bedu
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
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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
beost
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Colostrum, i. lac novum beóst vel obestum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 19. Beóst (beust, 116, 178) colostrum, Txts. 53, 541: Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 79: colostrum, 134, 56: lactantia, Txts. 110, 1183 (cf. H. Z. 33, 244): obestrum, 81, 1406: Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 19: obesca
beáh
a crown ⬩ garland ⬩ a collar ⬩ necklace ⬩ a shackle for the neck ⬩ a bracelet ⬩ a circle,
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Add: a crown, garland Beáh of hwítum blóstmum geworht, Gr. D. 338, 12. Mon sette ðyrnenne beág on ðæt heáfod, Past. 261, 14: Bl. H. 23, 33. Wuldres beág, 171, 10. Bég coronam, Ps. Srt. 20, 4: 64, 12: Mk. L. R. 15, 17. a collar, necklace Baeg munila
bere
barley
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barley. Sixecge bere exaticum (cf. hoc exaticum byge (v. beów), i. 233, 62), Wrt. Voc. ii. 144., 58. Bere is swíðe earfoðe tó gearcigenne, and þeáhhwæðere fét ðone mann, þonne hé gearo bið, Hml. Th. i. 188, 4. Horse mete is bere, Hml. S. 3, 216. Gebúr
-becc
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used for the name of places, or as a termination to the names of places, denotes the situation to be near a brook or river
BEALO
BALE ⬩ woe ⬩ harm ⬩ evil ⬩ mischief ⬩ malum ⬩ calamitas ⬩ pernicies ⬩ damnum ⬩ noxa ⬩ tribulatio ⬩ wickedness ⬩ depravity ⬩ malities ⬩ nequitia
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BALE, woe, harm, evil, mischief; malum, calamitas, pernicies, damnum, noxa, tribulatio Hæfdon bealo they had woe, Cd. 214; Th. 269, 10; Sat. 71. Bealowes gást spirit of evil [diabolus], Cd. 228; Th. 307, 19; Sat. 682. Oft heó to bealwe bearn afédeþ often
bealo
hurt ⬩ mischief ⬩ destruction ⬩ malice
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Add: hurt, mischief, destruction Þǽr wæs ꝥ brýdealo ꝥ wæs manegra manna bealo (mannum tó beala, v. l.), Chr. 1075; P. 210, 35. Þæt bráde bealo and se byrnenda grund, Wlfst. 186, 11. Hit bið him sylfum tó bealowe geðyged, Hml. Th. i. 266, 14. a noxious
bel-hús
A BELL-HOUSE ⬩ campanile vel campanarium ⬩ turris in qua pendent tintinnabulum vel tintinnabula
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bell-house ... then was he worthy of thane-right L.
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BEÁN
A BEAN ⬩ all sorts of pulse ⬩ faba ⬩ legumen
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A BEAN, all sorts of pulse; faba, legumen Beán pisan a vetch, Cot. 34 : 122
behát
A promise ⬩ vow ⬩ promissum ⬩ votum
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A promise, vow; promissum, votum Ic sende on eów mínes fæder behát ego mitto promissum Parris mei in vos Lk. Bos. 24, 49. Ðonne ðú behát behǽtst Drihtene cum votum voveris Domino Deut. 23, 21
bel-flýs
The BELL-WETHER'S FLEECE ⬩ the fleece of a sheep that carries the bell ⬩ tympani vellus ⬩ ducis gregis tintinnabulum gestantis vellus
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The BELL-WETHER'S FLEECE, the fleece of a sheep that carries the bell; tympani vellus, i. e. ducis gregis tintinnabulum gestantis vellus Bel-flýs id est, tympani vellus L. R. S. 14; Th. i. 438, 23
béce
A beech-tree ⬩ a tree bearing mast ⬩ fagus ⬩ æsculus
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A beech-tree, a tree bearing mast; fagus, æsculus Béce fagus, Wrt. Voc. 285, 21
Béme
The Bohemians ⬩ Bohēmi
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The Bohemians; Bohēmi Riht be eástan syndon Béme right to the east are the Bohemians Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 33
beáw
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
BEALD
BOLD ⬩ brave ⬩ confident ⬩ of good courage ⬩ validus ⬩ strenuus ⬩ fortis ⬩ constans ⬩ audax ⬩ fidens ⬩ bono animo ⬩ liber
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BOLD, brave, confident, of good courage; validus, strenuus, fortis, constans, audax, fidens, bono animo, liber He beald in gebéde bídsteal gifeþ he confident in prayer maketh a stand, Exon. 71 a; Th. 265, 28 ; Jul. 388. Beald reordade, eádig on elne
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BEÓR
BEER ⬩ nourishing or strong drink ⬩ cerevisia ⬩ sicera ⬩ a beverage made of honey and water ⬩ mead ⬩ metheglin ⬩ hydromeli ⬩ ĭtis ⬩ ydromellum ⬩ mulsum
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BEER, nourishing or strong drink; cerevisia, sicera. Beer, made from malted barley, was the favourite drink of the Anglo-Saxons. In their drinking parties, they pledged each other in large cups, round at the bottom, which must be emptied before they could
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beád
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