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
beáh-hroden
Crown-adorned ⬩ adorned with bracelets ⬩ armillis vel diademate ornatus
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Crown-adorned, adorned with bracelets; armillis vel diademate ornatus Beáh-hroden [MS. beághroden] cwén a queen adorned with bracelets, Beo. Th. 1251; B. 623
Linked entry: hroden
bere-gafol
Barley-rent ⬩ a tribute of barley ⬩ hordei tributum
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Barley-rent, a tribute of barley; hordei tributum. One of the rents paid in kind, which, by the following enactment, is fixed at the rate of six pounds weight for every labourer employed in the barley harvest Mon sceal simle to bere-gafole agifan æt
Linked entry: gafol-bere
cisten-beám
A chesnut-tree ⬩ castanea = κάστανον
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A chesnut-tree; castanea = κάστανον Cisten-beám [MS. cistenbean] castanea, Wrt. Voc. 285, 46
bén-ríp
The reaping of corn by request ⬩ ad preces messio
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Originally the tenant came to reap corn etc. at his lord's request : in time, it grew into a custom or duty, but its old designation bén-ríp was still used Eác he sceal hwíltídum geára beón on manegum weorcum to hláfordes willan, to-eácan bényrþe and
Linked entry: béd-ríp
bed-reáf
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Ben. 47, 3. Ðonne þú bedreáf habban wylle, þonne wege þú þín reáf, Tech. ii. 126, 4. Add
BÉTE
BEET ⬩ bēta = σεύτλoν
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BEET, a root from which sugar is often extracted; bēta = σεύτλoν, n Sindon eáþ begeátra béteand mealwe beet and mallow are more easily procured, L. M. 2, 30; Lchdm. ii. 226, 25: iii. 12, 26. Wyrc drænc of ðære bétan [MS. beton] work a drink of the beet
ben-geat
A wound-gate ⬩ the opening of a wound ⬩ vulneris porta
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A wound-gate, the opening of a wound; vulneris porta Bengeato burston the wound-gates burst open Beo. Th. 2246; B. 1121
bén-yrþ
Ploughed land ⬩ precum aratura
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Ploughed land; precum aratura Eác he sceal hwíltídum geára beón on manegum weorcum to hláfordes willan, to-eácan bényrþe and bénrípe and mǽdmǽwecte etiam debet esse paratus ad multas operationes voluntatis domini sui, et ad bényrþe, id est, araturam
bén-dæg
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A rogation day Þá dagas synt geháten on Lýden rogacionum dies, and on Englisc béndagas, Angl. viii. 329, 26
bén-tíðe
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brýd-bed
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Wearð ꝥ brýdbed mid brǽðe áfylled, Hml. S. 4, 32. His brýdbedd, 7, 43. Brúcan his dohtor árleásan brídbeddes, Ap. Th. 3, 7. On eówrum brýdbedde, Hml. S. 4, 19. Swá swá brýdguma of his brýdbedde, Hml. Th. i. 200, 21: ii. 10, 26: Hml. A. 27, 82. Add
bed-gerid
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Substitute : The food in an ants' nest
brýd-bed
A bride-bed ⬩ genialis torus
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A bride-bed; genialis torus, Ælfc. Gl. 66; Som. 69, 72; Wrt. Voc. 41, 26
Linked entry: brýd-ræst
on-bén
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
hnut-beám
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Hnutbeám nux Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 4. Hnut-beám oððe walhhnutu, 60, 23. Add
béd-dagas
Prayer-days ⬩ Rogation-days
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Prayer-days, Rogation-days;
béd-rǽden
An assignment ⬩ ordinance ⬩ appointment ⬩ assignatio
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An assignment, ordinance or appointment; assignatio,Som