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bén-tíðe

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beó-cere

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Beócere apiarius, Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 69: ii. 8, 17. Hwíta hátte wæs beócere intó Hǽðfelda, Cht. Th. 649, 27. Add

beó-gang

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Substitute Beógang ag[m]en Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 39: ii. 8, 12

Beó-wulf

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v. Arnold's 'Notes on Beowulf.' Substitute:

beó-wyrt

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Biówyrt apiastrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 45. Beówyrt, 8, 6: i. 284, 42: marubium, 55, 54: (bió-), 113, 66: acanton, i. 67, 5. Add

beó-lǽs

Similar entry: lǽs

on-bén

(n.)
Grammar
on-bén, e; f.

A prayer asking for something (evil) to come upon a person, an imprecation

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A prayer asking for something (evil) to come upon a person, an imprecation Hí ús mid heora wiðerwordum onbénum and wyrinessum éhtaþ qui adversis nos imprecationibus persequuntur, Bd. 2, 2; S. 504, 4

beóðan

are

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Stv. 5, 11, = beóþ

gleó-beám

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gleó-beám, glig-beám, es; m.

A glee-beam ⬩ harp ⬩ musicum lignum ⬩ harpa

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A glee-beam, harp; musicum lignum, harpa Nis hearpan wyn, gomen gleóbeámes there is no joy of harp, the mirth of the glee-beam, Beo. Th. 4518; B. 2263.

Linked entries: gleó-gamen glig-beám glig-gamen

ealu-benc

(n.)
Grammar
ealu-benc, ealo-benc, e; f.

An ale-bench ⬩ scamnum cervĭsiam bibentium

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An ale-bench; scamnum cervĭsiam bibentium On ealu-bence on the ale-bench, Beo. Th. 5726; B. 2867

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hnut-beám

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Hnutbeám nux Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 4. Hnut-beám oððe walhhnutu, 60, 23. Add

beó-móder

(n.)
Grammar
beó-móder, f.

A BEE-MOTHER ⬩ queen-bee ⬩ chosdrus? ⬩ vel castros?

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A BEE-MOTHER, queen-bee; chosdrus? vel castros? Ælfc. Gl. 22; Som. 59,104; Wrt. Voc. 23, 61

seax-ben

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seax-ben, seax-benn,

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seonu-ben

(n.)
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seonu-ben, seonu-benn, e; f.
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A wound or injury of a sinew Seonobennum seóc crippled. Exon. Th. 328, 17; Vy. 19. v. next word

ge-bén

(n.)

a praying ⬩ prayer ⬩ prĕces

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a praying, prayer; prĕces, Ben. Lye. Hiora écelícum giboene eorum perpetua supplicatione, Rtl. 73, 38 : 74. 12

bén-feorm

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Substitute: A bean-feast. Cf. winter-feorm

bén-lic

(adj.)
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bén-lic, adj.
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That may be entreated Boenlic uæs ðú deprecabilis esto, Rtl. 172, 39

bén-ríp

Grammar
bén-ríp, v. Seebohm Vill. Comm. s. v.
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beó-móder

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Seó beómóder cosdrus, An. Ox. 258. Beómódra principum (apum), 240. Add

ge-bén

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Dele Ben. Lye. and add: — Waciað . . . on gebedum, and gif seó cyrce bið geopenad þurh eówre gebéna, habbað hí eów siþþan ǽfre, Hml. S. 3, 331

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