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Anglo-Saxon

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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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næder-bíta, l.
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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

(n.)
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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

beó-lǽs

Similar entry: lǽs

big-spæc

Similar entry: bí-swæc

wǽl-bed

(n.)
Grammar
wǽl-bed, wǽl-bedd, es; n.

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

(n.)
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ǽmet-bed, ǽmet-bedd, es; n.

An ant-hill

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An ant-hill Genim ǽmetbed mid ealle, ðára ðe hwílum fleogað, beóþ reáde, Lch. ii. 338, 21

Linked entries: bed bed-gerid

fýr-béta

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Fýrbéta focarius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 80. Add

breóst-bán

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-bán, es; n. [breóst
the breast,
bán
a bone
]

the breast,a boneThe 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

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-bed, es; n.

A bride-bedgenialis 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

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-bed, wí-bed, wió-bed, -bud, wié-bed, weó-bed, -bud, weófod (-ed, -ud), wéfod, es, also -beddes; n. (generally, but se weóbud, Past. 33; Swt. 217, 21, and pl. wíbedas, Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 42)

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

(n.)

a stream of misery (?)

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a stream of misery (?) Wuniendo wær wílbec biscær, Exon. Th. 353, 42; Reim. 26

on-bén

(n.)
Grammar
on-bén, e; f.

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