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ge-beát

(n.)
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ge-beát, es; n.

A beatingblow

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A beating, blow Drihten worhte áne swipe of rápum, and hí ealle mid gebeáte útascynde the Lord made a scourge of ropes and hurried them all out with beating, Homl. Th. i. 406, 8

Linked entry: -beát

sige-beáh

(n.)
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sige-beáh, g. -beáges ; m.
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That which encircles the head of the victor, a crown Hé onféng sigebeáh ( coronam ) éces lífes. Bd. 1, 7 ; S. 478, 34. Sigbég, Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 2 : Rtl. l, 15. Sigbéh, 6, 1

sige-beám

(n.)
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sige-beám, es ; m.
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A tree on which a victory is gained, generally the cross Se sigebeám the cross, Rood Kmbl. 25 ; Kr. 13 : 251 ; Kr. 127 : Elen. Kmbl. 1927 ; El. 965. Be ðam sigebeáme, on ðam þrowode þeóda Waldend, 840 ; El. 420 : 885 ; El. 444. Sélest sigebeáma, 2053

sige-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
sige-bearn, es ; n.
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A victorious child, applied to Christ His gást onsende sigebearn Godes, Elen. Kmbl. 959 ; El. 481 : Exon. Th. 460, 3 ; Hö. 11. Ðæt sygebearn, 461, 29 ; Hö. 43. Ealra sigebearna ðæt séleste, 33, 3 ; Cri. 520

steóp-bearn

(n.)
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steóp-bearn, es; n.
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An orphan Steópbearn pupillus, Ps. Vos. 81, 3. Ðam steápbearne ic geheólp, Homl. Th. ii. 448, 14, 20. Ðæt mann wydewan geneósige and steópbearnum gehelpe, Homl. Skt. i. 9, 63

sunn-bearu

(n.)
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sunn-bearu, (-o), wes; m.
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A sunny grove:?-Sunbearo líxeþ, wuduholt wynlíc, Exon. Th. 199, 30; Ph. 33

sunne-beám

(n.)
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sunne-beám, es; m.
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A sun-beam Hér æteówede cometa se steorra, and scán iii móuðas swilce sunnebeám, Chr. 678; Erl. 41, 5

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wanan-beám

(n.)
Grammar
wanan-beám, es; m.
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A spindle-tree (v. English Plant Names. E. E. T. S. Pub., and cf; O. H. Ger. spinnel-boum fusarius) Wananbeám (uuanan-, uuonan-) fusarius, Txts. 65, 935 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 5. Wanabeám fus*-*sarius, 36, 58 : fursarius, 1. 286, 3

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wang-beard

(n.)
Grammar
wang-beard, es; m.
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A whisker Teóh him ða loccas, and wringe ða eáran, and ðone wangbeard twiccige, Lchdm. ii. 196, 13

Linked entry: beard

wer-beám

(n.)
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wer-beám, es; m.
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A strong man, warrior Ðá slóh mid hálige hand heofonríces weard werbeámas ( the Egyptians in the Red Sea ), wlance ðeóde, Cod. Th. 208, 20; Exod. 486. Cf. the epithets derived from words denoting trees which are applied to men in Icelandic poetry. v.

weorold-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-bearn, e; n.
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A child of earth, a man, Exon. Th. 493, 9 ; Rä. 81, 27

wíte-bend

(n.)

a torturing bonda prison-bond

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a torturing bond, a prison-bond Ðé wǽrlogan wítebendum swencan móton, Andr. Kmbl. 216; An. 108. Wé ellþeódigne on carcerne clommum belegdon, wítebendum, 3120; An. 1563

wiþo-bend

(n.)

wood-bine

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wood-bine Nim weoþobend, Lchdm. ii. 312, 12

Linked entry: weoðo-bend

beg-beám

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Morarius begbeám morarius etiam celsa vocatur, mora haec commune nomen est bergena (cf. heorot-berge), Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, I. Cf. beger. Add

blǽd-belg

(n.)
Grammar
blǽd-belg, es; m.

Bellows

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Bellows Blǽdbylig follis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 16

Linked entries: blǽs-belg blǽst-belg

cyne-bearn

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Add: a prince Ðǽr sitte sum cynebearn, Sal. K. p. 85, 38: Lch. iii. 166, 28. Siððan ríxadon West-Seaxna cyne*-*barn (-béarn, v. l. ) of þám dæge, Chr. 519; P. 17, 3. Hér Óswiu ofslóh Penda and .xxx. cynebearna ( duces regii xxx interfecti, Bd. 3, 24)

cisten-beám

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Cistenbeám (cistim-) castanea, Txts. 47, 374: Wrt. Voc. ii. 13, 25: castaneus, 16, 69. Add

ciris-beám

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Ciserbeám (cysir-, Erf.) cerasius, Txts. 49, 445. Add

féster-bearn

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Gregorius is úre altor and wé syndan his alumni, ðæt is ðæt hé is úre fésterfæder on Críste, and wé syndon his fésterbearn on fullwihte, Shrn. 62, 21. Substitutefor passage

Linked entry: féster-fæder

freó-bearn

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Add: of human beings Hié ( the descendants of Abraham ) gesittað be sǽm tweónum ... leóde þíne, freóbearn fæder, folca sélost, Exod. 445. Abraham andswarode '... Gǽð geréfa mín fægen freóbearnum,' Gen. 2182. of Christ Háligne Gást swá écne swá Fæder