glig-beám
A glee-beam ⬩ timbrel ⬩ tabret ⬩ tympanum
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A glee-beam, timbrel, tabret; tympanum, Ps. Spl. 80, 2: 150, 4
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gliw-beám
A glee-beam ⬩ timbrel ⬩ tabret ⬩ tympanum
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A glee-beam, timbrel, tabret; tympanum, Ps. Spl. 149, 3
searu-bend
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A cunning, curious clasp or fastening Glóf searobendum fæst, sió wæs orþoncum eall gegyrwed diófles cræftum, Beo. Th. 4179; B. 2086. Cf. orþanc-bend
ge-beád
offered
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offered,Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 5, 15;
ge-beág
bowed
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bowed,Beo. Th. 2487; B. 1241 : 3085; B. 1540 : 5128; B. 2567;
ge-beát
A beating ⬩ blow
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A beating, blow Drihten worhte áne swipe of rápum, and hí ealle mid gebeáte útascynde the Lord made a scourge of ropes and hurried them all out with beating, Homl. Th. i. 406, 8
Linked entry: -beát
ge-béded
compelled ⬩ driven
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compelled, driven,Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 33
ge-beod
A prayer ⬩ supplication ⬩ prĕces
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A prayer, supplication; prĕces Dæghwamlíce Drihtne béna and gebeoda borene beón sceoldan cotĭdie Domino prĕces offerri dēbērent, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 6. Gebeodo ðína deprecatio tua, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 13 : Rtl. 14, 36
sige-beáh
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That which encircles the head of the victor, a crown Hé onféng sigebeáh ( coronam ) éces lífes. Bd. 1, 7 ; S. 478, 34. Sigbég, Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 2 : Rtl. l, 15. Sigbéh, 6, 1
sige-beám
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A tree on which a victory is gained, generally the cross Se sigebeám the cross, Rood Kmbl. 25 ; Kr. 13 : 251 ; Kr. 127 : Elen. Kmbl. 1927 ; El. 965. Be ðam sigebeáme, on ðam þrowode þeóda Waldend, 840 ; El. 420 : 885 ; El. 444. Sélest sigebeáma, 2053
sunn-beám
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A sun-beam:?-Ealle ða niht stód swylce beorht sunnbeám tota ea nocte columna lucis stabat, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 24: Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 184. Him gǽþ of se leóma swylce óðer sunnbeám, Lchdm. iii. 272, 5. Hwæt fremaþ ðam blindan seó beorhta sunbeám? Homl.
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sunne-beám
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A sun-beam Hér æteówede cometa se steorra, and scán iii móuðas swilce sunnebeám, Chr. 678; Erl. 41, 5
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un-beden
Unbidden ⬩ unasked
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Unbidden, unasked Sume preóstas ... unbedene gaderiaþ hí tó ðam líce, swá swá grǽdige ræmmas ðár ðár hí hold geseóð, L. Ælfc. P. 49; Th. ii. 386, 2
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wanan-beám
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A spindle-tree (v. English Plant Names. E. E. T. S. Pub., and cf; O. H. Ger. spinnel-boum fusarius) Wananbeám (uuanan-, uuonan-) fusarius, Txts. 65, 935 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 5. Wanabeám fus*-*sarius, 36, 58 : fursarius, 1. 286, 3
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wer-beám
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A strong man, warrior Ðá slóh mid hálige hand heofonríces weard werbeámas ( the Egyptians in the Red Sea ), wlance ðeóde, Cod. Th. 208, 20; Exod. 486. Cf. the epithets derived from words denoting trees which are applied to men in Icelandic poetry. v.
wíte-bend
a torturing bond ⬩ a prison-bond
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a torturing bond, a prison-bond Ðé wǽrlogan wítebendum swencan móton, Andr. Kmbl. 216; An. 108. Wé ellþeódigne on carcerne clommum belegdon, wítebendum, 3120; An. 1563
wiþo-bend
wood-bine
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wood-bine Nim weoþobend, Lchdm. ii. 312, 12
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word-beót
A promise
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A promise Ða com féran Freá tó Sarran swá hé self gecwæð, hæfde wordbeót leófum gelǽsted, Cd. Th. 167, 6; Gen. 2761. Wáciaþ wordbeót, Exon. Th. 469, 22; Hy. II, 6
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