beó-gang
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Substitute Beógang ag[m]en Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 39: ii. 8, 12
Beó-wulf
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v. Arnold's 'Notes on Beowulf.' Substitute:
beó-wyrt
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Biówyrt apiastrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 45. Beówyrt, 8, 6: i. 284, 42: marubium, 55, 54: (bió-), 113, 66: acanton, i. 67, 5. Add
BEÓN
To BE ⬩ exist ⬩ become ⬩ esse ⬩ fieri
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Ic ðæs folces beó hyrde I am the people's pastor Cd. 106; Th. 139, 24; Gen. 2314. Ic beó gearo sóna I shall be soon ready Beo. Th. 3655; B. 1825 : Exon. 71 a; Th. 264, 17; Jul. 365 : Andr. Kmbl. 144; An. 72. Ic beó hál I shall be safe Mt.
wiþ-grípan
To seize on
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To seize on Gif ic wiste hú wið ðam áglǽcan elles meahte gripe wiðgrípan, swá ic wið Grendle dyde, Beo. Th. 5035; B. 2521
Linked entry: wiþ-fón
helle-hæfta
Linked entry: hæfta
DUGAN
To avail, to be of use, able, fit, strong, vigorous, good, virtuous, honest, bountiful, kind, liberal ⬩ valēre, prōdesse, frūgi ease, bŏnum esse, munĭfĭcum, vel libĕrālem se præbēre
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Ða sceolon eall dugende beón swá swá hit gedafenaþ ðam háde they shall all be virtuous so as is befitting the order, L. Ælf. C. 16; Th. ii. 348, 16.
Linked entry: dugunde
BÉN
A praying ⬩ prayer ⬩ petition ⬩ an entreaty ⬩ a deprecation ⬩ supplication ⬩ demand ⬩ bone ⬩ BOON ⬩ ⬩ deprecatio ⬩ oratio ⬩ preces ⬩ postulatio
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Be ryhtes béne of praying for justice L. In. 8; Th. i. 106, 19. Ðín bén-ys gehýred exaudita est deprecatio tua Lk. Bos. 1, 13. Ic underféng ðíne béne suscepi preces tuas Gen. 19, 21.
Linked entry: ge-bén
bér
A bed ⬩ lectus ⬩ grabatus
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A bed; lectus, grabatus Nim bér ðín tolle grabatum tuum, Jn. Lind. War. 5, 12. Nim bére ðíne, Jn. Rush. War. 5, 12
Linked entry: bǽr
BET
BETTER ⬩ melius
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Hwonne his horse bett wurde till his horse should be better, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 34
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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Hence also the other compounds, as beór-scealc a beer-server, beór-setl a beer-bench or SETTLE, and beór-þegu a beer-serving.
Linked entry: biór
bed
a bed ⬩ couch ⬩ a surface on which something rests?
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Similar entries v. grund-bed. of ground where plants grow. [O. H. Ger. betti areola.] of ground occupied by insects. Similar entries v. ǽmet-bed, bed-gerid. See D. D. bed = ant-hill
BED
a BED ⬩ couch ⬩ pallet ⬩ stratum ⬩ lectus ⬩ a bed in a garden ⬩ pulvillus ⬩ areola in hortis
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To ðínum bedde to thy bed, Gen. 16, 2. a bed in a garden; pulvillus vel areola in hortis : used in compounds, as Wyrt-bedd a wort bed, Herb, 7, 1; Lchdm. i. 96, 22 : Hreód-bedd a reed bed, 8, 1; Lchdm. i. 98, 13
BEÓT
a threatening ⬩ threat ⬩ command ⬩ menace ⬩ comminatio ⬩ minæ ⬩ peril ⬩ periculum ⬩ a boasting ⬩ boasting promise ⬩ promise ⬩ jactantia ⬩ promissio gloriosa ⬩ promissum
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He beót eal wið ðé sóðe gelǽste he truly fulfilled all his promise to thee Beo. Th. 1051; B. 523 : 160; B. 80
BEÓD
A table ⬩ mensa
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A table; mensa Ðá ða gebróðru æt beóde sǽton sedentibus ad mensam fratribus Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 9. Ðú gearcodest befóran mínre gesihþe beód vel beódwyste vel mýsan parasti in conspectu meo mensam Ps. Lamb. 22, 5. Beódas lances Cot. 123
BÉD
A prayer ⬩ supplication ⬩ religious worship ⬩ oratio ⬩ supplicatio ⬩ Dei cultus
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Béd is chiefly found in composition, as in, - Béd-hús a place for prayer, béd-dagas prayer-days, Rogation-days. The original word béd a prayer was superseded by ge-béd a prayer, q.v
Linked entry: bédu
beót
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Hié tó beóte (bote, MS.) balde gecwǽdon þæt hié þæs wíges wihte ne róhton, Dan. 200. Heó (the vestal virgin) hiere beót (vow; gehát, v. l.) áleág, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 19. Dele bracket, and add under III:
bet
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Th. i. 384, 15. þæt þú þe bet mæge áredian tó rodorum, Met. 23, 9. Mon ǽlcne ceáp mehte be twiefealdan bet geceápian þonne mon ǽr mehte, Ors. 5, 13; S. 248, 2
Bec
an abbey in Normandy
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an abbey in Normandy Teodbald, ðe was abbot in ðe Bec Theobald, who was abbot of Bec, Chr. 1140 ; Th. 383, 40