elpend-bán
ivory
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An elephant's tusk, ivory Elpendbaan, elpendesbán ebor; Txts. 59, 713. Elpanbán oððe elpend (= elpendbán?; but cf. O. H. Ger. elafant ebor; elefant-ín, -isc eburneus) ebor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 73. Úton his brýdbúras wǽron elpendbánum geworhte, Nar. 5,
fór-bed
A litter
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A litter: -Fórbed (-bæd, v.l.) badanola (lectus in itinere, lectus itineralis: cf. banadola lectus quo in itinere fertur, Gl. Isidor), Hpt. 31, 6, 80
ge-beót
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Add: a promise to do great things, a boast, boasting Ðá bóceras gýmaþ tó gebeótes þǽra fíf stafa þe synd vocales gecíged the grammarians make a boast of taking care of the five letters that are called vowels, Angl. viii. 327, 35. Ðá andwyrde Petrus mid
ge-bán
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Bones Mid his gebána reliquium (gebǽnum, v.l.) apud mortua sua ossa, Gr. D. 86, 11
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
heáh-beorg
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Add: cf. heáh-clif, heáh-torr
heals-beág
a collar
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a collar Healsbeága mǽst . . . þone hring hæfde Higelác . . ., B. 1195. Add:
hearm-beorg
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A hill of calamity or of affliction Sitæþ on hærmbergæ, E. M. Furn. 373
here-beorg
Harbour ⬩ shelter ⬩ lodgings ⬩ quarters
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Harbour, shelter, lodgings, quarters Þá genam hé þǽr herebeorge, Nap. 82
hweorf-bán
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Hwiorfbán poplites. Lch. i. lxxi, II. Add
irfe-béc
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Olographum testamentum est eallwritene yrfebéc, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 40. Add
hype-bán
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Lendenu vel hypebán renes vel lumbi, hypebán catacrina Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 36, 37. Hypbán catacrinas, ii. 129, 39. Add:
níd-bád
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Add: figurative Hwæt, wé nú wǽron fægne þæt wé ne móston bedíglan on ússum scræfum, þæt hé ús ne swencte mid his mægnis nídbáðe, Mod. Philol. 1. 33
smiþ-belg
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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
an-bid
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Úrne endedæg mid swilcum anbide trymman finem nostrum sub tali actu expectare, Chrd. 25, 35. Add
ban-weorc
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action which causes death, manslaughter Seó unlagu ꝥ man móste banweorc on unsacne secgan, Ll. Lbmn. 244, 34. Cf. morþ-weorc
bed-gerid
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Substitute : The food in an ants' nest
beorg-steal
Similar entry: borg-steall