morþ-bealu
Deadly harm ⬩ murder
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Deadly harm, murder, Beo. Th. 272; B. 136
morþor-bealu
Deadly hurt ⬩ murder
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Deadly hurt, murder Geseón morþorbealo mága, Beo. Th. 2162; B. 1079: 5477; B. 2742
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niht-bealu
Bale or hurt that comes at night
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Bale or hurt that comes at night, Beo. 389; B. 193
þeód-bealu
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Great ill, grievous ill Þeódbealu on þreó healfa ( referring to three elements in the misery of the lost; cf. O. Sax. thiod-arbédi, applied to the expulsion from Eden ), Exon. Th. 78, 2; Cri. 1268. Andrea þúhte þeódbealo þearlíc tó geþolianne, ðæt hé
wíg-bealu
War-bale ⬩ harm caused by war ⬩ the calamity of war
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War-bale, harm caused by war, the calamity of war Wígbealu weccean to kindle the wasting flame of war, Beo. Th. 4098; B. 2046
bealo-ware
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Dele and see bealo; adj
dryhten-bealo
Profound misery, extreme evil ⬩ permagna calămĭtas
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Profound misery, extreme evil; permagna calămĭtas He sceal dreógan dryhten-bealo he shall suffer profound misery, Exon. 88 a; Th. 330, 22; Vy. 55.
BEALD
BOLD ⬩ brave ⬩ confident ⬩ of good courage ⬩ validus ⬩ strenuus ⬩ fortis ⬩ constans ⬩ audax ⬩ fidens ⬩ bono animo ⬩ liber
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Beald reordade, eádig on elne brave he spake, happy in courage, Exon. 47 b; Th. 163, 24; Gú. 998. He healdeþ Meotudes ǽ beald in breóstum bold in his breast he holds the law of the Creator, Exon. 62 b ; Th. 229, 20; Ph. 458.
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beald
bold ⬩ confident ⬩ bold ⬩ impudent
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Bealwes tó beald, Bl. H. 109, 28. Hé næs náht beald him tó tó gánne, Gr. D. 132, 13. Se bealda Hieu, Hml. S. 18, 359. Hí hæfden on bendum ǽnne bealdne ðeóf, Barraban (cf. ǽnne strangne þeófmann, insignem ) Mt. 27, 16, Hml. Th. ii. 252, 11.
BEARG
A castrated boar ⬩ a barrow pig ⬩ majālis
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A castrated boar, a barrow pig; majālis Amæsted swín, bearg bellende on bóc-wuda a fattened swine, a barrow pig [castrated boar] grunting in beech woods, Exon. 111 b ; Th. 428, 10 ; Rä. 41, 106. Bearh majalis, Ælfc. Gl. 20; Som. 59, 31; Wrt. Voc. 22,
beáh
Metal made into circular ornaments ⬩ A ring ⬩ bracelet ⬩ collar ⬩ garland ⬩ crown ⬩ anulus ⬩ armilla ⬩ diadema ⬩ corona
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Metal made into circular ornaments, as A ring, bracelet, collar, garland, crown; anulus, armilla, diadema, corona. Bracelets were worn about the arms and wrists; rings on the fingers, round the ankles, the neck, and about the head. See Guide to Northern
BEARO
A grove ⬩ wood ⬩ nemus ⬩ lucus ⬩ silva ⬩ virgultum
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A grove, wood; nemus vel lucus, silva, virgultum Se hálga bearo sette the holy man planted a grove, Cd. 137; Th. 172, 7; Gen. 2840. Wæter wynsumu bearo ealne geondfaraþ pleasant waters pervade all the grove, Exon. 56 b; Th. 202, 10; Ph. 67. Bearu nemus
bealo
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Add: v. cwealm-bealo, dryhten-bealo
beald
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Tó beald (bald, v.l.) and tó scomleás presumptione percussus, Past. 61, 2. Add
beán
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Beán cicer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 82: 14, 37: falla, 35, 13: legumen, 52, 14. Gegrunden beán faba pressa, 39, 68: 146, 62. Fugles beán vicium, 123, 57. Beána fabae, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 84, 6. Heó hafað sǽd swylce beána, Lch. i. 238, 19. Greáte beáne, iii. 56, 21
bealh
was angry ⬩ irritated
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was angry, irritated;
beám
a beam ⬩ post ⬩ a beam of light
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Add: a tree Nim ǽlces treówcynnes dǽl bútan heardan beáman (cf. tree heard) arborem sicomorum, Lk. L. 19, 4, Lch. i. 398, 8. a beam, post Beám trabes, Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 13: trabs, 290, 6. Swá swá greát beám (or tree?) on wyda wyrcþ hlúdne dynt, Bt. 38
bealg
was angry
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was angry,Exon. 68 a; Th. 253, 25; Jul. 185;
beadu
Battle ⬩ war
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Battle, war, etc. Andr. Kmbl. 1963; An. 984
bearu
a grove
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a grove, Wrt. Voc. 32, 38