and-wlite
The countenance ⬩ face ⬩ vultus ⬩ facies
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The countenance, face; vultus, facies Efennysse geseah andwlite his æquitatem vidit vultus ejus, Ps. Spl. T. 10, 8
Linked entry: on-wlite
Angel-cynn
The Angle or English race ⬩ Anglorum gens
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The Angle or English race; Anglorum gens, Bd. pref; S. 471, 23: 4, 16; S. 584, 13
Linked entry: Engla land
be-flagen flǽsc
The bowels ⬩ viscera
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The bowels; viscera Beflagen flǽc [ = flǽsc] vel innoþes innewearde viscera, Ælfc. Gl. 75; Som. 71, 99; Wrt. Voc. 45, 7
Linked entry: be-fleán
beg-beám
The mulberry-tree ⬩ the blackberry-bush ⬩ a tree bearing berries ⬩ a bramble ⬩ morus ⬩ rubus
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The mulberry-tree, the blackberry-bush, a tree bearing berries, a bramble; morus, rubus Moyses æt-ýwde wið ǽnne beigbeám Moyses ostendit secus rubum Mωσήs έμήνυσεν έπί τήs βάτου Lk. Bos. 20, 37
Linked entry: beig-beám
baan
A bone
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A bone Ne tobrǽcan ða baan they broke not the bones, Homl. Daye 55, 17; Th. has, Ne tobrǽcon ða bán, Homl. ii. 280, 9
Babilón
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This celebrated city of antiquity, in Mesopotamia, was built on both banks of the Euphrates. Its foundation by Nimrod is mentioned immediately after the Deluge, Gen. 10, 9, 10: 11, 9 Nimrod [MS. Membrað], se ent, ongan ǽrest timbrian Babilónia; and Ninus
Linked entries: Babilónia Babilónie Babilónige Babilónis Babylón
bac-slitol
A backbiter ⬩ detractor
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A backbiter; detractor, Off. reg. 15
bæc-bord
The larboard or left-hand side of a ship, when looking towards the prow or head ⬩ navigii sinistra pars
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The larboard or left-hand side of a ship, when looking towards the prow or head; navigii sinistra pars Burgenda land wæs us on æcbord the land of the Burgundians was on our larboard or left, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 21, 44
bæcere
A BAKER ⬩ pistor
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A BAKER; pistor, Ælfc. Gl. 50; Som. 65, 109; Wrt. Voc. 34, 38
bæce-ring
A grate formed as a ring used for baking ⬩ a gridiron ⬩ craticula
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A grate formed as a ring used for baking, a gridiron; craticula, Cot. 99
bæc-hús
A BAKEHOUSE ⬩ pistrinum
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A BAKEHOUSE; pistrinum, Ælfc. Gl. 22?
bæc-slitol
A backbiter ⬩ detractor
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A backbiter; detractor, Off. reg. 15
Linked entries: slítan slitol bac-slitol
bæddel
A hermaphrodite ⬩ hermaphroditus
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A hermaphrodite; hermaphroditus Wǽpen-wífestre vel scritta vel bæddel hermaphroditus, Ælfc. Gl. 76; Som. 71, 125; Wrt. Voc. 45, 28
bædling
A delicate fellow ⬩ tenderling ⬩ one who lies much in bed ⬩ homo delicatus
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A delicate fellow, tenderling, one who lies much in bed; homo delicatus Bædlingas effeminate men; μaλaκoí, Cot. 71: 1 Cot. 6, 9
Linked entry: bedling
bæd-þearm
Mentera ⬩ entera ⬩ έντερa
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Mentera, entera ? = έντερa, pl. n. exentera ? Bæd-þearm seems to be an error of the copyist for bæcþearm, Ælfc. Gl. 76; Som. 71, 122; Wrt. Voc. 45, 27
BǼL
fire ⬩ flame ⬩ ignis ⬩ flamma ⬩ the fire of a funeral pile, in which dead bodies were burned ⬩ a funeral pile ⬩ rogus ⬩ pyra
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fire, flame; ignis, flamma Hæfde landwara líge befangen, bǽle and bronde he had enveloped the inhabitants of the land with flame, with fire and brand, Beo. Th. 4633; B. 2322: 4606; B. 2308. Bǽles cwealm in helle the torment of the fire in hell, Andr.
bælc
a BELCH ⬩ eructatio ⬩ the stomach ⬩ pride ⬩ arrogance ⬩ stomachus ⬩ superbia ⬩ arrogantia
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a BELCH; eructatio, Mann. the stomach, pride, arrogance; stomachus, superbia, arrogantia He him bælc forbígde he bent their pride, Cd. 4; Th. 4, 15; Gen. 54: Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 18; Jud. 267
Linked entry: bælcan
BÆLC
A covering ⬩ tegmen ⬩ peristroma ⬩ tabulatum
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A covering; tegmen, peristroma, tabulatum He bælce oferbrǽdde byrnendne heofon he overspread with a covering the burning heaven, Cd. 146; Th. 182, 9; Exod. 73
bælg
A bulge ⬩ bag ⬩ bulga
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A bulge, bag; bulga, Cot. 27
bǽl-stede
A funeral pile place ⬩ rogi locus
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A funeral pile place; rogi locus, Beo. Th. 6185; B. 3097