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beót-word

(n.)
Grammar
beót-word, es; n.

a word of threateningthreatsminæa word of boastingjactationis verbum

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[beót I. a threat] a word of threatening, threats; minæ Beótwordum spræc folcágende the people's lord spake in words of threatening, Exon. 68 a; Th. 253, 24; Jul. 185. [beót III. a boasting] a word of boasting; jactationis verbum Beówulf beótwordum

Linked entry: word

Beó-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
Beó-wulf, es; m. [ = Beado-wulf a war-wolf, = Icel. Böðúlfr a warwulf]

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

Linked entry: Beado-wulf

BERE

(n.)
Grammar
BERE, es; m.

Barleyhordeum

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Barley; hordeum Ðá hét he him bere sǽd bringan inde hordeum jussit afferri, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 36 : Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 63. Hira flex and hira beras [MS. bernas] wǽron fordóne eorum linum et hordea læsa sunt, Ex. 9, 31

bere-ærn

(n.)
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bere-ærn, ber-ern, beren, bern, bearn, es; n.

A barley-placea corn-placea barnhorreum

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A barley-place, a corn-place, a barn; horreum He gegaderaþ his hwǽte on his bern congregabit triticum suum in horreum, Mt. Bos. 3, 12 : 13, 30. He feormaþ hys berenes flóre purgabit aream suam, Lk. Jun. 3, 17. Ic towurpe míne berenu destruam horrea mea

bere-sǽd

(n.)
Grammar
bere-sǽd, es; n.

Barley-seedbarleyhordeum

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Barley-seed, barley; hordeum, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 36

bere-wíc

(n.)
Grammar
bere-wíc, es; n.

A barley-villagea corn-villagehordeaceus vel frumentarius vicus,

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A barley-village, a corn-village; hordeaceus vel frumentarius vicus, Th. Diplm. A. D. 1060; 382, 12 : A. D. 1093; 443, 31

bergels-leóþ

(n.)
Grammar
bergels-leóþ, es; n.

A burial odesepulcrale carmen

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A burial ode; sepulcrale carmen, Leo 116

bergel-song

(n.)
Grammar
bergel-song, es; m.

A burial songsepulcralis cantus

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A burial song; sepulcralis cantus, Leo 116

Linked entry: byrgen-song

Berghám-styde

(n.)
Grammar
Berghám-styde, es; m.

BERHAM

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BERHAM, near Canterbury In ðære stówe, ðý hátte Berghámstyde in the place which is called Berham, L. Wih. pref; Th. 1. 36, 6

bern

(n.)
Grammar
bern, es; n.

A barnhorreum

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A barn; horreum Nabbaþ ða hrefnas héddern ne bern the ravens have not store-house nor barn[cellarium neque horreum] Lk. Bos. 12, 24 : 12, 18 : 3, 17 : Mt. Bos. 3, 12 : 13, 30. Bern horreum, Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 78, 131

Linked entry: bærn

be-werigend

(n.)
Grammar
be-werigend, es; m.
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A defender; protector, Ps. Spl. 27, 11

Linked entry: weriend

bi-bod

(n.)
Grammar
bi-bod, es; n.
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A command, decree, an order; mandatum, jussum, Exon. 25 a; Th. 71, 22; Cri. 1159 : Hy. 4, 34; Hy. Grn. ii. 283, 34

Linked entry: be-bod

bíd

(n.)
Grammar
bíd, es; n.
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Delay, abiding; mora Wearþ on bíd wrecen was driven to delay [on delay], Beo. Th. 5917; B. 2962. On bíd wriceþ drives on delay, Exon. 101 b; Th, 382, 29; Rä. 4, 3

biddere

(n.)
Grammar
biddere, es; m.
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A petitioner; petitor vel petax, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 19

bíd-steal

(n.)
Grammar
bíd-steal, -steall, es; m. [bíd an abiding, delay; steal a stall, place]
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A stand, halt; statio, mora He, beald in gebéde, bídsteal gifeþ he, bold in prayer, maketh a stand, Exon. 71 a; Th. 265, 29; Jul. 388. Ic eofore eom cénra, ðonne he, gebolgen, bídsteal giefeþ I am bolder than a wild boar, when he, enraged, makes a stand

bí-fylc

(n.)
Grammar
bí-fylc, es; n. [bí by, near to; fylc a tribe, country, province]
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A neighbouring people, province, or region; provincia vel populus adjacens Of eallum ðyssum bífylcum de cunctis prope provinciis, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 11

bi-gang

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bi-gang, -gong, es; m.
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a course, way, passage, circuit; cursus, via, tenor, circuitus Tída bigong the course of seasons, Exon. 11 a; Th. 15, 13; Cri. 235. an undertaking, business, exercise, religious worship; negotium, exercitatio, cultus, Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 9

big-swíc

(n.)
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big-swíc, es; m.
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Deceit, guile; fraus Bútan brede and bigswíce without fraud and guile, L. Ed. 1; Th. i. 160, 7

BIL

(n.)
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BIL, bill, es; n.
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An old military weapon, with a hooked point, and an edge on the back, as well as within the curve, a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion. Whatever its shape, it must have had two edges; as, in the earliest poem, an envoy is attacked, billes ecgum

Linked entry: bill

bil-gesleht

(n.)
Grammar
bil-gesleht, bill-gesliht, -geslyht, es; n. [bil, bill a sword, gesleht a clashing, conflict, slaughter; from sleán to slay, kill]
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A clashing of swords, battle; ensium concutio, pugna Gelpan ne þorfte beorn blandenfeax bilgeslehtes [billgeslyhtes, Cott. Tiber. A. vi; billgeslihtes, Cott. Tiber. B. i: Cott. Tiber. B. iv] the grizzly-haired warrior needed not boast of the clashing