mór-beám
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Beám-dún
BAMPTON, Devonshire ⬩ oppidum situm esse arbitror in agro Devoniensi, qua Somersætensibus adjacet, et vocari hodie Bampton
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BAMPTON, Devonshire; oppidum situm esse arbitror in agro Devoniensi, qua Somersætensibus adjacet, et vocari hodie Bampton, Gibson Chr. Explicatio, p. 14, col. 1 Hér Cynegils and Cwichelm gefuhton on Beámdúne in this year Cynegils and Cwichelm fought
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web-beám
a weaver's beam ⬩ the treadle of a loom
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a weaver's beam Lorh vel webbeám liciatorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 19: 281, 73. the treadle of a loom Webbeámas insubula, 59, 43: insubuli, ii. 49, 56. [A webbemne laciatorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 218, 3 (15th cent.).]
fíc-beám
A fig-tree ⬩ fīcus
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[beám a tree, v. I]
cyst-beám
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Cystel vel cystbeám castănea, Ælfc. Gl. 46; Som. 65, 6; Wrt. Voc. 33, 5
Linked entries: cystel cisten-beám
sunn-beám
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A sun-beam:?-Ealle ða niht stód swylce beorht sunnbeám tota ea nocte columna lucis stabat, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 24: Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 184. Him gǽþ of se leóma swylce óðer sunnbeám, Lchdm. iii. 272, 5. Hwæt fremaþ ðam blindan seó beorhta sunbeám?
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wín-beám
A vine-pole
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A vine-pole Wínbeám partica, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 4 trabs uinee, Wülck. Gl. 245, 20
ciris-beám
A CHERRY-tree ⬩ cĕrăsus = κερασός
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A CHERRY-tree; cĕrăsus = κερασός Cirisbeám cerasus, Wrt. Voc. 285, 44. Cirisbeám [MS. cisirbeam] cerasus, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 156, 19
Linked entries: beám cyrs-treów
deáþ-beám
A death-tree, tree of death ⬩ mortis arbor, mortifĕra
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A death-tree, tree of death; mortis arbor, mortifĕra Deáþbeámes ofet fruit of the tree of death, Cd. 30; Th. 40, 13; Gen. 638
cwic-beám
The QUICKBEAM, a sort of poplar? forte ⬩ populus tremula? cariscus, juniperus
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The QUICKBEAM, a sort of poplar? forte populus tremula? cariscus, juniperus Genim cwicbeám take quickbeam, L. M. 1, 23; Lchdm. ii. 66, 1. Cwicbeám cariscus, Ælfc. Gl. 46 ; Som. 64, 119; Wrt. Voc. 32, 53
Linked entries: cuic-beám cwic-treów
wudu-beám
A forest tree
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A forest tree Wudubeám wlitig, wyrtum fæst, Cd. Th. 247, 18 ; Dan. 499. Wyrtruman ðæs wudubeámes, 248, 21 ; Dan. 516 : Exon. Th. 328, 27; Vy. 24. Ða wudubeámas wagedon and swégdon, Dóm. L. 7. Wudubeáma wlite, Exon. Th. 202, 25; Ph.75. Wudubeúma helm,
wyn-beám
A tree that causes delight,
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A tree that causes delight, an epithet of the cross Wuldres wynbeám, Elen. Kmbl. 1684; El. 844
scear-beám
The wood to which the ploughshare is fixed
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The wood to which the ploughshare is fixed (?) Scearbeám brigacus. Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 21
ác-beám
An oak-tree ⬩ quercus
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An oak-tree; quercus, Ettm. p. 51
Beám-fleót
Beamfleet [Beamfled, Hunt.] Bamfleet, Benfleet, Essex ⬩ æstuarii nomen in agro Essexiensi, hodie Benfleet
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The name of places now called Beamfleet [Beamfled, Hunt.] Bamfleet, Benfleet, Essex; æstuarii nomen in agro Essexiensi, hodie Benfleet Hie fóron eást to Beámfleóte they marched east to Benfleet, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 15
beám-telg
Dye of a tree [ink] ⬩ tinctura arborea [atramentum scriptorium]
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Dye of a tree [ink]; tinctura arborea [atramentum scriptorium] Fugles wyn beámtelge swealg the bird's joy [i. e. the pen] swallowed dye of a tree, Exon. 107 a; Th. 408, 9; Rä. 27, 9
cuic-beám
A juniper-tree ⬩ juniperus
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A juniper-tree ; juniperus
sige-beám
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A tree on which a victory is gained, generally the cross Se sigebeám the cross, Rood Kmbl. 25 ; Kr. 13 : 251 ; Kr. 127 : Elen. Kmbl. 1927 ; El. 965. Be ðam sigebeáme, on ðam þrowode þeóda Waldend, 840 ; El. 420 : 885 ; El. 444. Sélest sigebeáma, 2053
wanan-beám
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A spindle-tree (v. English Plant Names. E. E. T. S. Pub., and cf; O. H. Ger. spinnel-boum fusarius) Wananbeám (uuanan-, uuonan-) fusarius, Txts. 65, 935 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 5. Wanabeám fus*-*sarius, 36, 58 : fursarius, 1. 286, 3
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wer-beám
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A strong man, warrior Ðá slóh mid hálige hand heofonríces weard werbeámas ( the Egyptians in the Red Sea ), wlance ðeóde, Cod. Th. 208, 20; Exod. 486. Cf. the epithets derived from words denoting trees which are applied to men in Icelandic poetry. v.