bædzere
A baptist ⬩ baptizer ⬩ baptista
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A baptist, baptizer; baptista Hie cwǽdun, sume Iohannes se bædzere illi dixerunt, alii Ioannem Baptistam, Mt. Rush. Stv. 16, 14: 3, 1
bǽl-fýr
A funeral fire ⬩ rogi ignis
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A funeral fire; rogi ignis Bǽlfýra mǽst greatest of funeral fires, Beo. Th. 6278; B. 3143: Exon. 74a; Th. 277, 12; Jul. 579
beig-beám
A bramble ⬩ rubus
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A bramble; rubus Moyses ætýwde wið ǽnne beigbeám Moyses ostendit secus rubum Lk. Bos. 20, 37
BELG
A BULGE ⬩ budget ⬩ bag ⬩ purse ⬩ bellows ⬩ pod ⬩ husk ⬩ BELLY ⬩ bulga ⬩ follis ⬩ siliqua ⬩ uter
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A BULGE, budget, bag, purse, bellows, pod, husk, BELLY; bulga, follis, siliqua, uter Bylg bulga Cot. 27. Bylig follis Ælfc. Gl. 27; Wrt. Voc. 86, 15. Bilig uter Ps. Spl. M. 118, 83
bel-hringes beácn
A sign by bell-ringing ⬩ signum sonitu campanæ datum
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A sign by bell-ringing; signum sonitu campanæ datum R. Ben. 43
BELT
A BELT ⬩ girdle ⬩ balteus
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A BELT, girdle; balteus Cot. 25
beó-breád
BEE-BREAD ⬩ apum panis ⬩ honey-comb ⬩ favus
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BEE-BREAD; apum panis. ☞ Quite distinct from weax beeswax; cera = κηρόs : and hunig-camb honey-comb; favus the pollen of flowers collected by bees and mixed with honey for the food of the larvæ; Ic eom swétra ðonne ðú beóbreád blénde mid hunige I am
Linked entries: beón-breád bí-breád bió-breád
beó-ceorl
A BEE-CEORL ⬩ bee farmer or keeper ⬩ bocherus ⬩ apum custos
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A BEE-CEORL, bee farmer or keeper; bocherus, apum custos Be ðám ðe beón bewitaþ. Beóceorle gebyreþ, gif he gafolheorde healt, ðæt he sylle ðonne lande gerǽd beó. Mid us is gerǽd ðæt he sylle v sustras huniges to gafole concerning those who keep bees.
BEÓD
A table ⬩ mensa
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A table; mensa Ðá ða gebróðru æt beóde sǽton sedentibus ad mensam fratribus Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 9. Ðú gearcodest befóran mínre gesihþe beód vel beódwyste vel mýsan parasti in conspectu meo mensam Ps. Lamb. 22, 5. Beódas lances Cot. 123
beód-fers
A song or hymn sung during meal-time ⬩ ad mensam carmen ⬩ hymnus
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A song or hymn sung during meal-time; ad mensam carmen, hymnusDial. 1, 19
Linked entry: fers
beód-gæst
A guest at table ⬩ mensæ consors ⬩ convictor
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A guest at table; mensæ consors, convictor, Andr. Kmbl. 2177; An. 1090
beód-geneát
A table-companion ⬩ mensæ socius ⬩ convictor
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A table-companion; mensæ socius, convictor Beo. Th. 691; B. 343 : 3431; B. 1713
beód-sceát
A table-cloth ⬩ table-napkin ⬩ hand-towel ⬩ mantile ⬩ mappa
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A table-cloth, table-napkin, hand-towel; mantile, mappa Cot, 136
Linked entry: sceát
Beofer-lic
BEVERLEY ⬩ Yorkshire ⬩ Beverlea in agro Eboracensi
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BEVERLEY, Yorkshire; Beverlea in agro Eboracensi Hér forþférde se hálga biscop Iohannes, and his líc resteþ [MS. restad] in Beoferlic here, A. D. 721, the holy bishop John died, and his body resteth at Beverley Chr. 721; Erl. 45, 25; Th. 73, 15, col.
Linked entry: Befor-leág
beón-broþ
mead ⬩ a drink of water and honey mingled and boiled together ⬩ melicratum
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Perhaps mead, a drink of water and honey mingled and boiled together; melicratum L. M. 2, 24; Lchdm. ii. 216, 12
Linked entry: broþ
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
Beorg-ford
BURFORD in Oxfordshire
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BURFORD in Oxfordshire Hér Cúþréd, Wæst-Seaxna cining, gefeaht ðý xxii geára his ríces, æt Beorgforda [MS. Beorhforda], wið Æðelbald, Myrcena cing, and hine geflýmde here, in 752 Cuthred, king of the West-Saxons, fought in the twenty-second year of his
beorg-hleoþ
A mountain-brow ⬩ montis fastigium
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A mountain-brow; montis fastigium Ofer beorghleoða over the mountain-brows Exon. 114 a; Th. 438, 27; Rä, 58, 2
beorg-seðel
A mountain-dwelling ⬩ habitaculum in monte
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A mountain-dwelling; habitaculum in monte He ongan beorgseðel búgan he began to inhabit a mountain-dwelling Exon. 34 a; Th. 108, 15; Gú. 73
beorh-hliþ
A mountain-height ⬩ mountain-brow ⬩ montis clivus vel fastigium
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A mountain-height, mountain-brow; montis clivus vel fastigium Under beorhhliðe under the mountain-height Elen. Kmbl. 1572; El. 788 : 2015; El. 1009. Wǽron beorhhliðu blóde bestémed the mountain-brows were besteamed with blood Cd. 166; Th. 206, 7; Exod
Linked entries: burh-hleoþ beorg-hleoþ