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bár

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Baar porcus dimisus, Txts. 110, 1163: berrus, 44, 151. Bár, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 2: 126, 1: verrus, i. 286, 44. Wilde bár aper, tam bár verres, 22, 70, 71. On bára bróc, C. D. iii. 82, 5. Báras fýran, Lch. iii. 184, 19. Add

beám

(n.)

a trumpet.

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a trumpet

be-slægen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-slægen, be-slagen

slain, cut off

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slain, cut off, Chr. 937; Th. 205, 28, col. 2, = be-slagen; Similar entries pp. of be-sleán

be-hwyrfan

Grammar
be-hwyrfan, v. be-hweorfan
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and be-hwirfan

ge-béd

Grammar
ge-béd, l. ge-bed, dele <b>II,</b> where for gebed l. gebod,
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On þám twám formum wordum ne synd náne gebedu, ac sind herunga. . . þæt forme gebed (-béd, MS.) is, ' Sý ðín nama gehálgod '. . . þæt óðer gebed (-béd, MS.) is . . . Hml. Th. i. 262, 21-32. Gebed (-bed, MS. ), 264, 16, 29: 266, 19: 268, 5: 270, 7.

ge-bétt

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-bétt, pp. of ge-bétan.

amendedreformed

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amended, reformed,Bd. 1, 21; S. 485, 8: 1, 27; S. 492, 17;

feðer-bed

(n.)
Grammar
feðer-bed, -bedd, es; n.

A feather-bedculcĭta

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A feather-bed; culcĭta Feðerbed culcĭtes [ = culcĭta ], Ælfc. Gl. 27; Som. 60, 102; Wrt. Voc. 25, 42

be-tweoh

Grammar
be-tweoh, (i, y, u), -tuh.

betweenamongbetweenamong

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Betuh þǽm clife ond ðǽm wætre wǽron swylce twelf míla, Bl. H. 211, 2.

be-waden

Grammar
be-waden, be-wadan

to reachcome uponsurprise

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Cf. be-faran, -féran, -rídan. Substitute:

wǽl-ben

(n.)
Grammar
wǽl-ben, wǽl-benn, e; f.

A wound inflicted by the sea,

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A wound inflicted by the sea, Gársecg wédde ... egesan stódon, weóllon wǽlbenna (wæl- ?) (the reference is to the death of the Egyptians in the Red Sea), Cd. Th. 208, 30; Exod. 491

gærs-bed

(n.)
Grammar
gærs-bed, -bedd, es; n.

A grass-bedgravesub cæspĭte lectussepulcrum

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A grass-bed, grave; sub cæspĭte lectus, sepulcrum Ðonne he gást ofgifeþ, syððan hine (?) gærsbedd sceal wunian when he gives up his spirit, then must he inhabit a grave, Ps. Th. 102, 15

dǽd-béta

(n.)
Grammar
dǽd-béta, an; m.

A deed amender, penitent maleficii compensator

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A deed amender, penitent; maleficii compensator Se dǽdbéta the penitent, L. M. I. P. 3; Th. ii. 266, 16

Linked entry: béta

be-hringed

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-hringed, be-hrincged; part. [be, hring a ring]

Inclosed in a ringencircledsurroundedcircumdatus

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Inclosed in a ring, encircled, surrounded; circumdatus Behringed beón to be surrounded Past. 21, 5; Hat. MS. 32 a, 8

bed-reda

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Bedd-reda oððe sé þe hæfð paralisin, 75, 48. Mín cniht líð æt hám bedreda (v. Mt. 8, 6), paralyticus. Hml. Th. i. 126, 6. His cépte sum bedd-ryda þe læg seofon geár tóslopenum limum . . . þá bletsode hé þone beddrydan mann, Hml. S. 6, 254-7.

bealo-ben

(n.)
Grammar
bealo-ben, -benn, e; f.

A baleful wound

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A baleful wound

bealu-ben

(n.)
Grammar
bealu-ben, -benn, e; f.

A baleful woundlethale vulnus

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A baleful wound; lethale vulnus, Cd. 154; Th. 192, 27; Exod. 238

Linked entry: bealo-ben

be-tíhtlian

(v.)
Grammar
be-tíhtlian, -týhtlian; p. ode, ede, ade; pp. od, ed, ad

To accuse, chargeaccusare, criminari

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To accuse, charge; accusare, criminari Gif he betíhtlod weorþe if he be accused, L. C. S. 31; Th. i. 396, 1. Ðe oft betíhtlede wǽron who have often been accused, L. Ath. i. 7; Th. i. 202, 25.

Linked entry: be-týhtlian

be-timbran

(v.)
Grammar
be-timbran, p. ede; pp. ed

To buildædificare, construere

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To build, construct with timber; ædificare, construere Hí betimbredon bécn they constructed a beacon, Beo. Kmbl. 6312; B. 3160

be-tweohs

Grammar
be-tweohs, -tweox.

betweenamongbetweenamong

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Betux wífa gebyrdum, Bl. H. 167, 18. Betwyx óðrum þingum nis ná tó forgytane ꝥ góde frið, Chr. 1086 ; P. 220, 12. Hé arn betwux þám eórode middan, Hml. S. 25, 583. temporal, in the course of a period, during events Betwux hancréde, Hml.

be-slegen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-slegen, be-slagen

slain

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slain, Chr. 937; Th. 205, 28, col. 1, = be-slagen; Similar entries pp. of be-sleán