beátan
to beat with (mid) ⬩ to beat on ⬩ To beat on
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Add: trans. of living creatures Sume hí beóton quosdam caedentes, Mt. 12, 5. Hí beóton his heáfod percutiebant caput ejus, Mt. 27, 30. Hí beóton heora breóst, Hml. Th. ii. 258, 9. Gif man hiné beáte, Ll. Th. i. 348, 5. Þone þe þé beáton sceolde, Hml.
bædling
A delicate fellow ⬩ tenderling ⬩ one who lies much in bed ⬩ homo delicatus
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A delicate fellow, tenderling, one who lies much in bed; homo delicatus Bædlingas effeminate men; μaλaκoí, Cot. 71: 1 Cot. 6, 9
Linked entry: bedling
bed-cófa
A bed place ⬩ cubiculum
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A bed place; cubiculum Bed-cófa vel búr cubiculum, Ælfc. Gl, 27 ; Som. 60, 99 : Lk. Bos. 12, 3
deáþ-bérnis
Death, destruction, pestilence ⬩ pernĭcies, pestilentia
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Death, destruction, pestilence; pernĭcies, pestilentia Deáþbérnisse oððe uncúþo ádlo pestilentiæ, Lk. Skt. Lind. 21, 11
Linked entry: doeþ-bérnis
be-rendan
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To strip of peel or husk;— Gárleác gebrǽd and berend, Lch. ii. 50, 22. Nim feowertig lybcorna, berend wel and gegníd, 336, 2 : iii. 18, 29. Berende, 272, 6. Sundcorn wel berended, iii. 18, 13
hleór-beran
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Thorpe reads bæron, Kemble beran, an infinitive after scionon = they seemed [?].
Linked entry: hliét
ful-bétan
To make full amends ⬩ give satisfaction ⬩ pĕnĭtus compensāre ⬩ sătisfăcĕre
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To make full amends, give satisfaction; pĕnĭtus compensāre, sătisfăcĕre Ðæt he fulbéte till he make full amends, L. Pen. 12; Th. ii. 280, 29
Linked entry: full-bétan
Berhte
Bertha ⬩ Bercta
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Ǽr ðam, becom hlísa to him ðære cristenan ǽfestnysse, for ðon he cristen wíf hæfde, seó wæs him forgifen of Francena cyningcynne, Berhte wæs háten.
Linked entry: Berþa
birce
Barking
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Barking Bercae latratus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 46. Byrce, 50, 63
hind-berige
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Hind*-*berge erimo, 29, 40. the word seems to be used of the strawberry also: Hindberian flaga, 38, 62. Add
Beran burh
BANBURY ⬩ Oxfordshire
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BANBURY, Oxfordshire Hér Cynríc and Ceawlin fuhton wið Brettas æt Beran byrig here, A. D. 556, Cynric and Ceawlin fought with Britons at Banbury, Chr. 556; Th. 30, 9, col. 1, 2, 3
Linked entry: Bearan burh
be-hǽs
A self-command ⬩ vow ⬩ promise ⬩ behest ⬩ votum
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A self-command, vow, promise. Hence our behest; votum He fela behǽsa behét he promised many vows Chr. 1093; Th. 359, 33
bet-boren
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Better-born, of higher-birth Gif æðelborenran (bett-, v. l.) wífmen þis gelimpe. Ll. Th. i. 70, 1
beó-þeóf
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Wolde gedón sum man reáflác on ðám ylcum beón, Gr. D. 229, 12. Add:cf
Linked entry: þeóf
Behémas
The Bohemians ⬩ Bohēmi
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The Bohemians; Bohēmi Hí Maroaro habbaþ, be westan him Þyringas, and Behémas, and Bægware healfe they, the Moravians, have, on their west, the Thuringians, Bohemians, and part of the Bavarians Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 42
Linked entry: Béme
bærs
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Baers (bers (r above the line between e and s)) lupus, Txts. 74, 592. Bærs, Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 2: 281, 65. Bears, ii. 51, 21. Add
besta
the BEST ⬩ optimus
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the BEST; optimus Scipio, se besta Rómána witena Scipio, the best of the Roman senators, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 104, 38; Cot. MS. Tib. B. I. fol. 85 b
Linked entry: betera
ge-byrd
Bearded ⬩ barbātus
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Bearded; barbātus Gebyrd barbātus, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 45, 11. Gebyrdne hine he gesihþ he sees himself bearded, Lchdm. iii. 200, 4
byrst
A loss, defect ⬩ damnum, calamitas
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A loss, defect; damnum, calamitas Gylde ðone byrst, ðe ðæt fýr ontende reddet damnum, qui ignem succenderit, Ex. 22, 6, 12: Ps. Th. 108, 18. We habbaþ fela byrsta gebiden multas calamitates sumus perpessi, Lupi Serm. i. 2; Hick. Thes. ii. 99, 21
berian
To bare ⬩ make naked ⬩ expose ⬩ exhibit ⬩ make a shew of ⬩ nudare ⬩ denudare ⬩ in medium proferre ⬩ ostentare
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Ða ðe me fór werode wisdóm bereþ who to me make a shew of wisdom before the people, Cd. 179; Th. 224, 27; Dan. 142