ge-beót
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Add: a promise to do great things, a boast, boasting Ðá bóceras gýmaþ tó gebeótes þǽra fíf stafa þe synd vocales gecíged the grammarians make a boast of taking care of the five letters that are called vowels, Angl. viii. 327, 35. Ðá andwyrde Petrus mid
ge-bécn-
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ge-beded
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ge-beden
ge-beór
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Add: a guest at a meal Gebeór convictor, conviva, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 72. Tó lytlum beóde ǽwfæste þearfan Críst gebeór( conuiuam ) beón witan, Scint. 158, 11. Wæs his gewuna ꝥ hé wolde swýþe lytel drincan, þeáh hé mid gebeórum blíðe wǽre, Vis. Lfc. 24
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
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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
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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
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a tree that serves as a pillar (?) Tó sýlbeáme; of sýl-beáme, C. D. iii. 79, 36
web-beám
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insubulae
wróht-bera
Linked entry: -bera
bere-croft
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coren-beág
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scear-beám
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
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
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
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