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bóc-ung

(n.)
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bóc-ung, e; f.

A BOOKING, a setting down in a book ⬩ inscriptio

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A BOOKING, a setting down in a book; inscriptio

bóc-wudu

(n.)
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bóc-wudu, m.

BEECH-WOOD ⬩ locus fagis consitus

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BEECH-WOOD; locus fagis consitus On bócwuda in the beech-wood, Exon. 111 b; Th. 428, 11; Rä. 41, 106

bóc-scyld

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-scyld, es; m.

A beechen shield ⬩ fagineum scutum

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[bóc a beech-tree, scyld a shield] A beechen shield; fagineum scutum Ic ge-an [MS. geann] Siferþe mínes bócscyldes I give to Siferth my beechen shield, Th. Diplm. A. D. 938; 561, 5

bóc-rǽdere

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-rǽdere, es; m.

A reader of books, a reader ⬩ lector

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A reader of books, a reader; lector, Cot. 126

Linked entry: rǽdere

bóc-rǽding

book-reading, reading

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book-reading, reading

boh-scyld

(n.)
Grammar
boh-scyld, es; m.

A shoulder shield ⬩ ad humerum clypeus

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A shoulder shield; ad humerum clypeus, Æthelst. Test. Mann. = bóc-scyld, q. v

bon-gár

(n.)
Grammar
bon-gár, es; m. [bana, ban a killer, death? gár a spear]

A death-spear ⬩ letifera hasta

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A death-spear; letifera hasta, Beo. Th. 4066; B. 2031

Linked entry: ban-gár

box-treów

(n.)
Grammar
box-treów, es; n.

The BOX-TREE ⬩ buxus

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The BOX-TREE; buxus = πύξos Ðis boxtreów hæc buxus, Ælfc. Gr. 6, 9; Som. 5, 59

þegnung-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
þegnung-bóc, e; f.
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A service-book, a book giving the religious services that were to be performed Leviticus on Grécisc and ministerialis on Lýden, ðæt ys þénungbóc on Englisc, for ðam ðara sacerda þénunga sind ðár áwritene, Lev. pref. Some úre ðéningbéc onginnaþ on Aduentum

bóc-æceras

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Hiis terminis circumtdata terra ... in acquilone, burhware bócaceras, C. D. v. 186, 34. Add

bóc-fel

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Bócfel pergamentum vel membranum, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 14. Word on bócfelle áwritene verba pitacio caraxata, Angl. xiii. 367, 31. Seó rǽding þe ys áwriten on þám bócfelle, viii. 308, 2. Wrít þis on swá langum bócfelle ꝥ hit mæge befón útan ꝥ heáfod, Lch.

bóc-gestreón

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bóc-lár

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He sceal bóclárum hlystan, Wlfst. 267, 6. Add

bóc-rǽdere

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Bócrǽderas lectores, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 8. Add

bóc-rǽding

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Bócrǽding lectio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 7. He his eágan upp áhóf fram þǽre bócrǽdinge, Gr. D. 164, 7. Add

bóc-reád

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Of bócreáde ex mineto, 30, 61. For Cot. 75: 176 substitute: Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 45

bóc-sum

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Dele

bod-scipe

(n.)
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boh-timber

Similar entry: bog-timber

canon-bóc

(n.)
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a book of canons Hæbbe ǽlc bisceop canonbóc tó sinoðe, Ll. Th. ii. 316, 14

Linked entry: bóc

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