sunn-beám
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Add: sunshine Heó cóm geglenged mid golde and scínendum gymstánum swilce sunbeám, Hml, S. 35, 90. Þá gesæt hé sumedæge under sunnbeáme (cf. sunne, ), Hml. Th. ii. 134, 25
sweór-beáh
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Sweórbeáh baben, torques aurea cum gemenis Hpt. 31, 13, 295. Add
beám-wer
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a weir made of logs Beneoðan beámwer on ðone norðere steð, C. D. v. 148, 31
bearn-eácnod
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pregnant Heó wæs bearneácnod of ðám Hálgan Gáste, Nap. 8
hǽlu-bearn
A child who brings salvation, the Saviour,
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A child who brings salvation, the Saviour, Exon. 16 a; Th. 37, 1; Cri. 586 : 19 a; Th. 47, 12; Cri. 754
heáfod-beáh
A head-ring, crown
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A head-ring, crown Heáfodbeáh gyldenne a golden crown, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 188, 8
heals-beág
A ring for the neck, necklace ⬩ monile, collare, ⬩ torques
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A ring for the neck, necklace; monile, collare, Beo. Th. 4350; B. 2172
hnut-beám
A nut tree; ⬩ corylus avellana
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A nut tree; corylus avellana Hnutbeám nux velnucarius, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 38; Wrt. Voc. 33, 35. Hnutbeámes rind, L. M. i. 3, 6; Lchdm. ii. 42, 3; 52, 1. Hnutbeámes leáf, Lchdm. iii. 6, 15
bearn-eaca
Big with child ⬩ pregnant
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Big with child, pregnant Maria wæs þágyt bearneáca, Hml. Th. i. 30, 9. Ðonne mon sníð ðá bearneácan (praegnantes), wíf Past. 366, 14
be-beran
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In rihte beborene municipales, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 16. Add
bearn-myrþra
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Ðider sculan wiccan and bearnmyrðran, Wlfst. 115, 1. Hér syndan myltestran and bearnmyrðran, 165, 33. Add
beáw-hyrnet
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Dele, and see preceding word
bén-feorm
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Substitute: A bean-feast. Cf. winter-feorm
béme
A trumpet ⬩ tuba ⬩ salpinx
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A trumpet; tuba, salpinx Béman bláwan to blow the trumpet Cd. 227; Th. 302, 19; Sat. 602. Béme barbita Cot. 27
beadu-cræftig
War-crafty ⬩ warlike ⬩ bellicosus
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War-crafty, warlike; bellicosus Fugel beaducræftig the warlike bird, Exon. 60a; Th. 217, 26; Ph. 286. Beaducræftig beorn Bartholameus a warlike chief, Bartholomeus, Apstls. Kmbl. 87; Ap. 44
Linked entry: beado-cræftig
ífig-beara
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a grove of ivy-covered trees (? cf. ífiht) On ífigbearo, of ífigbeara, Cht. Crw. l, 15
bealo-hycgende
Intending evil ⬩ perniciem moliens
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Intending evil; perniciem moliens Ǽghwæðrum wæs bealo-hycgendra bróga fram óðrum to either of them, intending evil, was a fear of the other, Beo. Th. 5123; B. 2565
Linked entry: -hycgende
BEÓ
A BEE ⬩ apis
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A BEE; apis. The keeping of bees was an object of much care in the economy of the Anglo-Saxons. The great variety of expressions, taken from the flavour of honey, sufficiently account for the value they placed upon it. While the bee-masters [beó-ceorlas
Linked entries: beáw-hyrnet beón bió
beald-ness
Boldness
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Boldness Hé mid micelre baldnesse cíðde ꝥ se Hǽlend wǽre sóð Godes sunu, Shrn. 31, 34
beácen-fýr
A signal-fire ⬩ lighthouse
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A signal-fire, lighthouse Bǽcenfýr farans ( = farus), Txts. 180, 7
Linked entry: fýr