wín-bóh
A branch of a vine
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A branch of a vine Wínbóga palmitum, Hpt. Gl. 468, 17: 496, 74: Homl. Th. ii. 74, 6. Of ðámwínbógum mid berium mid eallum palmitem cum uva sua, Num. 13, 24
geán-bóc
A duplicate charter
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A duplicate charter Geánbóc to Beonetleáge, C. D. vi. 177, 24. Geánbéc (printed Cean-) intó Gléweceaster, iii. 208, 25. Ðás génbéc hýrað intó Wincescumbe, 256, I : C. D. B. iii. 338, 20
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bád
expected ⬩ waited
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expected, waited,Cd. 132; Th. 167, 32; Gen. 2774;
béc
books
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books, Hy. 7, 20; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 20
bar
A bear ⬩ ursns
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A bear; ursns
bat
contention ⬩ strife ⬩ contentio ⬩ a bat ⬩ club ⬩ staff ⬩ stick ⬩ fustis
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contention, strife; contentio, R. Ben. 21. a bat, club, staff, stick; fustis, Som
bát
Food ⬩ esca
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What can be bitten,- Food; esca,Ettm. 305
bed
asked
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asked Ic bed petii, Ps. Spl. 26, 7
ban
A command ⬩ edict ⬩ interdict ⬩ mandatum ⬩ edictum ⬩ interdictum
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A command, edict, interdict; mandatum, edictum, interdictum, Grm. 3rd edit. i. 359, 8
BEÓ
A BEE ⬩ apis
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A BEE; apis. The keeping of bees was an object of much care in the economy of the Anglo-Saxons. The great variety of expressions, taken from the flavour of honey, sufficiently account for the value they placed upon it. While the bee-masters [beó-ceorlas
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beó
I am or shall be ⬩ be thou ⬩ sum ⬩ ero ⬩ sis
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I am or shall be, be thou; sum, ero, sis Gefultuma me fæste, ðonne beó ic fægere hál adjuva me, et salvus ero Ps. Th. 118, 117. Ic beó ero Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 29. Beó ðú sis: Beó he sit 32; Som. 36, 30 : Beo. Th. 777; B. 386
beóm
am
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am Exon. 30 a; Th. 91, 13; Cri. 1491
beón
bees
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bees Ps. Spl. 117, 12 : L. R. S. 5; Th. i. 434, 35
BEÓT
a threatening ⬩ threat ⬩ command ⬩ menace ⬩ comminatio ⬩ minæ ⬩ peril ⬩ periculum ⬩ a boasting ⬩ boasting promise ⬩ promise ⬩ jactantia ⬩ promissio gloriosa ⬩ promissum
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a threatening, threat, command, menace; comminatio, minæ He ne wæs ondredende ða beótunge [beót, MSS. B. C.] ðæs ealdormannes minas principis non metuit, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477. 23 : Exon. 68 a; Th. 253, 7; Jul. 176. peril; periculum Ðenden [ðen, MS.] in
beót
beat ⬩ hurt
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beat, hurt Cd. 187; Th. 232, 24; Dan. 265;
béh
a crown
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a crown On ðone béh in coronam Bd. 5, 21; S. 643, 28
bíd
Delay, abiding ⬩ mora
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Delay, abiding; mora Wearþ on bíd wrecen was driven to delay [on delay], Beo. Th. 5917; B. 2962. On bíd wriceþ drives on delay, Exon. 101 b; Th, 382, 29; Rä. 4, 3
big
Of, about, concerning ⬩ de, quoad
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Of, about, concerning; de, quoad Big ðam ðe ic ðé ǽr sægde de qua tibi ante dixi, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 35
BIL
a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion ⬩ falx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus
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An old military weapon, with a hooked point, and an edge on the back, as well as within the curve, a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion. Whatever its shape, it must have had two edges; as, in the earliest poem, an envoy is attacked, billes ecgum
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