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Anglo-Saxon

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birn-sweord

(n.)
Grammar
birn-sweord, es; n.
Entry preview:

A flaming sword God his byrnsweord getýhþ and þás world ealle þurhslyhþ, Bl. H. 109, 34

Linked entry: byrn-sweord

birc-holt

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Byrcholt betule(t)um, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 66. Add

berc

(n.)

a birch-tree ⬩ betula

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a birch-tree; betula Nim birc rinde take birch-tree rind, L. M. 3, 39; Lchdm. ii. 332, 9

beorc

Grammar
beorc, berc, byrc, byric a birch-tree.
Entry preview:

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

gáte-treów

(n.)
Grammar
gáte-treów, es; n.

A cornel tree? ⬩ cornus sanguinea?

Entry preview:

Lin Genim bircean, elebeám, gátetreów, ǽlces treówes dǽl take birch, olive-tree, cornel-tree, a part of each tree, L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm, ii. 86, 8

beorc

(n.)
Grammar
beorc, e; f.

a birch-tree ⬩ betula

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Similar entries v. birce, byrc

Linked entries: byrc B berc birce

wice

(n.)
Grammar
wice, (and wic?), es; m.
Entry preview:

Genim . . . wice, ác, bircean . . . and ǽlces treówes dǽl, ðe man begitan mæg, Lchdm. ii. 86, 7. ¶ perhaps the word is found in the place name occurring in the following :-- Uno in eo loco cui uocabulum est æt Griman laeg . . . Tertio æt Wican, Cod.

Linked entry: wic

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