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ge-bécn-

(prefix)

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ge-beór

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Add: a guest at a meal Gebeór convictor, conviva, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 72. Tó lytlum beóde ǽwfæste þearfan Críst gebeór( conuiuam ) beón witan, Scint. 158, 11. Wæs his gewuna ꝥ hé wolde swýþe lytel drincan, þeáh hé mid gebeórum blíðe wǽre, Vis. Lfc. 24

heals-beág

a collar

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a collar Healsbeága mǽst . . . þone hring hæfde Higelác . . ., B. 1195. Add:

laur-beám

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Laurbeámes lauri Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 12. Add

lencten-bere

(n.)
Grammar
lencten-bere, spring-sown barley (?cf. lenten corne as . . . otys, pecys, barley. v.
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N. E. D. lenten-corn) Nime þonne clǽnne lengten*-*bere and grinde on handcwyrna, Nap 42. Cf. lencten-eorþe

smiþ-belg

(n.)
Grammar
smiþ-belg, es; m.
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A smith's bellows Ðeáh mon ðane gársecg útan besette mid smiðbelgum (-bylium, v. l. Nap. 58), Sal. K. 85, 13

sýl-beám

(n.)
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a tree that serves as a pillar (?) Tó sýlbeáme; of sýl-beáme, C. D. iii. 79, 36

web-beám

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web-beám, In 1. 3 for insubula 1.
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insubulae

wróht-bera

Linked entry: -bera

bere-croft

Similar entry: croft

coren-beág

(n.)
Grammar
coren-beág, Cf. coróna.

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sár-benn

(n.)
Grammar
sár-benn, e; f.

A painful wound

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A painful wound Wæs ðæs hálgan líc sárbennum soden, swáte bestémed, bánhús ábrocen, blód ýþum weóll, Andr. Kmbl. 2479; An. 1241. Sárbennum gesóht, Exon. Th. 163, 11; Gú. 992

scear-beám

(n.)
Grammar
scear-beám, es ; m.

The wood to which the ploughshare is fixed

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The wood to which the ploughshare is fixed (?) Scearbeám brigacus. Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 21

hand-bell

(n.)
Grammar
hand-bell, e; f.

A hand-bell

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A hand-bell Ðǽr nǽron ǽr búton vii upphangene bella and nú sind xiii upphangene and xii handbella before there were but seven hung-up bells, and now there are thirteen hung-up bells and twelve hand-bells, Th. Chart; 430, 6

gafol-bere

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Add: Cf. Similar entries bere-gafol

hirde-belg

(n.)
Grammar
hirde-belg, -belig, es; m.

A shepherd's bag

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A shepherd's bag Ðá nam he fif stánas on his herdebelig then he took five stones in his shepherd's bag, Blickl. Homl. 31, 17

sweor-beáh

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-beáh, gen.-beáges; m.

A collar, band or chain for the neck, necklace

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A collar, band or chain for the neck, necklace Myne vel sweorbéh monile vel serpentinum, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 50. Swurbeáh monile, 74, 58. Swurbéh murenula vel torques, 16, 57. Ic ann ðære hlǽfdigan ánes swyrbeáges on hundtwelftigum mancussum and ánæs beáges

friþ-béna

(n.)

a criminal

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a criminal who asks for asylum, Similar entries v. friþ, (5 b α), or for reconciliation with the law

fullwiht-béna

(n.)
Grammar
fullwiht-béna, an; m.

One who asks for baptism

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One who asks for baptism Fulwihtbéna rogator baptismi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 59

wana-beám

Similar entry: wanan-beám