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freó-bearn-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
freó-bearn-fæder, m.

A father of noble children ⬩ nōbĭlium fīliōrum păter

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A father of noble children; nōbĭlium fīliōrum păter.Cd. 163; Th. 206,1; Exod. 445

BÚGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BÚGAN, part. búgende; ic búge, ðu búgest, býhst, býgst, he búgeþ, býhþ, býgþ; p. ic, he beág, beáh, ðú buge, pl. bugon; imp. búg, búh; pp. bogen; v. intrans.

To BOW or bow down oneself, bend, swerve, give way, submit, yield, turn, turn away, flee ⬩ se flectere vel inclinare, curvare, declinare, desistere, cedere, vertere, divertere, fugere

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Him beág gód dǽl ðæs folces a good part of the people submitted to him, Chr. 913; Erl. 102, 7: 921; Erl. 108, 1. He to fulluhte beáh he submitted to baptism, Homl. Th. i. 386, 32: Ex. 32, 26.

Linked entries: beág beáh býgan

beót

(v.; part.)
Grammar
beót, p.of beátan.

beat ⬩ hurt

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

béne

(n.)
Grammar
béne, gen. dat. s ; nom. acc. pl. of bén q. v.

a prayer

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a prayer

berh

(v.; part.)
Grammar
berh, p. of beorgan.

for bearh shunned ⬩ vitavit

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for bearh shunned; vitavit, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 28;

BÉD

(n.)
Grammar
BÉD, es; nom. acc. pl. bédu, bédo; n.

A prayer ⬩ supplication ⬩ religious worship ⬩ oratio ⬩ supplicatio ⬩ Dei cultus

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A prayer, supplication, religious worship; oratio, supplicatio, Dei cultus Ðæt he sceolde ða bédu [MS. B. byldo constancy] anescian that he should diminish [weaken] the prayers, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 43. Béd is chiefly found in composition, as in, - Béd-hús

Linked entry: bédu

beór

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Beár, Lk. L. R. i. 15

bec

(n.)
Grammar
bec, becc, es; m.

A brook ⬩ BECK or small rapid stream ⬩ rivulus

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A brook, BECK or small rapid stream; rivulus Of ðan bece [MS. bæce] from the beck, Kmbl. Cod. Dipl. iii. 121, 16

Linked entry: becc

beón

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Gif onstyred ic beám si motus fuero, 12, 5. Biáð þreáde aporiamur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 44. Wé bíðon wrigen operiemur, Mt. L. 6, 31. Forgefen bíðon (beóþun, R.) ðé synno dimittantur tibi peccata, Mk. L. 2, 9.

be-arn

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-arn, p. of be-yrnan.

occurred

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occurred,Wanl. Catal. 154, 5;

be-láf

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-láf, p. of belífan.

remained

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remainedJos. 5, 1

be-gan

began

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began Gen. 9, 20

be-gán

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-gán, pp. of be-gán

tilled ⬩ cultivated

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tilled, cultivated On begánum landum in cultivated lands Herb. 5, 1; Lchdm. i. 94, 6;

BESMA

(n.)
Grammar
BESMA, besema, an; m.

A BESOM, broom ⬩ a rod ⬩ scopæ, virga

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A BESOM, broom, an instrument of punishment made of twigs, a rod; scopæ, virga Geclǽnsod mid besmum scopis mundatam, Mt. Bos. 12, 44 clensid with bismes, Wyc. He hit [hús] gemét mid besmum afeormod invenit eam [domum] scopis mundatam Lk. Bos. 11, 25

Linked entries: bysm bisme besema

be-hát

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Add: a promise 'On sunnandæge þú cymst tó mé.' Se apostol blissode on ðám beháte, Hml. Th. i. 74, 20: 466, 30. Hé gefylde his behát þe hé gecwæð, ii. 284, 17. Hé þæt behát mid weorcum gefylde, 486, 24. Gif ðú ðás behát mid weorcum gefylst, i. 380, 13

bern

Similar entry: bere-ærn

beów

(n.)
Grammar
beów, es; n.

barley

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Bigg (v. D. D. s. v.), barley Hondful-beówes (beóuuas, beouaes, baeues) manticum, Txts. 77, 1278. Beowæs, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 45

berc

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be-hát

Similar entry: feoh-behát

bera

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On beran del, C. D. v. 86, 20. Add