Beó-wulf
BEOWULF
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BEOWULF, a celebrated warrior of the Scyldings'; race, a record of whose heroic deeds is given in the Anglo-Saxon poem bearing his name. It appears most probable that Beowulf was originally an Old Norse heathen Saga, written in the language common at
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BERE
Barley ⬩ hordeum
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Barley; hordeum Ðá hét he him bere sǽd bringan inde hordeum jussit afferri, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 36 : Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 63. Hira flex and hira beras [MS. bernas] wǽron fordóne eorum linum et hordea læsa sunt, Ex. 9, 31
bere-ærn
A barley-place ⬩ a corn-place ⬩ a barn ⬩ horreum
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A barley-place, a corn-place, a barn; horreum He gegaderaþ his hwǽte on his bern congregabit triticum suum in horreum, Mt. Bos. 3, 12 : 13, 30. He feormaþ hys berenes flóre purgabit aream suam, Lk. Jun. 3, 17. Ic towurpe míne berenu destruam horrea mea
bere-sǽd
Barley-seed ⬩ barley ⬩ hordeum
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Barley-seed, barley; hordeum, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 36
bere-wíc
A barley-village ⬩ a corn-village ⬩ hordeaceus vel frumentarius vicus,
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A barley-village, a corn-village; hordeaceus vel frumentarius vicus, Th. Diplm. A. D. 1060; 382, 12 : A. D. 1093; 443, 31
bergels-leóþ
A burial ode ⬩ sepulcrale carmen
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A burial ode; sepulcrale carmen, Leo 116
bergel-song
A burial song ⬩ sepulcralis cantus
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A burial song; sepulcralis cantus, Leo 116
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Berghám-styde
BERHAM
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BERHAM, near Canterbury In ðære stówe, ðý hátte Berghámstyde in the place which is called Berham, L. Wih. pref; Th. 1. 36, 6
bern
A barn ⬩ horreum
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A barn; horreum Nabbaþ ða hrefnas héddern ne bern the ravens have not store-house nor barn[cellarium neque horreum] Lk. Bos. 12, 24 : 12, 18 : 3, 17 : Mt. Bos. 3, 12 : 13, 30. Bern horreum, Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 78, 131
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burga man
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A citizen; civis Sí hit burga man sim civis sit ille, Deut. 1. 16
burgat
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A city-gate; urbis porta Ðá Samson genam ða burggatu [MS. burgatu] and gebær on his hricge then Samson took the city-gates and bore them on his back, Jud. 16, 3
burg-hleoþ
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A fortress-height, Exon. 107b; Th. 409, 17; Rä. 28, 2
burg-sæl
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A castle-hall, city-dwelling; arcis aula, urbana domus Ofer burgsalu over the city-dwellings, Exon. 51b; Th. 179, 7; Gú. 1258: 52a; Th. 182, 4; Gú. 1305: 96a, Th. 358, 23; Pa. 50
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burg-steal
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A city-place; arcis locus, arx Brosnade burgsteal the city-place has perished, Exon. 124a; Th. 477, 23; Ruin. 29
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burg-tún
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BOROUQH-TOWX, city-inclosure, city-dwelling; urbis septum, urbana domus Sindon burgtúnas brérum beweaxne the city-dwellings are overgrown with briers, Exon. 115b; Th. 443, 16; Kl. 31
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burh-geat
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A city-gate; urbis porta Æt burhgeate at the city-gate, Cd. 111; Th. 146, 22; Gen. 2426. Mid ðam ðe ða burhgata belocene wurdon cum portœ clauderentur, Jos. 2, 5. Fóre burg-geatum before the city-gates, Andr. Kmbl. 1679; An. 842: Exon. 120a; Th. 461,
burh-gemót
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A BURGMOTE, city-moot, meeting of townsmen, corporation; urbis comitia Hæbbe man þríwa on geáre burhgemót thrice in a year let a city-moot be held, L. Edg. ii. 5; Th. i. 268, 3: L. C. S. 18; Th. i. 386, 4
burh-hleoþ
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A fortress-height, the hill on which a city is built; clivus montis, in quo arx vel urbs sita est Forbærned burhhleoðu scorched fortress-heights, Cd. 146; Th. 182, 3; Exod. 70. Ic eom brungen of burghleoðurn I am brought from fortress-heights, Exon.
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burh-man
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A townsman, citizen; urbanus, civis Burhman vel burhsita urbanus, Ælfc. Gl. 50; Som. 65, 103; Wrt. Voc. 34, 32: Nathan. 1
burh-ræced
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A city-dwelling