BEÓR
BEER ⬩ nourishing or strong drink ⬩ cerevisia ⬩ sicera ⬩ a beverage made of honey and water ⬩ mead ⬩ metheglin ⬩ hydromeli ⬩ ĭtis ⬩ ydromellum ⬩ mulsum
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BEER, nourishing or strong drink; cerevisia, sicera. Beer, made from malted barley, was the favourite drink of the Anglo-Saxons. In their drinking parties, they pledged each other in large cups, round at the bottom, which must be emptied before they could
Linked entry: biór
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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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
beám
Similar entry: ciris-beám
beón
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add : with adv., expressing motion Beón hí on ofeste útweard cum festinatione egrediantur foras , Chrd. 21, 28; 33. Add Hí gesáwon Thesali of hiora horsum beón feohtende wið hié, Ors. 1, 9; S. 42, 33
bera
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On beran del, C. D. v. 86, 20. Add
bere
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A berry Hé ofslóh heora berig (byrig, Ps. Spl. 77, 52) occidit moros eorum , Ps. Rdr. 77, 47
bærwe
a grove
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a grove,Som;
beád
commanded
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commanded,Cd. 111; Th. 147, 1; Gen. 2432;
beer
a bier ⬩ bed
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a bier, bed, Cot. 23 : Jn. Lind. War. 5, 8
beág
a ring ⬩ crown ⬩ anulus ⬩ corona
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a ring, crown; anulus, corona, Exon. 91a; Th. 341, 24; Gn. Ex. 131
Linked entry: HRING
beág
gave way
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gave way,Exon. 124a; Th. 477, 2; Ruin. 17;
beáh
submitted
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submitted,Chr. 1015; Th. 276, 22;
benn
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A wound; vulnus, Cd. 9; Th. 12, 6; Gen. 181
BEÓN
To BE ⬩ exist ⬩ become ⬩ esse ⬩ fieri
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To BE, exist, become; esse, fieri Hí ne tweódon férende beón to ðam écan lífe non dubitabant esse transituros ad vitam perpetuam Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 38, 18. Ðe ðǽr beón noldon who would not be there Byrht. Th. 137, 13; By. 185 : Exon. 100 a; Th. 376,
beón
bees
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bees Ps. Spl. 117, 12 : L. R. S. 5; Th. i. 434, 35
beón
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Add: to be Wesan and beón fore, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 61. absolute, to exist, (of life) to last Ðú eart éce and á byst, Shrn. 199, 21. Þá hwíle þe mín líf byð, Cht. E. 230, 7. Gif ic lengc beó þonne heó, Shrn. 159, 27. ꝥ Án is þú woldest beón; óðer ꝥ þú
beáh
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Add Ðæs écan beáges (bíges, v. i.), Bd. 5, 22; Sch. 682, 7