bealu-ben
A baleful wound ⬩ lethale vulnus
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A baleful wound; lethale vulnus, Cd. 154; Th. 192, 27; Exod. 238
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bén-feorm
Food required from a tenant ⬩ firma precum
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Food required from a tenant; firma precum L. R. S. 21; Th. i. 440, 26
ben-geat
A wound-gate ⬩ the opening of a wound ⬩ vulneris porta
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A wound-gate, the opening of a wound; vulneris porta Bengeato burston the wound-gates burst open Beo. Th. 2246; B. 1121
bén-ríp
The reaping of corn by request ⬩ ad preces messio
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The reaping of corn by request; ad preces messio. Originally the tenant came to reap corn etc. at his lord's request : in time, it grew into a custom or duty, but its old designation bén-ríp was still used Eác he sceal hwíltídum geára beón on manegum
Linked entry: béd-ríp
bén-yrþ
Ploughed land ⬩ precum aratura
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Ploughed land; precum aratura Eác he sceal hwíltídum geára beón on manegum weorcum to hláfordes willan, to-eácan bényrþe and bénrípe and mǽdmǽwecte etiam debet esse paratus ad multas operationes voluntatis domini sui, et ad bényrþe, id est, araturam
beó-gang
A swarm of bees ⬩ examen
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A swarm of bees; examen Cot. 15, 164
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beó-þeóf
A thief or stealer of bees ⬩ apum fur
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A thief or stealer of bees; apum fur L. Alf. pol. 9; Th. i. 68, 6
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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beó-wyrt
BEE-WORT ⬩ balm mint ⬩ sweet flag ⬩ apiastrum ⬩ ⬩ acorus calamus
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BEE-WORT, balm mint, sweet flag; apiastrum, acorus = άκoρos, acorus calamus, Lin Beówyrt apiastrum, Cot. 12 : Ælfc. Gl. 39; Som. 63, 55; Wrt. Voc. 30, 9. Ðeós wyrt, ðe man on Léden veneriam, and on úre geþeóde beówyrt, nemneþ, heó biþ cenned on begánum
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feld-beó
A field-bee ⬩ locust ⬩ ăpis campestris ⬩ attăcus ⬩ άττακόs
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A field-bee, locust; ăpis campestris, attăcus = άττακόs Feld-beó adticus [ = attăcus ], Wrt. Voc. 281, 38
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bén-dæg
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A rogation day Þá dagas synt geháten on Lýden rogacionum dies, and on Englisc béndagas, Angl. viii. 329, 26
bén-tíðe
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beó-breád
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For meanings given substitute: Honeycomb with honey, and add Beóbreád favus, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 65: favum, 284, 70: favi, ii. 37, 62: Beóbréd favus, Germ. 390, 72. Hwæt getácnode ðæs hunies beóbreád ? Beóbreád is on twám ðingum, on weaxe and on hunie,
beó-cere
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Beócere apiarius, Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 69: ii. 8, 17. Hwíta hátte wæs beócere intó Hǽðfelda, Cht. Th. 649, 27. Add
beó-gang
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Substitute Beógang ag[m]en Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 39: ii. 8, 12
Beó-wulf
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v. Arnold's 'Notes on Beowulf.' Substitute:
beó-wyrt
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Biówyrt apiastrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 45. Beówyrt, 8, 6: i. 284, 42: marubium, 55, 54: (bió-), 113, 66: acanton, i. 67, 5. Add
on-bén
A prayer asking for something (evil) to come upon a person, an imprecation
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A prayer asking for something (evil) to come upon a person, an imprecation Hí ús mid heora wiðerwordum onbénum and wyrinessum éhtaþ qui adversis nos imprecationibus persequuntur, Bd. 2, 2; S. 504, 4