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bera

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Bera vel bár berrus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 1. Bera sceal on hǽðe, eald and egesfull, Gu. C. 29. Hét ꝥ hine man wurpe berum tó fretanne . . . and þǽr wæs begyten se mǽsta and se réþesta bera, Gr. D. 194, 20-25. Fearres gelícnysse and beran ansýne, Guth. 48

beáw

(n.)

a gadfly

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a gadfly Beáw cretabulus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 77: 136, 79. Beáw vel (v. Wülck. Gl. 121, 12) hyrnette oestrum, i. 23, 64

bearn

(n.)
Grammar
bearn, es; n.

A barley-place ⬩ a BARN ⬩ honeum

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A barley-place, a BARN; honeum He gadereþ hys hwǽte on his bearn congregabit triticum suum in horreum, Mt. Kmbl. Hat. 3, 12

beád

(n.)
Grammar
beád, es; m.

A table ⬩ mensa

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A table; mensa Of beád de mensa, Lk. Lind. War. 16, 21. Beádas, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 12

bearo

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On bearwe in nemore, 46, 6. Hwæt ic ána sæt innan bearwe mid helme beþeht, holte tómiddes, Dóm. L. 1. Þone godcundan bearo divinum lucum, Nar. 27, 10. Hrímige bearwas . . . on dǽm ísgean bearwum, Bl. H. 209, 32, 35. Bearewæs saltus, An. Ox. 2036.

ge-þolian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þolian, to -þolianne, -þolienne, -þoligenne; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed [þolienne to bear, suffer] .

to bear ⬩ suffer ⬩ endure ⬩ sustain ⬩ sufferre ⬩ păti ⬩ sustĭnēre ⬩ to have patience ⬩ endure ⬩ wait ⬩ remain ⬩ perdūrāre ⬩ mănēre ⬩ with the gen. To suffer loss of ⬩ forfeit ⬩ lose ⬩ cărēre

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to bear, suffer, endure, sustain; sufferre, păti, sustĭnēre Hea geþolas patiuntur, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 10: Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 12. Hie geþolian sceolon earmlíc wíte they shall suffer miserable torment, Cd. 227; Th. 304, 26; Sat. 636: Elen.

bearg

(v.; part.)
Grammar
bearg, bearh

saved ⬩ secured

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saved, secured,Exon. 55 a; Th. 195, 21; Az. 159;

beád

(n.)

a prayer,

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a prayer, l. bead

beór

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Beár, Lk. L. R. i. 15

béna

(n.)
Grammar
béna, an; m.

A petitioner ⬩ demander ⬩ rogator ⬩ supplex

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A petitioner, demander; rogator, supplex Gehýr me helpys bénan exaudi me auxilii supplicem Ps. Th. 101, 2. Hý béna wǽron they were demanders, or they demanded Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 73, 36. Hence béna wesan to demand, request Beo. Th. 6272; B. 3140 : Cd. 107

Beda

(n.)
Grammar
Beda, an; m.

Venerable Bede

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Venerable Bede, born at Monkton by Jarrow, near the mouth of the Tyne, in A. D. 674. He wrote his Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum about A. D. 731, and died May 26, at the age of 61, in 735. - He gives the following account of himself, according

bedu

(n.)
Grammar
bedu, e; f.

Request ⬩ prayer

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Request, prayer Góddra þinga bedu ys bonarum rerum postulatio est, Scint. 170, 13. Ðínre béne ic wille onfón, and for ðínre bede ic ne tóweorpe ðá burg, Past. 399, 31

Linked entry: béd

bears

(n.)

a perch ⬩ lupus

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a perch; lupus

beád

(v.; part.)
Grammar
beád, p. of beódan.

commanded

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commanded,Cd. 111; Th. 147, 1; Gen. 2432;

Linked entry: býd

beer

(n.)

a bier ⬩ bed

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a bier, bed, Cot. 23 : Jn. Lind. War. 5, 8

beág

(n.)

a ring ⬩ crown ⬩ anulus ⬩ corona

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a ring, crown; anulus, corona, Exon. 91a; Th. 341, 24; Gn. Ex. 131

Linked entry: HRING

beág

(v.; part.)
Grammar
beág, p. of búgan.

gave way

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gave way,Exon. 124a; Th. 477, 2; Ruin. 17;

beáh

(v.; part.)
Grammar
beáh, p. of búgan.

submitted

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submitted,Chr. 1015; Th. 276, 22;

bearn

(v.)
Grammar
bearn, p. of beornan.

burned ⬩ consumed

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burned, consumed;

beáh

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Add Ðæs écan beáges (bíges, v. i.), Bd. 5, 22; Sch. 682, 7