cyning-bald
Kingly or nobly bold ⬩ nobiliter audax
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Kingly or nobly bold; nobiliter audax Férdon forþ cyningbalde men the nobly bold men went forth, Beo. Th. 3273; B. 1634
cwild-bǽre
Pestilence-bearing, deadly ⬩ pestiferus
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Pestilence-bearing, deadly ; pestiferus Scint. 53: 63
Linked entry: cwyld-bǽre
cwyld-bǽre
Pestilence-bearing, deadly
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Pestilence-bearing, deadly
cwylm-bǽre
Death-bearing, pernicious ⬩ mortifĕrus
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Death-bearing, pernicious; mortifĕrus Cómon ða cempan mid cwylmbǽrum tólum the soldiers came with deadly tools, Homl. Th. ii. 260, 7
ecg-bana
A sword-killer, murderer ⬩ glădio cædens, occīsor
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A sword-killer, murderer; glădio cædens, occīsor Cain gewearþ to ecgbanan ángan bréðer Cain became the murderer of his only brother, Beo. Th. 2528; B. 1262. Ecg-bona, 5006; B. 2506
ele-bacen
Oil-baked, baked in or with oil ⬩ ŏleo coctus, ŏleătus
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Oil-baked, baked in or with oil; ŏleo coctus, ŏleătus Manna híg gadredon and grundon on cwyrne oððe britton and sudon on croccan and worhton hláfas ðǽrof: ða wǽron híg swilce híg wǽron elebacene pŏpŭlus collĭgens Man frangēbat mŏla sive tĕrēbat in mortārio
Linked entry: bracan
font-bæþ
A font-bath ⬩ baptism ⬩ baptismus
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A font-bath, baptism; baptismus, Som. Ben. Lye
for-barn
burnt
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burnt, Beo. Th. 3236; B. 1616;
ge-bacen
BAKED ⬩ coctus
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BAKED; coctus Gesoden, gebacen coctus, Ælfc. Gl. 31; Som. 61, 86; Wrt. Voc. 27, 16; 82, 71
ge-bærd
natural quality ⬩ nature ⬩ indŏles
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natural quality, nature; indŏles, Som. Ben. Lye
ealdor-bana
a life-destroyer ⬩ vitæ destructor
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a life-destroyer; vitæ destructor
hunig-bǽre
Mellifluus
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Mellifluus, Hpt. Gl. 408, 457
lof-bǽre
Laudatory
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Laudatory, giving praise Lofbǽrum werodum hymniferis choris, Hymn. Surt. 57, 12
lust-bǽre
desirous ⬩ desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ agreeable
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Producing or having desire or pleasure, desirous, desirable, pleasant, agreeable Lustbǽre libens, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 18: 44; Som. 46, 32. Lustbǽre on gesihþe aspectu delectabile, Gen. 3, 6. Ic wæs swíðe lustbǽre hine tó gehýranne me audiendi avidum
mǽg-bana
A destroyer of one's kinsmen
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A destroyer of one's kinsmen Hit (surfeiting) biþ mǽgbana, and hit ne murneþ for nánum men, ne for fæder ne for méder ne for bróðer ne for swuster ne for nánum gesibban men, Wulfst. 242, 5
Linked entry: bana
mæsser-bana
One who slays a priest
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One who slays a priest Mæsserbanan (MS. C. sacerdbanan), Wulfst. 165, 28
mete-bælg
A bag for food ⬩ wallet
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A bag for food, wallet Búta metbælge (met-bælig, Lind.) sine pera, Lk. Skt. Rush. 22, 35
níw-bacen
New-baked
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New-baked Wé mid ús námon nígbacene hláfas panes calidos sumpsimus, Jos. 9, 12
rǽd-bana
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One who contrives a person's death, but is not the actual perpetrator Gif man secge ðæt hé wǽre dǽdbana oððe rǽdbana if he be said to be the actual perpetrator of homicide, or the deviser of it, L. Eth. ix. 23; Th. i. 344, 26. Cf. Qui ad occidendum aliquem
reád-basu
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Reddish purple Ðǽr synt ða reádbeswean blóstman grówende, L. E. I. prm. ; Th. ii. 400, 5