bile
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His breóst and his bile beorht syndon ... is se bile hwít, E. S. viii. 477, 29, 34. Bile rostro, An. Ox. 2410. Twégen hremmas his hús tǽron mid heardum bile, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 21. Fugelas on heora blódigon bilon ðǽra martyra flǽsc bǽron, Hml. S. 23, 80
-birg
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Ægeles birg
Aylesbury
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Aylesbury, Chr. 571; Th. 32, 29
bie
be
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be, Mk. Lind. War. 10, 44, Similar entries for bió; subj. of bión to be
bil
a falchion ⬩ a bill
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Dele Dut. and Ger. cognates, and add: [a falchion, v. Dict.] a bill, an implement for cutting (wood, stone, weeds) Síðe vel bill falcastrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 16: 34, 16. Bill bidubium (ferramentum rusticum idem quod falcastrum, Migne), i. marra, ii.
big
Of, about, concerning ⬩ de, quoad
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Of, about, concerning; de, quoad Big ðam ðe ic ðé ǽr sægde de qua tibi ante dixi, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 35
BIL
a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion ⬩ falx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus
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An old military weapon, with a hooked point, and an edge on the back, as well as within the curve, a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion. Whatever its shape, it must have had two edges; as, in the earliest poem, an envoy is attacked, billes ecgum
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þrág-bisig
Occupied for a time(?) ⬩ periodically employed(?)
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Occupied for a time(?), periodically employed(?) Ic sceal þrágbysig þegne mínnm hýran georne, Exon. Th. 387, 6; Rä. 5, 1. The subject of the riddle is a millstone, and the Latin riddles on which the English one is based seem to suggest that the epithet
biled-breóst
Similar entry: byled-breóst
slege-bítel
A beetle, hammer, mallet
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A beetle, hammer, mallet Sleah ðonne on mid slegebýtle Lchdm. ii. 342, 7
for-bígels
An arch ⬩ a vault ⬩ an arched roof ⬩ arcus ⬩ fornix ⬩ cămĕra ⬩ καμάρα
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An arch, a vault, an arched roof; arcus, fornix, cămĕra = καμάρα Forbígels arcus, Ælfc. Gl. 29; Som. 61, 32; Wrt. Voc. 26, 31
fóre-birig
a vestibule
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a vestibule. Ex. 29, 32
tiht-bisig
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Labouring under frequent accusations, often accused, and so of bad repute; infamatus et accusationibus ingravatus, L. Edm. C. 7; Th. i. 253, 23: accusacionibus infamatus, L. H. I; Th. i. 567, 18. Cf., Gif hé tyhtbysig sý, gange tó ðæm þryfealand ordále
twi-bille
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Double-edged Bipennis twibille vel stánæx (the double gloss seems to render the double character of the Latin word as adjective and noun; a little later (see preceding word) in the same glossary bipennis as noun is rendered by twybill ), Wrt. Voc. i.
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ge-bild
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D. bield to protect, shelter. Sc. and North, dial, to cover, cover over.] Eðilwald ðis bóc úta giðrýde and gibelde (-bélde, MS.) suá hé uel cúðæ, Jn. p. 188, 3
cwyrn-bill
a stone chisel for dressing querns
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a stone chisel for dressing querns
bién-codd
beanpod
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beanpod, Lk. Foxe 15, 16
bile-hwít
Simple, sincere, honest, without fraud or deceit, meek, mild, gentle ⬩ simplex, mitis
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Simple, sincere, honest, without fraud or deceit, meek, mild, gentle; simplex, mitis Arnwi munec wæs swíðe gód man and swíðe bilehwít monk Arnwi was a very good man and very meek, Chr. 1041; Erl. 169, 12
bile-hwítlíce
Honestly, simply ⬩ honeste, simpliciter
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Honestly, simply; honeste, simpliciter Andswarede Dryhthelm bilehwítlíce, forðon he wæs bylehwítre gleáwnesse and gemetfæstre gecynde man Drycthelme respondebat simpliciter, erat namque homo simplicis ingenii ac moderatæ naturæ, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 30
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bill-gesliht
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a clashing of swords, Chr. 937; Th. 205, 35; Æðelst. 45