hrycg-bán
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Add: [v. N. E. D. ridge-bone.]
hweorf-bán
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Hwiorfbán poplites. Lch. i. lxxi, II. Add
irfe-béc
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Olographum testamentum est eallwritene yrfebéc, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 40. Add
hype-bán
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Lendenu vel hypebán renes vel lumbi, hypebán catacrina Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 36, 37. Hypbán catacrinas, ii. 129, 39. Add:
næder-bíta
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nǽder-bita
níd-bád
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Add: figurative Hwæt, wé nú wǽron fægne þæt wé ne móston bedíglan on ússum scræfum, þæt hé ús ne swencte mid his mægnis nídbáðe, Mod. Philol. 1. 33
an-bid
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Úrne endedæg mid swilcum anbide trymman finem nostrum sub tali actu expectare, Chrd. 25, 35. Add
ban-weorc
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action which causes death, manslaughter Seó unlagu ꝥ man móste banweorc on unsacne secgan, Ll. Lbmn. 244, 34. Cf. morþ-weorc
bed-gerid
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Substitute : The food in an ants' nest
wǽl-bed
The bed of the slain
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The bed of the slain Ic hine heardan clammum on wælbedde wríþan þóhte I had thought to bind him on the couch of the slain (i.e. to kill him ), Beo. Th. 1932; B. 964. Hwæt befealdest ðú folmum ðínum on wælbedd bróðor ðínne? Cd. Th. 62,8; Gen. 1011
ǽ-ber
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ǽmet-bed
An ant-hill
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An ant-hill Genim ǽmetbed mid ealle, ðára ðe hwílum fleogað, beóþ reáde, Lch. ii. 338, 21
fýr-béta
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Fýrbéta focarius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 80. Add
breóst-bán
the breast, ⬩ a bone ⬩ The BREAST-BONE; ⬩ pectoris os, pectusculum,
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The BREAST-BONE; pectoris os, pectusculum, Ælfc. Gl. 73; Som. 71, 25; Wrt. Voc. 44, 11
brýd-bed
A bride-bed ⬩ genialis torus
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A bride-bed; genialis torus, Ælfc. Gl. 66; Som. 69, 72; Wrt. Voc. 41, 26
Linked entry: brýd-ræst
wíg-bed
An altar
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An altar [from wíg (wíh) and beód; some forms, e.g. wígbeddes, weóbedd, suggest that the word was thought to be derived from bed] Weófod altar vel ara, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 51. Hé scolde ðone Godes alter habban uppan áholodne, ðæt hé meahte on healdan ða
wíl-bec
a stream of misery (?)
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a stream of misery (?) Wuniendo wær wílbec biscær, Exon. Th. 353, 42; Reim. 26
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