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bǽr

a biera litter,

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Bére pillentes (pilens=pilentum), Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 34

be-dráf

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-dráf, p. of be-drífan.

drove

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drove,Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 72, 38;

benn

(n.)
Grammar
benn, e; f.
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A wound; vulnus, Cd. 9; Th. 12, 6; Gen. 181

beóm

am

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am Exon. 30 a; Th. 91, 13; Cri. 1491

beón

(n.)

bees

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bees Ps. Spl. 117, 12 : L. R. S. 5; Th. i. 434, 35

beorc

(n.)
Grammar
beorc, e; f.

a birch-treebetula

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a birch-tree; betula. the Anglo-Saxon Rune ᛒ = b, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is beorc a birch-tree, hence this Rune not only stands for the letter b, but for beorc a birch-tree, as, ᛒ byþ blǽda leás a birch-tree is void of fruit Hick. Thes

Linked entries: byrc B berc birce

beót

(v.; part.)
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beót, p.of beátan.

beathurt

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beat, hurt Cd. 187; Th. 232, 24; Dan. 265;

beón

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Add: to be Wesan and beón fore, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 61. absolute, to exist, (of life) to last Ðú eart éce and á byst, Shrn. 199, 21. Þá hwíle þe mín líf byð, Cht. E. 230, 7. Gif ic lengc beó þonne heó, Shrn. 159, 27. ꝥ Án is þú woldest beón; óðer ꝥ þú

beór

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For translation of Icelandic quotation substitute: Ale is it called among men, but among the gods beer, and add Beór ydromel-lum vel mulsum, Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 34. Æppelwín, beór idromelum, ii. 49. 57. Leóht beór melle dulci, 56, 49. Beóres tácen is þæt

beorg

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Add: a hill Dún mons, hyll oððe beorh collis, Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 43. Beorh ufeweard monticellus, 54, 7. Þa dúna dreósað and beorga hliða myltað montes ruent, collesque liquescent, Dóm. L. 101. an artificial mound Beorh agger, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 43, 15: tumulus

beorg

Grammar
beorg, protection.
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Add: v. bán-, breóst-, heals-beorg

beór

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Ofgeót mid strangan beóre oþþe mid strangum ealað, Lch. ii. 314, 14. Add

bæc

(n.)
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Grammar bæc, bec; m. n.: bæce, bece; m.: bæc(c); f. A beck, brook. The word, which seems to occur only in lists of boundaries in charters (except in wíl-bec?), appears with varying gender and declension. bæc; m. In baka brycge; of baka brycge, C. D.

be-rídan

(v.)
Grammar
be-rídan, he -rít; p. , -rád, pl. ; pp. -riden; v. a.

to ride roundto surroundbesiegeperequitarepræcingereto ride afterpursuepersequi

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Alf. pol. 42; Th. i. 90, 4. to ride after, pursue; persequi Ðá berád mon ðæt wíf then they pursued the wife, Chr. 901; Ing. 125, 14. He hine berád he rode after him, 755; Ing. 70, 1

bígan

(v.)

To bendto inclineto humiliatesubdueto turninclineTo bend

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Add: trans. To bend, of shape, attitude Ic bége míne cneówa, Bl. H. 187, 18. of direction, to incline þá þá hé bígede cum (membra sopori) dedisset .i. inclinasset, An. Ox. 2105. figurative, to humiliate, subdue Líchama mín in nédhérnisse ic bégo corpus

Linked entries: býgan bégan

bétan

put rightto mendrepairrestorecureto correctto amendmake amendsreparation for

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Add: to make good, put right, to mend, repair, restore Hí béttan heora scipa, Chr. 1009; P. 140, 4. Wyrcan wé brycge and þá bétan (cf. brycg-bót), Wlfst. 239, 9. Uton bétan úre cyrcean, 303, 5. of a fire or light (v. beet in D. D.), to attend to a fire

bíme

(n.)
Grammar
bíme, (ié, é, ý), an; f.: bíma; m.?

a trumpeta tabletbillet

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a trumpet (in the first place of wood v. beám: cf. horn) Hefe úp ðíne stefne suá bíme (biéme, v. l. tuba), Past. 91, 20. Béma, Rtl. 5, 14. Býma, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 58. Béme concha, Txts. 53, 571: barbita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 28. Býme salpix, 96, 22. Hlúdstefne

Linked entries: býme beám

beðian

(v.)
Grammar
beðian, beðigean

to bathe, fomentfovere

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to bathe, foment; fovere Beða ða eágan foment the eyes, Herb. 1, 3; Lchdm. i. 72, 3: Med. ex Quadr. 4, 18; Lchdm. i. 346, 20

beren

(adj.)
Grammar
beren, byren; adj. [bera a bear]

Belonging to a bearursineursinus

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Belonging to a bear, ursine; ursinus Se byrdesta sceall gyldan berenne cyrtel [kyrtel MS.] oððe yterenne the richest must pay a bear - or otter-skin vest, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 37

bel-hús

(n.)
Grammar
bel-hús, bell-hús, es; n.

A BELL-HOUSEcampanile vel campanariumturris in qua pendent tintinnabulum vel tintinnabula

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A BELL-HOUSE, campanile vel campanarium, turris in qua pendent tintinnabulum vel tintinnabula; a room or tower in the castle of a Thane, generally built between the kitchen and porter's lodge, where was a bell or bells to summon the inhabitants to prayers

Linked entry: bell-hús