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Anglo-Saxon

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heals-beág

a collar

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a collar Healsbeága mǽst . . . þone hring hæfde Higelác . . ., B. 1195. Add:

laur-beám

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Laurbeámes lauri Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 12. Add

lencten-bere

(n.)
Grammar
lencten-bere, spring-sown barley (?cf. lenten corne as . . . otys, pecys, barley. v.
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N. E. D. lenten-corn) Nime þonne clǽnne lengten*-*bere and grinde on handcwyrna, Nap 42. Cf. lencten-eorþe

smiþ-belg

(n.)
Grammar
smiþ-belg, es; m.
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A smith's bellows Ðeáh mon ðane gársecg útan besette mid smiðbelgum (-bylium, v. l. Nap. 58), Sal. K. 85, 13

sýl-beám

(n.)
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a tree that serves as a pillar (?) Tó sýlbeáme; of sýl-beáme, C. D. iii. 79, 36

web-beám

Grammar
web-beám, In 1. 3 for insubula 1.
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insubulae

wróht-bera

Linked entry: -bera

bere-croft

Similar entry: croft

coren-beág

(n.)
Grammar
coren-beág, Cf. coróna.

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sár-benn

(n.)
Grammar
sár-benn, e; f.

A painful wound

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A painful wound Wæs ðæs hálgan líc sárbennum soden, swáte bestémed, bánhús ábrocen, blód ýþum weóll, Andr. Kmbl. 2479; An. 1241. Sárbennum gesóht, Exon. Th. 163, 11; Gú. 992

scear-beám

(n.)
Grammar
scear-beám, es ; m.

The wood to which the ploughshare is fixed

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The wood to which the ploughshare is fixed (?) Scearbeám brigacus. Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 21

hand-bell

(n.)
Grammar
hand-bell, e; f.

A hand-bell

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A hand-bell Ðǽr nǽron ǽr búton vii upphangene bella and nú sind xiii upphangene and xii handbella before there were but seven hung-up bells, and now there are thirteen hung-up bells and twelve hand-bells, Th. Chart; 430, 6

gafol-bere

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Add: Cf. Similar entries bere-gafol

wín-beám

(n.)
Grammar
wín-beám, es; m.

A vine-pole

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A vine-pole Wínbeám partica, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 4 trabs uinee, Wülck. Gl. 245, 20

hirde-belg

(n.)
Grammar
hirde-belg, -belig, es; m.

A shepherd's bag

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A shepherd's bag Ðá nam he fif stánas on his herdebelig then he took five stones in his shepherd's bag, Blickl. Homl. 31, 17

bær-beáh

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dele, and see bær

bear-scipe

Similar entry: beór-scipe

ác-beám

(n.)
Grammar
ác-beám, es; m.

An oak-tree ⬩ quercus

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An oak-tree; quercus, Ettm. p. 51

æt-beón

(v.)

To be at or present ⬩ adesse

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To be at or present; adesse Ætbeón ðé we biddaþ adesse te deposcimus, Hymn Surt. 14, 26

beadu-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
beadu-rǽs, es; m.

A battle-rush ⬩ onset ⬩ pugnæ impetus

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A battle-rush, onset; pugnæ impetus Biter wæs se beadurǽs the onset was bitter, Byrht. Th. 134, 68; By. 111

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