berstan
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Add: literal Seó eorþe wæs cwaciende and ber*-*stende, Ors. 88, 11. Berstende líc a body breaking out into eruptions, Lch. i. 272, 1. figurative Þ him náðor ne burste ne áð ne ordál, Ll. Th. i. 280, 10. to break away, cf. æt-berstan Gelæhton þá weardmen
eorþ-berie
A strawberry
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A strawberry Streábergan vel eorþbergan fragium, i. pumorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 31
for-borsten
bursted ⬩ failed
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bursted, failed. Cd. 4; Th. 5, 11; Gen. 70;
beorc-rind
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Birch-bark Nim bercrinde, Lch. ii. 332. 9
bere-brytta
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The guardian of a granary Be berebryttan (-e,MS. ). Berebryttan gebyreð corngebrot on hærfæste æt bernes dure, Ll. Th. i. 440, 2
bere-healm
Barley-straw
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Barley-straw Genim æscrinde and berehalm. Lch. iii. 28, 7
Linked entry: healm
bere-gafol
Barley-rent ⬩ a tribute of barley ⬩ hordei tributum
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Barley-rent, a tribute of barley; hordei tributum. One of the rents paid in kind, which, by the following enactment, is fixed at the rate of six pounds weight for every labourer employed in the barley harvest Mon sceal simle to bere-gafole agifan æt
Linked entry: gafol-bere
for-birsteþ
fails
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fails. Exon. 64a; Th. 236, 2; Ph. 568;
Acemannes burh
Bath, Somersetshire
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Bath, Somersetshire Hér Eádgár to ríce féng at Acemannes byrig, ðæt is at Baðan here, A. D. 972, Edgar took the kingdom at Akeman's burgh, that is at Bath, Chr. 972; Th. 225, 18, col. 3. On ðære ealdan byrig, Acemannes ceastre; ac beornas Baðan nemnaþ
BIRCE
A birch-tree ⬩ betula alba
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A birch-tree; betula alba Genim bircean take of the birch-tree, L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 7: Wrt. Voc. 285, 22
for-bærst
burst asunder
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burst asunder, Beo. Th. 5354; B. 2680: Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 6;
ǽ-bær
Brought to light (of the criminal or the crime where guilt is manifest), notorious, proved
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Substitute: Brought to light (of the criminal or the crime where guilt is manifest), notorious, proved Ǽbǽre (-bére) morð ( apertum murdrum, (Lat. Vers.) Ll. Th. i. 410, 5. Ábǽre, Wlfst. 274, 24. Se ǽbǽra þeóf fur probatus (Lat. Vers.) Ll. Th. i. 390
heorot-berige
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Heorotberge mora, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 27. Heoru berge, 55, 77. Heortberige, Lch. iii. 304. 7. Heortberge celsa agreste, sicomorus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 55. Heorotberge fragas, 38, 63. Add
Linked entry: heorot-beg
beorc
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Beta berc arbor dicitur, Txts. 44, 133. Berc bitulus, 45, 298. Byrc populus Wrt. Voc. i. 33, 2: 80, 13. Byric populus betulus, An. Ox. 56, 364, 365. Add
berig-drenc
Drink made of mulberries ⬩ diamoron
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Drink made of mulberries; diamoron, Wrt. Voc. 20, 23
berhtra
brighter
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brighter, Bt. Met. Fox 22, 43; Met. 22, 22;
hind-berige
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Hindberiae acinum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 9. Hindberige, 8, 42. Hindberge, i. 285, 65: erimio, ii 107, 34. Hind*-*berge erimo, 29, 40. the word seems to be used of the strawberry also: Hindberian flaga, 38, 62. Add
bǽr
a bier ⬩ a litter,
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Add: a bier Líc cadaver, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 55. bǽr feretrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 55. Hé hreopode þá bǽre . . . Seó bǽr ðe þone deádan ferode, Hml. Th. i. 492, 26. Geneálǽcað ðǽre bǽre, 372, 6. Ofer þá bǽre þe his líc on wæs, Gr. D. 329, 23. a litter, Beer
be-rípan
To strip ⬩ despoil ⬩ plunder
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To strip, despoil, plunder. with acc. of person (or thing) despoiled, alone Hé berýpð þá wannspédigan, Hml. Th. i. 66, ii: 328, 20: ii. 102, 15. Hé berýpte ðá unscæððigan, Hml. S. 19, 8: 3, 444. Ná berýp ðú þeów wísne ne defraudes seruum sensatum, Scint
Linked entry: be-rýpan
a-berstan
To burst ⬩ break ⬩ to be broken ⬩ perfringi
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To burst, break, to be broken; perfringi