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be-syrwan

(v.)
Grammar
be-syrwan, -syrewian, -syrian, -serian; p. -syrwde; pp. -syrwed

To ensnare, deceivecircumvenire, decipere, machinari

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Mynte se mánscaða manna cynnes sumne besyrwan the wicked spoiler expected to ensnare one of the race of men, Beo. Th. 1430; B. 713 : 1888; B. 942: Cd. 127; Th. 162, 13; Gen. 2680

be-warnian

(v.)

to beware

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to beware, R. Ben. 7

betwyx-sendan

(v.)

to send betweenintermittere

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to send between; intermittere, R. Conc. Proœm

Linked entry: be-twyx

(prep.)
Grammar
bí, prep. dat. [Bí is more frequently shortened into be. In compounds it is generally written be- or bi-; but bí- is long where it is used for big, or is a contraction, thus, - bí-spell for big-spell, and as bí-breád for beó-breád. v. be.]

By, near to, at, in, uponjuxta, prope, apud, inOf, aboutde, quoadBy, through, because of, after, according to, in comparison withper, secundum, pro, ex

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Hýrde ic secgan gén bí sumum fugle I have yet heard tell of a certain bird, 97 b; Th. 365, 17; Reb. 1. Bí ðon se wítga song of whom the prophet sang, 17 a; Th. 41, 4; Cri. 650. dat.

biblio-þéce

(n.)
Grammar
biblio-þéce, an; f. [βιβλιοθήκη = βιβλίον a book, θήκη repository, a library].

a librarybibliothecaThe Biblebiblia

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R.

be-yrnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-yrnan, -irnan; he -yrnþ; p. -arn, pl. -urnon; pp. -urnen [be by, yrnan to run]

To run by, to come in, occur, incurpercurrere

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To run by, to come in, occur, incur; percurrere Be-arn me on móde it occurred to my mind, Homl. Th. i. 2, 6. Án wundor me nú on mód be-arn one wonder now [runs by me into the mind] occurs to me, Dial. 1, 20.

Linked entries: be-arn be-irnan

big-leofa

(n.)
Grammar
big-leofa, bí-leofa, an; m. [big, bí for, líf life, leofen living, nourishment].

Food, victuals, nourishmentcibus, victus, alimentumMoney, wagesstips, stipendium

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R. Ben. 49. that by which food is procured, Money, wages; stips, stipendium Scipe vel bigleofa stipendium, Ælfc. Gl. 12; Som. 57, 92; Wrt. Voc. 20, 33

bí-leofa

(n.)

food

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R. Ben. 49

Linked entries: big-leofa bí-leofian

bí-leofen

(n.)
Grammar
bí-leofen, -lifen, e; f. [bí, leofen living, livelihood]

Food, provisionsannona, pulmentum

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R. Ben. 43. Bílifen pulmentum, Cot. 171

Linked entry: bí-lifen

bisceop

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop, biscop, biscep, es; m.

a BISHOP, prelateepiscopusa chief priest of the Jewspontifexa heathen priest of the Romans and Egyptians

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Lucinius Crassus, se consul, wæs eác Rómána yldesta bisceop Lucinius Crassus, the consul, was also the chief priest [pontifex maximus] of the Romans, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 104, 16. the rank of an Anglo-Saxon bishop was equal to that of the Ealdorman, or highest

bisceop-roc

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-roc, -rocc

a bishop's rochet

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a bishop's rochet

biscop-roc

(n.)
Grammar
biscop-roc, -rocc, es; m.

A bishop's rocketdalmatica

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[roc, rocc a tunic] A bishop's rocket; dalmatica Mid biscoprocce scrýdan to clothe with a bishop's rocket, Lchdm. iii. 202, 26

Linked entry: bisceop-roc

BITER

(adj.)
Grammar
BITER, bitor, bitter, bittor; g. m. n. biteres, bitres, bittres; f. bitre; sup. biteresta, bitresta; adj.

BITTER, sharp, severe, direamarus, acerbus, acer, dirus, atrox

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Hí béheóldon bogan [MS. boga], þing [þingc MS.] biter intenderunt arcum, rem amaram, Ps. Spl. 63, 3: Ps. Th. 78, 5. Bitter, Exon. 82 a; Th. 309, 10; Seef. 55. Bittor, Exon. 47 a; Th. 161, 13; Gú. 958.

Linked entries: bitter bittor

bleó-reád

(adj.)
Grammar
bleó-reád, -reód; adj.

BLUE RED, purple, myrtle-colouredcæruleorumber, myrteus

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BLUE RED, purple, myrtle-coloured; cæruleorumber, myrteus Bleóreád myrteus, Cot. 135. Bleóreód myrteus, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 89; Wrt. Voc. 46, 46

blód-yrnende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
blód-yrnende, part. [blód, yrnende, part. of yrnan to run, flow]

Blood-flowingsanguinans, sanguine fluens

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Blood-flowing; sanguinans, sanguine fluens Ðæt wíf blódyrnende þrówaþ the blood-flowing woman suffereth [was suffering], Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, note 8, B

Linked entry: blódes flównyss

bóc-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-stæf, es; pl. nom. acc. -stafas; g. -stafa; d. -stafum; m.

A bookstaf, a letter, characterlitera, character

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Ðæt he him bócstafas arǽdde and arehte that he [Daniel] should read and explain the characters to them, 212; Th. 262, 7; Dan. 740. Hwá wrát bócstafas ǽrest who first wrote letters? Salm. Kmbl. 200, 23: 192, 6. Bócstafa of letters, Salm.

bóc-riht

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-riht, es; n.

BOOK-RIGHT, the right of a will or chartertestamenti rectitudo vel jus

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R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 1

bóc-reád

(n.)

Book-red, vermilionminium

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Book-red, vermilion: so named, because it was much used in ornamenting books; minium Of bócreáde ex minio, Cot. 75: 176

bora

(n.; part.)
Grammar
bora, an; m. [boren; pp. of beran to bear]

One who bears or sustains the charge of anything, a rulerqui rem aliquam gerit, gestor

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One who bears or sustains the charge of anything, a ruler; qui rem aliquam gerit, gestor Ríces boran the rulers of the state, Cd. 224; Th. 296, 10; Sat. 500

Linked entry: -bǽre

bord-rand

(n.)
Grammar
bord-rand, es; m.

The margin or disc of a shieldscuti margo

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[bord II. a shield, rand a rim, margin] The margin or disc of a shield; scuti margo Biorn bordrand onswáf the hero turned his shield's disc, Beo. Th. 5112; B. 2559