BEÓR
BEER ⬩ nourishing or strong drink ⬩ cerevisia ⬩ sicera ⬩ a beverage made of honey and water ⬩ mead ⬩ metheglin ⬩ hydromeli ⬩ ĭtis ⬩ ydromellum ⬩ mulsum
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BEER, nourishing or strong drink; cerevisia, sicera. Beer, made from malted barley, was the favourite drink of the Anglo-Saxons. In their drinking parties, they pledged each other in large cups, round at the bottom, which must be emptied before they could
Linked entry: biór
leger-bedd
A sick-bed ⬩ grave
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Árís nú and ber hám ðín legerbed, i. 472, 25. Ðæt ðú ðus láðlíc legerbed cure that thou shouldst choose so loathly a couch [the grave], Soul Kmbl. 307; Seel. 157: Wulfst. 187, 12.
béna
A petitioner ⬩ demander ⬩ rogator ⬩ supplex
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A petitioner, demander; rogator, supplex Gehýr me helpys bénan exaudi me auxilii supplicem Ps. Th. 101, 2. Hý béna wǽron they were demanders, or they demanded Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 73, 36. Hence béna wesan to demand, request Beo. Th. 6272; B. 3140 : Cd. 107
beorc
a birch-tree ⬩ betula
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a birch-tree; betula. the Anglo-Saxon Rune ᛒ = b, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is beorc a birch-tree, hence this Rune not only stands for the letter b, but for beorc a birch-tree, as, ᛒ byþ blǽda leás a birch-tree is void of fruit Hick. Thes
a-beág
bowed down
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bowed down,Beo. Th. 1555; B. 775
a-beden
- Nicod. 12; Thw. 6, 15 :
- Bd. 4, 10; S. 578, 31 ;
asked
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asked, of a-biddan
anan-beám
The spindle-tree ⬩ prick-wood ⬩ prick-timber ⬩ euonymus Europæus
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The spindle-tree, prick-wood, prick-timber; euonymus Europæus, L. M. 1, 32; Lchdm, ii. 78, 13
bearn-leás
Childless ⬩ absque liberis
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Childless; absque liberis Bearnleásne ge habbaþ me gedónne absque liberis me esse fecistis, Gen. 42, 36 : Ex. 21, 22
bearn-lést
Childlessness ⬩ want of children ⬩ liberorum defectus vel orbitas ⬩ eorum conditio qui liberis carent
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Childlessness, want of children; liberorum defectus vel orbitas, eorum conditio qui liberis carent For bearnléste for want of children, Bt. 11; 1; Fox 32, 6
bearn-lufe
Child-love ⬩ love of one's own or of an adopted child ⬩ liberorum amor ⬩ filii sui vel adoptivi amor
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Child-love, love of one's own or of an adopted child; liberorum amor, filii sui vel adoptivi amor Hine on bearnlufan habban wolde eum loco adoptivi haberet, Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 4
bearo-næs
A woody shore or promontory ⬩ litus nemorosum
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A woody shore or promontory; litus nemorosum Trædaþ bearonæssas they tread the woody promontories, Exon. 114 b; Th. 439, 5; Rä. 58, 5
bear-swinig
openly wicked ⬩ a publican
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openly wicked, a publican, Lk. Rush. War. 3, 12 : 15, 1
Beda-ford
Bedford
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Bedford, Chr. 915 ; Th. 191, 26, col. 1
bedd-clýfa
a bed-chamber ⬩ cubiculum
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a bed-chamber; cubiculum, Gen. 43, 30
bedd-reáf
bed-clothes
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bed-clothes
beáh-hord
A ring-hoard
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A ring-hoard, Beo. Th. 1792; B. 894
beáh-sel
Hall of bracelets ⬩ domus vel aula in qua armillas dominus largitur
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Hall of bracelets; domus vel aula in qua armillas dominus largitur, Andr. Kmbl. 3312; An. 1659
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beám-sceadu
A tree-shade ⬩ the shade of a tree ⬩ arborum umbra
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A tree-shade, the shade of a tree; arborum umbra Gewitan him ðá gangan under beámsceade then they retired under the tree-shade, Cd. 40; Th. 53, 10; Gen. 859. Hí slépon under beámsceade they slept under the tree-shade, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 55; Met. 8, 28
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beán-scealas
BEAN-SHELLS ⬩ siliquæ ⬩ quisquiliæ
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BEAN-SHELLS; siliquæ, quisquiliæ, Cot. 200
bær-beáh
A bearing-ring ⬩ ring ⬩ anulus
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A bearing-ring, ring; anulus, Exon. 108b; Th. 414, 18; Rä. 32, 22