BEÓ
A BEE ⬩ apis
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While the bee-masters [beó-ceorlas, v. beó-ceorl] enjoyed their own privileges, they had to pay an especial tax for the keeping of bees Swá swá seó beó sceal losian as the bee shall perish Bt. 31, 2; Fox 112, 26.
Linked entries: beáw-hyrnet beón bió
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
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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
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:
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
BEORN
a man ⬩ vir ⬩ a prince ⬩ nobleman ⬩ chief ⬩ general ⬩ warrior ⬩ soldier ⬩ princeps ⬩ vir nobilis ⬩ dux ⬩ miles ⬩ rich ⬩ dives
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Beorna sélost the best of men 162; Th. 203, 10; Exod. 401 : Bt. Met.
beorh
A hill ⬩ mountain ⬩ collis ⬩ mons
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A hill, mountain; collis, mons Ǽlc múnt and beorh byþ genyðerod omnis mons et collis humiliabitur Lk. Bos. 3, 5
beó
I am or shall be ⬩ be thou ⬩ sum ⬩ ero ⬩ sis
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I am or shall be, be thou; sum, ero, sis Gefultuma me fæste, ðonne beó ic fægere hál adjuva me, et salvus ero Ps. Th. 118, 117. Ic beó ero Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 29. Beó ðú sis: Beó he sit 32; Som. 36, 30 : Beo. Th. 777; B. 386
beorc
a birch-tree ⬩ betula
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a birch-tree; betula. the Anglo-Saxon Rune ᛒ = b, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is beorc a birch-tree, hence this Rune not only stands for the letter b, but for beorc a birch-tree, as, ᛒ byþ blǽda leás a birch-tree is void of fruit Hick.
beorg
a protection ⬩ refuge ⬩ præsidium ⬩ refugium
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a protection, refuge; præsidium, refugium
beorn
burned
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burned Beo. Th. 3764, note; B. 1880;
beón
commanded ⬩ assembled
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commanded, assembled;
beora
A grove ⬩ lucus vel nemus
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A grove; lucus vel nemus Ælfc. Gl. 110; Som. 79, 39; Wrt. Voc. 59, 11
befer
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Beofer fiber, 78, 16. On beueres bróces heáfod, C. D. v. 48, 8. The word occurs in local names, v. C. D. vi. 257, col. 2
beorg
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Add: a hill Dún mons, hyll oððe beorh collis, Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 43. Beorh ufeweard monticellus, 54, 7. Þa dúna dreósað and beorga hliða myltað montes ruent, collesque liquescent, Dóm. L. 101. an artificial mound Beorh agger, Ælfc. Gr.
beorc
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Beta berc arbor dicitur, Txts. 44, 133. Berc bitulus, 45, 298. Byrc populus Wrt. Voc. i. 33, 2: 80, 13. Byric populus betulus, An. Ox. 56, 364, 365. Add
beón
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Beóð eów ánrǽde, Hml, S. 16, 244. Þæt þás stánes hláfes beón ut lapides isti panis fiant, Mt. R. 4, 3. Lucius bæd hine crístenne beón (christianum se fieri), Bd. 1, 4; Sch. 16, 4. oblique case of noun ꝥ hí ne mihtan him sylfum nǽnige góde beón, Bl.
beorg
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Add: v. bán-, breóst-, heals-beorg
BEFER
A BEAVER ⬩ castor ⬩ fiber
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Beofor, byfor fiber, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 13
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beód
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Se leása freónd bið mannes geféra tó beóde, and ná tó neódþearfe, Sal. K. p. 206, 4. <b>Ib.</b> food eaten at table :-- Ic selle þis lond Agustines hígum intó hiora beóde, Cht.