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eorþ-byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-byrgen, eorþ-byrgenn, e; f.

A grave

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A grave Eorðbyrgenna wurdon opene monumenta aperta sunt (Mt. 27, 52), Nap. 20

fore-byrdig

Linked entry: byrdig

ge-bygu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bygu, e; f.
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A bend Andlang Wilig on hyssa pól; ðæt on ðǽre gebyge, C.D. v. 150, 6

Linked entry: -bygu

ge-byld

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-byld, ge-bylded. adj.

ge-býran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býran, (?) to furnish with gebúras,
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colonize Gebýrdum gemǽre colono fine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 26. Cf. á-búrod

Linked entries: -býran ge-býred

ge-byrde

Grammar
ge-byrde, ge-bierde.
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Dele ge-bierde, and add:

ge-byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
ge-byrgen, gebyrgenn, e; f.
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A grave Se wífmon, sé hyre bearn áfédan ne mæg, genime heó sylf hyre ágenes cildes gebyrgenne dǽl, wrý on blace wulle and bebicge tó cépemannum, Lch. iii. 68, 5

here-býme

Grammar
here-býme, l. here-bíme,
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Herebýme classica, tubas, An. Ox. 50, 21. Herebýmum classibus, 2602. and add

íren-byrne

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Add:

ǽ-bylga

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-bylga, an; m.

Anger

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Anger Ǽbylgan indignationem, Ps. L. 77, 49

be-byrgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-byrgan, be-byrgean

to save

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to save Ꝥ hé mihte þá gedýglian and him bebyrgean (-beorgan, v. l.), Gr. D. 109, 33

Beran burh

(n.)
Grammar
Beran burh, gen. burge; dat. byrig; f. [Hunt. Beranbiri : Kni. Banbyry]

BANBURY ⬩ Oxfordshire

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BANBURY, Oxfordshire Hér Cynríc and Ceawlin fuhton wið Brettas æt Beran byrig here, A. D. 556, Cynric and Ceawlin fought with Britons at Banbury, Chr. 556; Th. 30, 9, col. 1, 2, 3

Linked entry: Bearan burh

Bremes burh

(n.)
Grammar
Bremes burh, gen. burge ; dat. byrig; f.

BRAMSBURY or Bramsby, Lincolnshire; ⬩ urbis vel arcis nomen in agro Lincolniensi

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D. 910, Æðelflǽd getimbrede ða burh æt Bremes byrig in this year, A. D. 910, Æthelfled built the fortress at Bramsbury, 910; Th. 184, 11. col. 2

Ægles burg

(n.)
Grammar
Ægles burg, Ægeles burg, [burh]; g. burge; f; Ægles byrig, e ; f.

AYLESBURY, in Buckinghamshire

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Genam Ægles byrig id. Th. 33, 27, col. l. Betweóx Byrnewuda and Ægles byrig betwixt Bernwood and Aylesbury, 921; Th. 194,19

Linked entry: Ægeles birg

Bancorena burh

(n.)
Grammar
Bancorena burh, Bancorna burh; g. burge; d. byrig;

Bangor, in Wales ⬩ civitas Bangor

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Bangor, in Wales; civitas Bangor Swýðest of Bancorena [Bancorna, B.] byrig most chiefly from the city of Bangor, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 39, note

Coludes burh

(n.)
Grammar
Coludes burh, burhg; gen. burge; dat. byrig; f.

Colud's city ⬩ Coldingham ⬩ Berwickshire ⬩ Scotland ⬩ Coludi vel Coludana urbs, Colania, in agro Barovici

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Ǽrðamðe ðæt mynster æt Coludes byrig mid byrne fornumen wære priusquam monasterium Coludanæ urbis esset incendio consumptum 4, 25; S. 599, 18. Hér Coludes burh forbarn mid godcundum fýre in this year [A.

beorc

Grammar
beorc, berc, byrc, byric a birch-tree.
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Byrc populus Wrt. Voc. i. 33, 2: 80, 13. Byric populus betulus, An. Ox. 56, 364, 365. Add

Glæstinga-burh

(n.)
Grammar
Glæstinga-burh, gen. burge; dat. byrig; Glestinga-byrig, Glasting-byri; f.

GLASTONBURY ⬩ Somerset

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GLASTONBURY, Somerset He getymbrade ðæt menster æt Glæstingabyrig he built the monastery at Glastonbury, Chr. 688; Erl. 42, note

be-být

(v.)
Grammar
be-být, 3rd pres. of be-beódan.

commands

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commands,Lk. Bos. 4, 10;

ele-byt

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For example substitute Ǽrenu elebyt lenticula, Wrt. Voc. Ii. 50, 75

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