bælca
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Some kind of wooden fetter (? cf. D. D., s. v. balk, 'a wooden frame for securing the cow's head while being milked') Mistlice þreála gebyriað for synnum, bendas oððe dyntas, lobban oððe bælcan, Ll. Th. ii. 278, 27. Þá Regulus hí swíðost forslagen hæfde
bædd
a bed
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a bed,Vit. Swith
bæga
of both
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of both, Th. Diplm. A.D. 804-829; 462, 17
bælg
A bulge ⬩ bag ⬩ bulga
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A bulge, bag; bulga, Cot. 27
-bǽre
Producing ⬩ bearing
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Producing, bearing, from beran to bear, produce; as, wæstm-bǽre fruit-bearing, fruitful; frugifer: æppel-bǽre apple-bearing; pomifer: horn-bǽre horn-bearing; corniger: leóht-bǽre light-bearing
Linked entry: -bora
bærm
a bosom ⬩ lap ⬩ sinus
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a bosom, lap; sinus,Som. Lye
bærn
a barn
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a barn, Wrt. Voc. 84, 55
-bǽro
a bearing
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a bearing
BÆST
The inner bark of a tree, of which ropes were made ⬩ tilia
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The inner bark of a tree, of which ropes were made; tilia Bæst vel lind tilia, Lye
-bǽre
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bæþ
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Add: v. fant-bæþ, fullwiht-bæþ
bǽre
Gesture ⬩ movement
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Gesture, movement Bǽrum gestibus, An. Ox. 45. Styllum bǽrum quietis lapsibus, Germ. 400, 487
-bǽre
-bǽre
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Add:
bæþ
a bath for washing ⬩ the bath of fish or sea-fowl:--
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Dele II, and add: a bath for washing Bæþ (balnearum usus, baða brice, R. Ben. I. 68, 1) þám untrumum swá oft swá hit framige; hálum and húru þám geongum sý seldor and lator getíðod, R. Ben. 60, 22. v. pænningas tó beðe (= bæðe?) five pence for the expenses
bæce-ring
A gridiron
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A gridiron Bæcering craticula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 53: 42, 6. Substitute:
bæc-bord
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Hé lét him þá wídsǽ on ðæt bæc-bord, Ors. 1, 1;Swt. 17, 11, 27: 19, 17, 35, 30. On bæcbord him wæs Langaland, 35. Add
bǽm
both
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both, Bt. 38, 5, MS. Cott; Fox 206, 15: Th. Diplm. A.D. 804-829; 463, 3
BÆR
BARE ⬩ naked ⬩ open ⬩ nudus
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BARE, naked, open; nudus On bær líc on the bare body, Exon. 125a; Th. 482, 7; Rä. 66, 4. On barum sondum on bare sands, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 24. Wit hér baru standaþ unwered wǽdo we stand here naked, unprotected by garments, Cd. 38; Th. 50, 20; Gen.
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bær
bore
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bore,Cd. 24; Th. 31, 2; Gen. 479: 178; Th. 223, 18; Dan. 121;