bisenung
example ⬩ example ⬩ proof
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example (of conduct) þæt óðre þurh his gódan bysenunge gelǽrede sýn, R. Ben. 109, 23. Náþor ne hí mid bodengum wel ná lǽraþ ne mid bisnuncgum wel ná tǽcaþ, Wlfst. 376, 25. Hí mid bysnungum wel ne lǽdað, Ll.
bletsian
to hallow ⬩ consecrate ⬩ adore ⬩ to benefit ⬩ prosper
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R. 26, 26. Bloedsade, Mk. L. 14, 22. to make the sign of the crossas a protection against evil :-- Gif hwá hit bletsað, þonne áblynð seó dydrung, Hml. S. 21, 469. Ah ne bloedsade (bletsadon, R.) ué úsic l ué sæguade úsic, Jn. L. 8, 48.
bletsung-sealm
The Benedicite
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The Benedicite Æfter þisum mon sceal singan þone bletsingsealm, þæt is 'Benedicite' inde benedictiones (i. e. canticum trium puerorum) dicantur, R. Ben. 36, 18
blinnan
to cease
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R. 14, 32
blódig
bloodthirsty
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Ox. 11, 149. of colour, red as blood Ástígeþ blódig wolcen, Bl. H. 91, 32: Chr. 979; P. 122, 24. of battle, attended with much bloodshed Þá blódgan cruda (certamina belli, cf. 90, 1 = Ald. 143, 34), Wrt.
bócere
a bookman ⬩ an author ⬩ a scholar
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Mið boecerum (bókerum, R.) cum scribis, Mt. L. 27, 41
bile-wit
plausible
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Bilehwitum simplicioribus, R. Ben. I. 13, 5. Moises wæs se bilewitusta (mitissimus) mann, Num. 12, 3. in an unfavourable sense, plausible, affecting simplicity Ne trúwa ðú smyltum wedere, ne bilewitum men, Prov. K. 63
binde
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Þæt þú [stríce] mid foreweardum fingrum þín forewearde heáfod fram þám ánum eáran tó bon óþrum on bindan tácne (cf. strícan on róde tácne, 2) trace out a fillet on the forehead with the tips of the fingers from ear to ear, Tech. ii. 129, 20. Add
be-rénian
to ornament ⬩ adorn
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to ornament, adorn: — Bóc mid sylure berénod, and iii. róde mid sylure berénode, C. D. vi. 101, 24. Add:
be-sárgian
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Hý ná ne ceorien, ne mid móde besárgien non murmurarent, R. Ben. 65, 9. Geswíce ánra gehwylc be Gode oþþe be gódum besárgian (conquiri), Scint. 165, 10
Linked entry: sárgian
be-sceáwung
Contemplation
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On Godes besceáwunge in contemplatione Dei, R. Ben. 135, 1: Gr. D. 4, 22
be-sceran
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Seó bescorene hálignes tonsa sanctitas, R. Ben. 135, 28. to cut off hair Bescear heó hire feax swá weras, Shrn. 31, 7. Beard him beónn bescoren. Lch. iii. 198, 29. Samson besceorenum fexe (with shorn locks), Hml. Th. i. 488, 9
be-sidian
To regulate
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To regulate Besceáwige se abbod and hate be*-*sidian þǽra reáfa gemet, R. Ben. 89, 18
brengan
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Tó Róme bróht, Ors. 4, II ; S. 208, 19. Him ꝥ sǽd bróht wæs. Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 39. Add
breóst
the chest ⬩ thorax ⬩ the stomach ⬩ womb ⬩ a breast ⬩ mamma ⬩ mamilla
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Cumað deór . . . and heora breósta beóð mid byrnum befangene (habebant loricas, Rev. 9, 9), Wlfst. 200, 12. Hé hlinode ofer ðæs Hǽlendes breóstum (onufa breóst supra pectus, L. R.), Jn. 13, 25.
breóst-rocc
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Breoten-wealda
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Ongol- Saxna cyning and Brytenwalda ealles ðyses íglandæs Angul-Saxonum necnon et totius Brittaniae rex, 219, 9. Hé wæs se eahteþa cyning sé þe Brytenw(e)alda (Bretenan, v. l.) wæs octavus rex qui rexit Bryttaniam, Chr. 827 ; P. 60, 26 note
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bróc
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Ðá þe on ýtinge farað níman him bréc (femoralia) of hrægelhúse, R. Ben. 90, 8. Dele ' acc. bréc, ' and add
cantic
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Cantic Deuteronomio, þæt is Adtende celum . . . óþrum dagum sý cantic gesungen, þæt is lofsang þe tó þám dæge belimpð, R. Ben. 38, 2-5. Þæne saltere mid gewunelican cantican, 44, 20. Singan þrý canticas of wítigena bócum, 35, 13. Add