bán-sealf
A bone-salve ⬩ a salve for pains in the limbs
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A bone-salve, a salve for pains in the limbs Tó gódre bán-sealfe þe mæg wið heáfodece and wið ealra lyma týddernysse, Lch. iii. 12, 23
bát-swegen
A boatman
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A boatman On Wýcinges bátswegenes gewittnisse, Cht. E. 254, 5
Linked entry: swegen
be-bod
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Bebod decretum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 46: imperium, An. Ox. 1247. Man mót wífian æt þám þriddan cneó æfter þǽre ealdan ǽ bebode (secundum veteris legis sanctionem), Ll. Th. ii. 216, 21. Hét hé beódan þæt hié fóron ealle út ætsomne. Þá ætsǽton ða Centiscan
béc-treów
A beech-tree
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A beech-tree Béctreów[um] fagis, An. Ox. 23, 30
béc-rǽding
Reading of books
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Reading of books Se biscop in bécrǽdinge (bóca rǽdinge,v. l. lectioni) geornfull wæs, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 354, 15
Linked entry: bóc-rǽding
béc-leden
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Bt. F. p. viii, 1, see Bt. S. p. 1, 2
bed-felt
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Tó bedreáfe (bedd-,v. l.) genihtsumige tó hæb-benne meatte and hwítel and bedfelt (lena ) and heáfodbolster, R. Ben. 91, 16. Add
bed-bǽr
A portable bed
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A portable bed Nim bedbeer ðín tolle grabatum tuum, Jn. L. 5, 8. Bedbér, 12
bed-cláþ
A bed-covering ⬩ pl., bed-clothes
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A bed-covering; pl., bed-clothes Heó bewand ꝥ bodig mid ðám beddcláðum, Hml. A. 111, 306
bed-gerid
An ants' nest
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An ants' nest Nime ǽmettan mid hiora bed-geride, Lch. ii. 328, 8
béd-ríp
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Aelc man in Sc̃e Eádmundes byri húsfast on his ówe land sal gifen tó þe hálegenes biderípe ón peni, Cht. Th. 438, 7. [v. N. E. D. bed-rip: Andrews' Old English Manor. P. 159.]
bed-streáw
Straw used for bedding
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Straw used for bedding Of his bedstréwe man band on ánne wódne; þá gewát se deófol him of, Hml. S. 31, 572. (Cf. streáw tó his beddinga,) 849
weoloc-basu
Purple
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Purple Uuylocbaso purpuram, Txts. 113, 66
syn-bót
Amends for sin, penance
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Amends for sin, penance Bisceopum gebyreþ ðǽt hí ne beón tó feohgeorne æt synbóte, ne on ǽnige wísan on unriht ne strýnan, L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 316, 32
bróc
to break, purl, ripple ⬩ A BROOK ⬩ latex, torrens
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A BROOK; latex, torrens Se bróc the brook, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 27. Burna oððe bróc latex, Wrt. Voc. 80, 69. Bróc torrens, Ælfc. Gl. 98; Som. 76, 78; Wrt. Voc. 54, 22. Bróc biþ onwended the brook is turned aside, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 38; Met. 5, 19
a-bát
bit ⬩ ate
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bit, ate He abát he ate, MS. Cott. Jul. E. vii. 237; Salm. Kmbl. 121, 15;
a-berd
Sagacious ⬩ crafty ⬩ cunning ⬩ callidus
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Sagacious, crafty, cunning; callidus.Wrt. Voc. 47, 36: Lchdm. iii. 192, 10; 188, 26: 186, 17
ǽ-béc
law books ⬩ books of the law ⬩ juris codices
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law books, books of the law; juris codices, Cot. 126
ǽ-bod
A business ⬩ negotium
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A business; negotium Ǽbodas pragmatica negotia, Ælfc. Gl. 12; Som. 57, 94