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ge-búr

Grammar
ge-búr, ge-býr.
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Add: glossing Latin words Gibuur colonus, vicinus, Txts. 46, 163. Gebúr colonus, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 32. Gebýr, ii. 17, 6. used of others than English Ic wæs gebúr on þám lande þe [hátte] Nisibim, Shrn. 36, 21. Hit gelamp in Samni ꝥ sumes ríces mannes

Linked entry: ge-býr

gift-búr

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Se quadrans forðstæpð wel orglíce swylce hwylc cyng of his giftbúre stæppe geglenged, Angl. viii. 299, I. Of gyftbúre de thalamo Ps. Rdr. 18, 6. Add

bur-land

Similar entry: gebúr-land

bríd-búr

(n.)

a bedchamber

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a bedchamber

brýd-búr

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-búr, es; n.

A bedchamber ⬩ thalamus

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A bedchamber; thalamus Of brýdbúre his de thalamo suo, Ps. Spl. 18, 5: Beo. Th. 1846; B. 921

Linked entries: bréd-búr bríd-búr

búc-ful

(n.)
Grammar
búc-ful, -full, e; f.

A pitcherful

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A pitcherful Him wearþ ðá geboren to búcful wæteres a pitcherful of water was then borne to him, Homl. Th. ii. 422, 29

búr-cote

(n.)
Grammar
búr-cote, an; f.

a bower ⬩ a couch ⬩ A bed-chamber ⬩ cubiculum

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[búr a bower, cote a couch] A bed-chamber; cubiculum On hira búrcotum, and on hiera beddum in their bed-chambers, and in their beds, Past. 16, 2; Hat. MS. 20b, 15

gift-búr

(n.)
Grammar
gift-búr, es; m.

A wedding-chamber ⬩ bride-chamber

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A wedding-chamber, bride-chamber Swá swá brýdguma forþ gewítende of giftbúre his tanquam sponsus procedens de thalamo suo, Ps. Spl. T. 18, 5

búr-þegen

(n.)
Grammar
búr-þegen, -þén, es; m.

A chamber-servant, chamberlain, chancellor, secretary ⬩ cubicularius, cancellarius, scriniarius ⬩ a chamber ⬩ a servant, attendant

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A chamber-servant, chamberlain, chancellor, secretary; cubicularius, cancellarius, scriniarius [ Similar entries búr a chamber, Similar entries þegen a servant, attendant] Búrþén cubicularius, Ǽlfc. Gl. 27; Som. 60, 100; Wrt. Voc. 25, 40. His þeóden

bed-búr

(n.)
Grammar
bed-búr, es; m.

A bedchamber

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A bedchamber Bedbúres (bec-, MS.) thalami, Hpt. Gl. 481, 49

Linked entry: búr

hrygile-búc

(n.)
Grammar
hrygile-búc, es; m.
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[?] Of ðam æscene ðe is óðre namon hrygilebúc gecleopad. Chart. Th. 439, 26

neáh-búr

Similar entry: neáh-gebúr

récels-búc

(n.)
Grammar
récels-búc, es; m.
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A vessel for holding incense Rýcelsbúce acerrâ (cf. fæte oððe glédfæte accerrâ, 5, 66 : hec acerra a schyp for censse, i. 230, col. 2), Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 36

Linked entry: búc

búr-land

(n.)
Grammar
búr-land, es; n.
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Land occupied by peasants (? v. -búr) Ðá landgemǽro ðæses búrlandes tó Abbendúne, Cht. E. 384, 25. Cf. geneát-land

buc-heort

(n.)

Similar entry: BUCCA

búr-byrde

(adj.)
Grammar
búr-byrde, adj.
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Of peasant birth Wéron þǽr ðreó wíteþeówe men búrbærde, and ðreó ðeówberde, Cht. Th. 152, 19

búr-cniht

(n.)
Grammar
búr-cniht, es; m.
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A chamberlain, servant of the bedchamber, eunuch His búrcnihtas ( eunuchi ) woldon hine amyrran, Hml. A. 98, 213. Án þára búrcnihta, 100, 278

wæter-búc

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-búc, es; m.

A pitcher

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A pitcher Án man mid wæterbúce homo am-phoram aquae portans, Lk. Skt. 22, 10. Gedeon hét heora ǽlcne geniman ánne ǽmtigne sester oððe ǽnne wæterbúc Gedeon dedit in manibus eorum lagenas vacuas, Jud. 7, 16

bréd-búr

(n.)

a bed-chamber

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a bed-chamber, Hymn Surt. 34, 30: 103, 17

búr-geteld

(n.)
Grammar
búr-geteld, es; n. [
Similar entries
búr
a bower
,
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geteld
a tilt, cover
]

a bower ⬩ a tilt, cover ⬩ A tilt or covering of a tent, a tent ⬩ tentorium

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A tilt or covering of a tent, a tent; tentorium He in ðæt búrgeteld néðde he ventured into the tent, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 24; Jud. 276: 10; Thw. 22, 10; Jud. 57: 12; Thw. 25, 8; Jud. 248