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weorold-bót

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-bót, e; f.
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' Bót' prescribed by the secular power in contrast with 'godcund bót,' that prescribed by the church Ða woruldbóte hig gesetton . . . swá hwár swá man nolde godcunde bóte gebúgan mid rihte tó bisceopa dihte, L. E. G. proem.; Th. i. 166, 16

wí-bed

Similar entry: wíg-bed

wíþig-bed

(n.)
Grammar
wíþig-bed, wíþig-bedd, es; n.

A bed of willowsan osier-bed

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A bed of willows, an osier-bed On ðæt wíðigbed, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 437, 21

wiþo-bán

(n.)
Grammar
wiþo-bán, es: -báne
(
? cf. Icel. -beina
),
an; n.

collar-bone

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A collar-bone Gif widobáne gebroced weorðeþ, L. Ethb. 52; Th. i. 16, 5. Ofer ealle ða sídan ástíhþ óþ ðæt wiþobán and óþ ðone swíþran sculdor ðæt sár, Lchdm. ii. 198, 18. Stingende sár óþ ða wiþobán óð ða eaxle, 204, 26. Hwílum ofer ealle ða sídan biþ

Linked entries: weoðo-bán wido-báne

wudu-bát

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-bát, es; m.

A wooden skip

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A wooden skip Hwá me on wudubáte ferede ofer flódas, Andr. Kmbl. 1810 ; An. 907

á-bet

Grammar
á-bet, v. á, <b>B. IV.</b>.

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wyrt-bed

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-bed, wyrt-bedd, es; n.
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A garden-bed Ðeós wyrt bið cenned on begánum stówum and on wyrtbeddum and on mǽdum, Lchdm. i. 96, 22: 184, 6

ylpen-bán

(n.)
Grammar
ylpen-bán, (elpend-), es; n.
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Ivory Ðis ylpenbán hoc ebur, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 22; Zup. 49, 9. Mid ylpenbáne and mid báres tuxe, Lchdm. i. 244, 8. Genim ylpenbán, 368, 19. v. elpend-bán (where these passages should be put)

Linked entries: elpen-bán elpend-bán

an-bíd

Grammar
an-bíd, (-bid?).
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Hé áhsode hwæt his anbíd wǽre ( quae est expectatio mea?, 38, 9), Ps. Th. 39, arg. Hit is eldung and anbíd þæs héhstan déman. For þám anbíde . . . , Bt. 38, 3; F. 202, 17. On ðǽm anbíde ðe hé hira fandige interveniente correptionis articulo, Past. 153

bel-hús

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Belle clocca, belhús cloccarium vel lucar, Wrt. Voc. . 81, 37. Add

bén-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
bén-dæg, es; m.
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A rogation day Þá dagas synt geháten on Lýden rogacionum dies, and on Englisc béndagas, Angl. viii. 329, 26

bén-tíðe

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beó-breád

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For meanings given substitute: Honeycomb with honey, and add Beóbreád favus, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 65: favum, 284, 70: favi, ii. 37, 62: Beóbréd favus, Germ. 390, 72. Hwæt getácnode ðæs hunies beóbreád ? Beóbreád is on twám ðingum, on weaxe and on hunie,

beó-cere

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Beócere apiarius, Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 69: ii. 8, 17. Hwíta hátte wæs beócere intó Hǽðfelda, Cht. Th. 649, 27. Add

bor-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
bor-líce, adv.

Eminentlyexcellentlywell

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Eminently, excellently, well Hyt geríst borlíce wel it is eminently suitable, Angl. viii. 302, 5. Wel borlíce hé forð stæppeð full nobly he steps forth, 307, 28. Hé geswutelað borlice he shews admirably, 329, 24. Þá híw rímcræftige esnas borlíce foregylpað

bót-wyrþe

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Gif man ábrece þæt þe bótwyrðe syg, béte hit iorne if a man commit a crime for which the law allows bót, let him mate bót for it promptly, Wlfst. 274, 22. Æt nánum bótwyrðum gylte ne for-wyrce man máre þonne his wer, Ll. Th. i. 266, 12. Æt Bótwurðan þingan

beó-gang

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Substitute Beógang ag[m]en Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 39: ii. 8, 12

Beó-wulf

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v. Arnold's 'Notes on Beowulf.' Substitute:

beó-wyrt

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Biówyrt apiastrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 45. Beówyrt, 8, 6: i. 284, 42: marubium, 55, 54: (bió-), 113, 66: acanton, i. 67, 5. Add

bíg-nes

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Mid bígnysse his ágnes onrǽses reflexione sui impetus, Gr. D. 48, 7. Þæt fenn mid menigfealdan bígnyssum þurhwunað on norðsǽ, Guth. 20, 7. On liþa bígnyssum, 90, 21. Add