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wín-belg

(n.)
Grammar
wín-belg, es; m.

A wine-skinwine-bottle

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A wine-skin, wine-bottle Ne menn geótaþ wín niówe in wínbelgas (utres) alde, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 9, 17

heáfod-beáh

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

A head-ring, crown

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A head-ring, crown Heáfodbeáh gyldenne a golden crown, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 188, 8

heals-beág

(n.)
Grammar
heals-beág, es; m.

A ring for the neck, necklacemonile, collare,torques

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A ring for the neck, necklace; monile, collare, Beo. Th. 4350; B. 2172

hnut-beám

(n.)
Grammar
hnut-beám, es; m.

A nut tree;corylus avellana

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A nut tree; corylus avellana Hnutbeám nux velnucarius, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 38; Wrt. Voc. 33, 35. Hnutbeámes rind, L. M. i. 3, 6; Lchdm. ii. 42, 3; 52, 1. Hnutbeámes leáf, Lchdm. iii. 6, 15

beáh-gifa

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Add Æðelstán cyning, beorna beáhgyfa (cf. Egils Saga, 55: Aðalsteinn konungr tók gullhring af hendi sér, ok dró á blóðre-filinn, ok rétti yfir eldinn til Egils.) See also Coll. M. 22, 35 under beáh (3)) Ædelst. 2. Ꝥ him God forgyue . . . and eác swá

beald-wyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
beald-wyrde, adj.

Bold in speechsaucy

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Bold in speech, saucy Se biscop him andwyrde: 'Ðú earming, . . .' Se cwellere mid gebolgenum móde cwaeð: 'Gif ðes bealdwyrda (this saticy priest) biscop ácweald ne bið, siððan ne bið úre ege ondrǽdendlic,' Hml. Th. i. 420, 2

Linked entry: -wyrde

beán-belgas

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Of beánbælgum, Lk. L. 15, 16. Þá swín ǽton beánbelgas (-bylgas, -coddas, v. ll.), Gr. D. 106, 31. Add

beard-leás

hawkbuzzard'

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Dele: 'also a hawk or buzzard'; and add Beardleás inpubis, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 56, 2. Beardleáses effebi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 54. Beardleásum rince effebo hircitallo, An. Ox. 4, 57. Beardleásne effebum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 16. Beardleáse inuestes, An. Ox. 16, 2

beáw-hyrnet

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Dele, and see preceding word

BET

(adv.)
Grammar
BET, bett; [? from bet well; comp. betor better? contracted to bet; sup. betost contracted to betst, q. v.]

BETTERmelius

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BETTER; melius Ðá acsode he, to hwylcum tíman him bet wǽre interrogabat ergo horam ab eis in qua melius habuerit, Jn. Bos. 4, 52. Ðæt se hwǽte mǽge ðý bet weaxan that the wheat may grow the better, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 24. Hwonne his horse bett wurde till

Linked entries: a-bet bett

Bede-ford-scír

(n.)

Bedfordshire

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Bedfordshire, Chr. 1011; Th. 266, 5, col. 1

Bec

(n.)

an abbey in Normandy

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an abbey in Normandy Teodbald, ðe was abbot in ðe Bec Theobald, who was abbot of Bec, Chr. 1140 ; Th. 383, 40

be-léd

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

impelled

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Ben. 64;

be-bod

(n.)
Grammar
be-bod, bi-bod, es ; pl. nom, acc. u, o ; gen. a ; dat. um ; n.

A commandmandatedecreeordermandatumjussum

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A command, mandate, decree, order; mandatum, jussum Hwilc ðære geógoþe gleáwost wǽre bóca bebodes which of the youth was most skilful in the precepts of books, Cd. 176; Th. 221, 2; Dan. 82. Eall ðín bebodu omnia mandata tua, Ps. Th. 118, 172. Ealra beboda

Linked entry: bi-bod

be-bond

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-bond, p. of be-bindan.

bound

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bound,Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, note 9;

bétl

(n.)
Grammar
bétl, es; m.

A BEETLEblatta

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A BEETLE; blatta Ða blacan bétlas blattæ nigro colore, Cot. 141

be-wand

(v.; part.)

wrapped, enwrapped

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wrapped, enwrapped, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 9: Lk. Bos. 2, 7; Similar entries p. of be-windan

beþ

Similar entry: BÆÞ

bern

Similar entry: bere-ærn

be-léd

Grammar
be-léd, impelled.
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Dele, and see preceding word