aldor-bana
A life destroyer ⬩ vitæ destructor
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A life destroyer; vitæ destructor, Cd. 49; Th. 63, 17; Gen. 1033
Linked entry: ealdor-bana
dǽd-bana
An evil-doer, a perpetrator of murder ⬩ homicida
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An evil-doer, a perpetrator of murder; homicida Gif man gehádodne mid fǽhþe belecge, and secge ðæt he wǽre dǽdbana if any one charge one in holy orders with enmity, and say that he was a perpetrator of homicide, L. Eth. ix. 23; Th. i. 344, 26
in-beran
To bring in
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To bring in, Beo. Th. 4310 ; B. 2152
for-bítan
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To bite to pieces, destroy by biting Áhleóp án leó and hió swengde on hine and forbát him þone sweoran, Hml. A. 206, 391
bǽl-blys
Similar entry: blysian
bed
asked
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asked Ic bed petii, Ps. Spl. 26, 7
fóre-scyttels
A fore-bolt ⬩ bar ⬩ repāgŭlum
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A fore-bolt, bar; repāgŭlum Ðæt ǽnig elda meahte swá fæstlíce fórescyttelsas ó inhebban that any one should ever raise up such firm bars, Exon. 12 a; Th. 20, 4; Cri. 312
bære-flór
A barley-floor ⬩ barn-floor ⬩ threshing-floor ⬩ hordei area ⬩ area
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A barley-floor, barn-floor, threshing-floor; hordei area, area Þurh-clǽnsaþ his bæreflór permundabit aream suam, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 3, 12
Linked entry: bere-flór
wer-bǽre
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Substitute: <b>wer-bǽr, e;</b> f. Pasture-land adjacent to a weir. Cf. C. D. i. 64, 10: vi. 134, 31-34 given under wer; II
Baroc-scír
The bare oak shire ⬩ BERKSHIRE
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The bare oak shire or BERKSHIRE, so called from a polled oak in Windsor forest, where public meetings were held, Brompt. p. 801. It was most commonly written by the Anglo-Saxons-Barruc, Bearruc, and Bearwucscíre, Chr. 860; Th. 130, 3
Linked entry: Bearocscýre
hróst-beág
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the woodwork of a circular roof Tigelum sceádeþ hróstbeáges hróf [MS. hrost beages rof] the woodwork of the roof parts from the tiles, the tiles fall off leaving the woodwork of the roof bare, Exon. 124 a; Th. 477, 29; Ruin. 32. [?]
cyne-bearn
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Siððan ríxadon West-Seaxna cyne*-*barn (-béarn, v. l. ) of þám dæge, Chr. 519; P. 17, 3. Hér Óswiu ofslóh Penda and .xxx. cynebearna ( duces regii xxx interfecti, Bd. 3, 24) mid him, 654; P. 29, 4.
bæc-ern
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Ðæs bæcernes tácen is þæt mon mid bám sámlocone handum tógædere, swilce þú dáh brǽdan wille, Tech. ii. 128, 4. Kycenan and bæcernes (pistrinae), Angl. xiii. 441, 1087. On kycenon oðþe on mynstres bæcerne, R. Ben. 71, 18. Add
baso-popig
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Dele, and see basu
ofer-bæc
the upper part of the back.
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the upper part of the back
under-bæc
backwards ⬩ back ⬩ behind ⬩ back
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Th. 9, 3. where an action is directed towards a point behind the agent's back, behind, back Ðú forwurpe mín word underbæc fram ðé projecisti sermones meos postea, Ps. Th. 49, 18: Homl. Th. ii. 532, 3.
Linked entry: BÆC
bearm-cláþ
A BARME-CLOTH ⬩ a bosom-cloth ⬩ an apron ⬩ sinui imposita mappula
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A BARME-CLOTH [Chauc. The Milleres Tale, 3237], a bosom-cloth, an apron; sinui imposita mappula Bearmcláþ mappula, Wrt. Voc. 26, 68
on-bæc
A-back, backward, behind
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A-back, backward, behind Gang ðú sceocca onbæc, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 10. Ná gewát onbæc heorte úre non recessit retro cor nostrum, Ps. Spl. 43, 21
ord-bana
One who slays with (the point of) a weapon (ord, cf. ecg-bana), a murderer
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One who slays with (the point of) a weapon (ord, cf. ecg-bana), a murderer Ic fylde mid folmum ordbanan Abeles ( Cain ), Cd. Th. 67, 7; Gen. 1097
ge-bǽru
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D. 111, 9 the forms are almost certainly plural, and might belong to a neuter singular ge-bǽre, to which also might be referred all but the four singular forms given above; and in favour of the neuter is the Old Saxon gi-ƀari (an thínumu gibárea).] in