

to make

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to make, Exon. 74 a; Th. 277, 3; Jul. 575

be-gengnes

Grammar
be-gengnes, v. eard-begengnes in Dict., bi-gegnes,
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and cf. be-gangnes

Linked entry: bi-gegnes

be-hydelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
be-hydelíce, &c. l. be-hýdelíce, be-hygdiglíce (bí-, bi-),
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and add Behigdelíce (-hýdig-), bihýdiglíce, bighigdelíce sollicite, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 361, 7. Behýdilíce, bihýdiglíce (-higde-), Sch. 363, 4. ꝥ

bí-spell

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Bíspel paradigma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 3. Þreó ðúsend bigspella Salomon gesette locutus est Salomon tria millia parabolas (1 Kings 4, 32), Hml. Th. ii. 578, 3. Ídele býspelln forbúh inanes fabulas devita, Scint. 213, 5. Add

bi-windla

(n.)
Grammar
bi-windla, an; m.
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Onbútan ðone gáran on ðone biwindlan (pi-winðlan, 15), C. D. v. 148, 16. ?

bí-wist

(n.)
Grammar
bí-wist, and es; m. (cf. dæg-, hús-, neáh-wist).

Subsistence

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Subsistence Ðis is myngung manna bíwiste quorum hoc viaticum sit, Ll. Th. i. 440, 29. Gif hwá hwæt lytles ǽniges bigwistes him sylfum gearcode, reáferas ðone mete him of ðám muðe ábrúdon, Hml. Th. i. 404, 3. On heora bíwiste and on hrægle gehealdene,

bí-word

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Hig ǽrest ápinsiað þá naman and þá bínaman, . . . syððan hig þá word (verbs) áginnad tó áweganne mid þám bíwordum, Angl. viii. 313, 7. Dele: -wyrd, and second passage, and add: An adverb

bi-gegnes

(n.)
Grammar
bi-gegnes, = bi-gengnes.

Similar entry: be-gengnes

bí-genge

(n.)
Grammar
bí-genge, es; n.

Practice ⬩ worship

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Practice, worship Bígenge cultus, An. Ox. 5153. On ídol wé áspendað bígencge inane expendimus studium, Scint. 2, 1. Þá bígengu (neomenias) þæs níwan mónan wé ná ne healdaþ, An. Ox. 40, 34. Bodiað bígenga (studia) his, Ps. Spl. 9, 11

Linked entries: -genge -genge bí-geng

bi-geonan

Similar entry: be-geonan

bí-libban

Grammar
bí-libban, l. bí libban, v. be; C.: bílyhte.

Similar entry: bílyhte

bí-lihþ

Similar entry: be-leán

bí-nama

(n.)
Grammar
bí-nama, an; m.

A pronoun

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A pronoun Þá naman and þá bínaman, Angl. viii. 331, 5

bí-sæc

(n.)
Grammar
bí-sæc, (bi-sæc ?)
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Bisæc peram, Mt. R. 10, 10

Linked entry: sacc

bí-sǽce

(adj.)

Disputed ⬩ disputable ⬩ contested

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Grammar bí-sǽce, bí-sæc; adj. Substitute: Disputed, disputable, contested Gif ðær hwæt bísæces sý, séme se biscop if there be anything contested, let the bishop arbitrate, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 9. Wé lǽrað ꝥ preóst bísæce ordél ǽfre ne geǽðe, 258, 3. Cf.

bí-genged

Similar entry: heofon-bígenged

bí-swæc

(n.)
Grammar
bí-swæc, bí-swec
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treachery Bygswæc (-swec, v. l., bygspæc, Ps. Spl.) supplantationem, Ps. Rdr. 40, 10

Linked entries: big-spæc byg-spæc

be-gang

exercise ⬩ labour ⬩ business ⬩ cultivation ⬩ religious practice

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Add: n. exercise, labour, business On bigonge mínum in exercilatione mea, Ps. Spl. C. 54, 2. Mið micle bigeong magno studio, Mt. p. 10, 13. Bigongum exercitiis, i. laboribus, studiis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 61: 29, 58. Hé hine onwende from ealre þisse worlde

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