BYRNE
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A corslet, coat of mail; lorica, thorax Mót he gesellan monnan and byrnan and sweord he may give a man a corslet and a sword, L. In. 54; Th. i. 138, 1. Ðǽr wæs on eorle brogden byrne there was on the man the twisted coat of mail, Elen. Kmbl. 513; El.
byrne
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A burning; incendium Ǽr ðam ðe ðæt mynster mid byrne fornumen wǽre priusquam monasterium esset incendio consumptum, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 18
byrde
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Add: v. búr-, efen-, in-, þeów-, unge-byrde
byres
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A borer, chisel Buiris foratorium, Txts. 35, 11. Byris, byrs scalprum, scalpellum, 94, 891, 907. Byres foratorium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 47: boratorium, 11, 60: i. 287, 8. Byre[s] baratorium, ii. 125, 26. Hé sceal habban adsan, bil, byrse, scafan, Angl
byrne
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Byrne lorica vel torax vel squama, Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 6: thoraca, ii. 86, 81. Hringedu byrne lorica hamata (anata, MS.), 51, 37. Byrne gileáfes lorica fidei, Rtl. 28, 31. Byrnan thoracis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 25. Bið se Pater Noster on heofonlicre byrnan
-byrde
Similar entry: þole-byrde
býre
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A byre, shed, hovel Býre mapalia, magalia, Txts. 77, 1292, 1294. Býrae magalia, 115, 155. Býre vel sceápheorden magalia vel mappalia vel capanna, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 31. Of mearcwille on duddes býre, of duddes býre on þone clofenan beorh, Cht. E. 293,
býre
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Wæs ðǽr mid him óþ ðone býre ðæt Swegen wearþ deád was there with him until the time that Sweyn was dead, Chr. 1013; Th. 272, 22. Ðá he býre hæfde when he had opportunity, Byrht. Th. 135, 21; By. 121
byre
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Eádweard cing . . . byre Æðelrédes, Chr. 1065 ; P. 193, 33. Add
býre
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and add Ǽ þám byre, þe hé wite eal, Wlfst. 123, 5. Oð ðone byre, þe hí God áwehte, Hml. S. 23, 336
byre
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A strong wind, storm Byre aestu (cf. ýst), Germ. 400, 496
býre
Similar entry: middel-býre
biren
A she-bear
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A she-bear Ursa, ꝥ is on úre geðeóde byren ... Bebeád seó fǽmne þǽre byrene ... and seó byren hine lét gangan, Shrn. 47, 1-7. In loco que vocitatur birene-feld, C. D. ii. 76, 7. Byrene urse, Kent. Gl. 606
be-byreþ
supplies
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supplies,L. Ethb. 18; Th. i. 6, 19 ;
ge-byreþ
bears ⬩ produces
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bears, produces, L. Ethb. 78; Th. i. 22, 4
byrgels-sang
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a dirge Wópleóþ, lícsang, byrielssang tragoediam, i. luctum, An. Ox. 3504. an epitaph, v. preceding word
feþor-byrste
Similar entry: fiþer-byrste
ge-býrild
Similar entry: neáh-gebýrild
byrðene dǽl
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A share of a burthen, a portion; portio, Ps. Spl. 49, 19