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beg-beám

(n.)
Grammar
beg-beám, beig-beám, es; m.[begir a berry, beám a tree]

The mulberry-tree ⬩ the blackberry-bush ⬩ a tree bearing berries ⬩ a bramble ⬩ morus ⬩ rubus

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The mulberry-tree, the blackberry-bush, a tree bearing berries, a bramble; morus, rubus Moyses æt-ýwde wið ǽnne beigbeám Moyses ostendit secus rubum Mωσήs έμήνυσεν έπί τήs βάτου Lk. Bos. 20, 37

Linked entry: beig-beám

bere-tún

(n.)
Grammar
bere-tún, es; m. [bere barley, corn; tún an inclosure, a place shut in]

A barley-enclosure ⬩ court-yard ⬩ threshing-floor ⬩ corn-farm ⬩ grange ⬩ corn-village ⬩ BARTON ⬩ hordei area ⬩ villa frumentaria

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A barley-enclosure, court-yard, threshing-floor, corn-farm, grange, corn-village, BARTON; hordei area, villa frumentaria. 'BARTON, Prædium dominicum, vel terræ quas vocant Dominicales, hoc est, quas in distributione manerii dominus non elocavit hæreditarie

Linked entries: Barton bere-wíc

Æðelbryht

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelbryht, -berht, -briht, es; m. [æðele, bryht bright, excellent. v. beorht] .

Ethelbert king of Kent ⬩ Ethelbert the second ⬩ Æthelbryhtus

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Ethelbert king of Kent, for fifty-six years, from A.D. 560-616. Ethelbert was converted to Christianity by the preaching of St. Augustine: v. Augustinus A. D. 560 [MS. 565], hér, féng Æðelbryht [MS. Æðelbriht] to Cantwara ríce here, A. D. 560, Ethelbert

Linked entry: Berhte

birgan

(v.)

to taste

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to taste Byrgeth libat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 33. Ic ꝥ wæter bergde aquam gustavi, Nar. 8, 28, 30. Seó swétnes ðe ic ǽr byrigde (bregde, v. l.) (degustans ), Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 625, 12. Úser Drihten gallan berigde, Angl. xi. 173, 3. Bergað gustate, Ps. Srt.

ge-beorg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-beorg, -beorh, -berg; gen. -beorges, -beorhges; n. [ge-, and beorg a protection, refuge]

A defence ⬩ protection ⬩ safety ⬩ refuge ⬩ præsĭdium ⬩ refŭgium ⬩ tutāmen ⬩ tuĭtio

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A defence, protection, safety, refuge; præsĭdium, refŭgium, tutāmen, tuĭtio Leófsunu ahóf bord to gebeorge Leofsunu raised up his buckler for defence, Byrht. Th. 138, 64; By. 245 : 135, 40; By. 131. Britwalum to gebeorge for the protection of the Brito-Welsh

Ecg-bryht

(n.)
Grammar
Ecg-bryht, -briht, -berht, -byrht, es; m. [ecg edge, sword; bryht bright, excellent] Egbert; Ecgbryhtus; king of Wessex for thirty-seven years and seven months, from A.D. 800-837. Egbert chose Swithun [v. Swíþhún] for the preceptor to his son Æðelwulf, the heir to the throne of Wessex
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Hér, A.D. 800, Ecgbryht féng to Wesseaxna ríce here, A.D. 800, Egbert succeeded to the kingdom of the West-Saxons, Chr. 800; Erl. 60, 4. Hér, A.D. 837 [MS. 836], Ecgbryht cyning forþférde, se rícsode xxxvii wintra and vii mónþas here, A.D. 837, king Egbert

byreþ

(v.)
Grammar
byreþ, bears, Beo. Th. 598; B. 296;
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3rd pers. pres. of beran

byrst

(v.)
Grammar
byrst, he byrþ bearest, he bears, produces; facit, Mt. Bos. 7, 17;
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2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of beran

be-boren-inniht

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Dele, and see be-beran

wæstm-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
wæstm-bǽre, adj.

Fruitful, fertile, productive

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Fruitful, fertile, productive Wæstmbǽre ferax, Gr. 9, 60; Zup. 69, 5: frugalis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 31. Wæstm*-*bǽru fecunda, 38, 22. referring to inanimate things Ðæt wæstm*-*bǽre land campi uberes, Ors. 1, 3;Swt. 32, 2. Sceáwiaþ ðæt land, hwæðer hit

birþ

(v.)

bears

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bears; 3rd pers. pres. of beran

brastlian

(v.)
Grammar
brastlian, brastligan, to brastlienne, brastligenne; part. brastliendebrastligende;; he brastlaþ; p. ode ; pp. od [berstan rumpi, frangi]

To BRUSTLE, rustle, crackle, make a noise, murmur; ⬩ crepare, crepitare, strepere, murmurare

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To BRUSTLE, rustle, crackle, make a noise, murmur; crepare, crepitare, strepere, murmurare Begann to brastligenne þunor thunder began to crackle, Homl. Th. ii. 196, 23. Ðæt treów brastliende sáh to ðam hálgan were the tree fell crackling towards the

Linked entry: bærstlian

boren

(v.; part.)

borne, carried, born

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Fox 26, 92; Met. 26, 46; pp. of beran

be-reáfian

(v.)

alone

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Add Bereáfað populatur, An. Ox. 139. Bereafiað moliuntur fraudes, Kent. Gl. 3. Bereáuedon abegerant, An. Ox. 7, 263. Bereáfian grassari, 5343. Bereáfed fraudaretur, 1583. with acc. of person (or thing) despoiled, alone Hé bereáfode hine sylfne se expolians

sǽtian

(v.)
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Sǽtiende hí ofslógon þone beran ursum insidiantes occiderunt, Gr. D. 206, 30. Add

undern-mete

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Mid him beran his undernmete (-gereord, v.l., prandium), Gr. D. 150, 14. Add

biereþ

(v.)

bears, carries

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bears, carries, Exon. 58 b; Th. 211, 18; Ph. 199; for bireþ; Similar entries 3rd pres. of beran

un-fródness

(n.)
Grammar
un-fródness, e; f.

Ignorance ⬩ rudeness

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Ben. 97, 7) geþyldelíce beran difficultatem patienter portare, R. Ben. Interl. 95, 14

Linked entry: fród-ness

un-gerádness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gerádness, e; f.

Disagreement

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Disagreement Gyf hyne méte, ðæt hé áwiht beran geseó, ðæt byð ungerádnes, Lchdm. iii. 170, 20

Linked entry: ge-rádness

ge-wrǽðan

(v.)

to be wroth, savage

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to be wroth, savage Beran to him gewrǽðan gesihþ if he sees a bear savage at him, Lchdm. iii. 212, 4

Linked entry: wrǽþan

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