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bútun

(prep.)
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without Bútun geongum litlingum, and heordum absque parvulis, et gregibus, Gen. 50, 8

búgan

(v.)
Grammar
búgan, to bow.
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Add: to bow, bend the body Him búgað englas, Hml. S. 7, 50. <b>I a.</b> to sink, fall :-- Dauid ofwearp mid his liþeran þone ent ꝥ hé beáh tó eorðan, Hml. S. 18, 24. to yield, give ground, give way Beág cedebat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 70: cessit

BÚGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BÚGAN, part. búgende; ic búge, ðu búgest, býhst, býgst, he búgeþ, býhþ, býgþ; p. ic, he beág, beáh, ðú buge, pl. bugon; imp. búg, búh; pp. bogen; v. intrans.

To BOW or bow down oneself, bend, swerve, give way, submit, yield, turn, turn away, flee ⬩ se flectere vel inclinare, curvare, declinare, desistere, cedere, vertere, divertere, fugere

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To BOW or bow down oneself, bend, swerve, give way, submit, yield, turn, turn away, flee; se flectere vel inclinare, curvare, declinare, desistere, cedere, vertere, divertere, fugere Hí noldon búgan to nánum deófolgilde they would not bow down to any

Linked entries: beág beáh

búfan

(prep.)
Grammar
búfan, búfon; prep. dat. [be-ufan]

Above ⬩ super

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Above; super; used in opposition to under God totwǽmde ða wæteru, ðe wǽron under ðære fæstnisse fram ðám ðe wǽron búfan ðære fæstnisse Deus divisit aquas, quæ erant sub firmamento ab his quæ erant super firmamentum. Gen. l, 7. Búfan ðam máran wealle

Linked entry: be-ufan

búta

(adv.)
Grammar
búta, adv.
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Without; foras, foris He eóde búta exiit forás, Mk. Lind. War. 14, 68. Petrus stód to dura búta Petrus stabat ad ostium foris, Jn. Rush. War. 18, 16

búta

Grammar
búta, unless.
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Ne bið hit bletsung búta hé wyrce tácn, Hml. S. 27, 152. Add

búta

(prep.)
Grammar
búta, prep, [be, út out]
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Without; extra Búta ðæt lond extra regionem, Mk. Lind. Rush. War. 5, 10. Búta ðæm wíngeard extra vineam, Mt. Lind. War. 21, 39

bútá

(pronoun.)
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both; ambo Swelton híg bútá they both shall die, Deut. 22, 22: Exon. 113b; Th. 436, 25; Rä. 55, 6

BÚAN

(v.)
Grammar
BÚAN, búgan; ic búe, ðú búst, he býþ; p. búde, pl. búdon; pp. gebún; v. anom.

To dwell, live ⬩ habitare, versari aliquo loco ⬩ To inhabit, occupy ⬩ inhabitare, colere, incolere

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intrans. To dwell, live; habitare, versari aliquo loco He búde on Eást-Englum he dwelt among the East-Angles, Chr. 890; Erl. 66. 29: Ors. 1, l; Bos. 19, 26. Gif he weard onfunde búan [MS. buon] on beorge if he found the keeper dwelling in the mount,

Linked entries: býa bógian búgan búgian

búan

(v.)
Grammar
búan, bún, búgan (-ian, -ean), búian, búwian, bógian, q.v. in Dict.; býa in N. Gospels; p. búde, búgede, bógode, býede; pp. bún, búd, býed.
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Add: intrans. To dwell Huér búes (býes, R.) ðú ubi habitas? , Jn. L. 1. 38. Þá búað oð Méda burh habitantes usque ad Medorum civitatem, Nar. 33, 16. Þá þe in Norþhymbrum búgeað, Chr. 894; P. 86, 7: 924; P. 104, 20. Gé bógiað (búgiað, v.l. ) on þám fíftan

búan

(v.)
Grammar
búan, pp. (ge-)bogen.
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Add Ánseld búgan, Gú. 1214

búte

(adv.)
Grammar
búte, without; foris, Jn. Lind. War. 18, 16. v. búta; adv.

búwian

(v.)
Grammar
búwian, p. ode; pp. od
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To inhabit; inhabitare Búwa eorþan inhabita terram, Ps. Th. 36, 3

burna

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Burna latex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 16. On sumere stówe wæs getácnod swilce fordrúwod burna ... þá sceát heó inn on þone burnan, Hml. S. 23 b, 197: 740. On þone burnan þe scýt tó culan fenne, andlang þæs burnan, ... andlang heges þe scýt of þám burnan, C.D

burgan

(v.)
Grammar
burgan, = burgen, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 47, 15; p. pl. subj. of beorgan
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to save

burna

(n.)
Grammar
burna, an; m.
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A stream, bourn; torrens, latex Burna oððe bróc latex, Wrt. Voc. 80, 69. Scír burna biþ gedréfed: bróc biþ onwended. the clear stream is disturbed: the brook is turned aside, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 37; Met. 5, 19. He hine bibaðaþ in ðam burnan he bathes himself

búgian

(v.)
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Dele, Similar entries and see búan

burna

(n.)
Grammar
burna, <b>, burne.</b> v. fild-burna, fild-burne, mylen-burne, mylen-burna.

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búgian

(v.)
Grammar
búgian, búian, búwian, to búgianne; p. ode; pp. od. intrans.

To dwell ⬩ habitare ⬩ To inhabit, occupy ⬩ inhabitare, incolere

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To dwell; habitare Ge ðǽr búgiaþ ye dwell there, Bt. 18, l; Fox 62, 22. Grammar búgian, v. a. acc. To inhabit, occupy; inhabitare, incolere Ðis is land to búgianne this is to inhabit land, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 4

Linked entries: búwian bógian búian

BURN

(n.)
Grammar
BURN, e; f: burne, an; f: burna, an; m. [from burnon, p. pl. of beornan to boil, bubble; fervere]
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A bubbling or running water, a BOURN, brook, stream, river; torrens, rivus Hefe upp ðíne hand ofer burna and ofer móras extende manum tuam super rivos et super paludes, Ex. 8, 5

Linked entries: burna burne

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