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be-gán

(v.)
Grammar
be-gán, bi-gán, ic -gá, ðú -gǽst, he -gþ, pl.-gáþ; p. -eóde, pl. -eódon; pp. -gán [be, gán to go].

to go overto surroundoccupydwellcultivatetillperambularecircumdareincolerehabitarecolere to go tovisitattendto cherishhonourworshipobirecolereexcolereto commitexercisepractiseobservecommittereperficereobservare

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to go over, to surround, occupy, dwell, cultivate, till; perambulare, circumdare, incolere, habitare, colere Ic férde geónd ðas eorþan and hí be-eóde I walked through [over] the earth, and perambulated it, Job 1, 7; Thw. 164, 16. Se ðe æcer begǽþ he

be-loren

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-loren, pp. of be-leósan.

deprived

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deprived Cd. 5; Th. 6, 9; Gen. 86;

ber-ern

(n.)

a barley placea barnhorreum

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a barley place, a barn; horreum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 3, 12

be-sorg

(adj.)
Grammar
be-sorg, -sorh

Anxious, careful, dear, belovedsollicitus, carus

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Anxious, careful, dear, beloved; sollicitus, carus: Ðǽr wǽron ofslægene hyre þægna feówer ðe hyre besorge wǽron there were slain four of her thanes which were dear to her Chr. 917; Erl. 105, 25. Papinianus wæs ealra his deorlinga besorgost Papinianus

Linked entries: un-besorh be-sorh

be-hón

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Seó cyrce wæs eall behangen mid criccum, Hml. S. 21, 431. Mǽdenheáp blóstmum behangen, Dóm. L. 289. Add

beorhtnan

(v.)
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to grow bright Beorh(t)neð (beorhtmeð, An. Ox. 534) splendescit, Hpt. Gl. 419, 24

æfter-wearþ

Grammar
æfter-wearþ, beón

To be away, absent

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To be away, absent, Bd. 3, 15; S. 542, note 6

bannan

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Man beónn ealle Cantware tó wígge expeditio praeparabatur per omnem Cantiam, Cht. Th. 201, 20. Hét se cyning bannan út here, Chr. 1048; P. 174, 22. Add

ge-beátan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-beátan, p. -beón, pl. -beóton; pp. -beáten

To beatstriketundĕrefĕrīre

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To beat, strike; tundĕre, fĕrīre Hreðles eafora swealt, bille gebeáten Hrethel's offspring perished, beaten by the falchion, Beo. Th. 4707; B. 2359. Gebeáten fisc mĭnūtal, Ælfc. Gl. 31; Som. 61, 98; Wrt. Voc. 27, 27. Gebeáten flǽsc martisia vel baptitura

beóm

(n.)
Grammar
beóm,

a beam

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a beam, Chr. 1137; Erl. 262, 13

bere

(n.)
Grammar
bere, an; f.

A female bearursa

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A female bear; ursa

beót

Grammar
beót,
  • Chr. 1006
  • ;
  • P. 137, 5
  • .

Similar entry: beótian

beów

(n.)
Grammar
beów, es; n.

barley

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Bigg (v. D. D. s. v.), barley Hondful-beówes (beóuuas, beouaes, baeues) manticum, Txts. 77, 1278. Beowæs, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 45

bera

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Bera vel bár berrus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 1. Bera sceal on hǽðe, eald and egesfull, Gu. C. 29. Hét ꝥ hine man wurpe berum tó fretanne . . . and þǽr wæs begyten se mǽsta and se réþesta bera, Gr. D. 194, 20-25. Fearres gelícnysse and beran ansýne, Guth. 48

berc

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Substitute:

bere

barley

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barley. Sixecge bere exaticum (cf. hoc exaticum byge (v. beów), i. 233, 62), Wrt. Voc. ii. 144., 58. Bere is swíðe earfoðe tó gearcigenne, and þeáhhwæðere fét ðone mann, þonne hé gearo bið, Hml. Th. i. 188, 4. Horse mete is bere, Hml. S. 3, 216. Gebúr

bera

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On beran del, C. D. v. 86, 20. Add

bere

(n.)
Grammar
bere, (?), berig (?); gen. ber(i)ges; pl. berig; n.
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A berry Hé ofslóh heora berig (byrig, Ps. Spl. 77, 52) occidit moros eorum , Ps. Rdr. 77, 47

benn

(n.)
Grammar
benn, e; f.
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A wound; vulnus, Cd. 9; Th. 12, 6; Gen. 181

beóm

am

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am Exon. 30 a; Th. 91, 13; Cri. 1491