lencten-bere
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N. E. D. lenten-corn) Nime þonne clǽnne lengten*-*bere and grinde on handcwyrna, Nap 42. Cf. lencten-eorþe
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
pól-bǽr
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Pasture-land by a pool On monnes pólbǽre, C. D. iii. 415, 5
sumer-bóc
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a lectionary for the summer Brihtríc hæfð . . . .i. mæssebóc and winterrǽdingbóc and sumerbóc, Nap. 60
wróht-bera
Linked entry: -bera
wudu-bǽr
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A woodland pasture Ðis sind ðǽre wudubǽre landgemǽru æt Ðæclége, C. D. vi. 171, 4. Cf. weald-bǽre (l. -bǽr)
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
bere-croft
Similar entry: croft
sǽ-bát
A sea-boat
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A sea-boat On sǽbáte, Andr. Kmbl. 876; An. 438 : 980; An. 490. Ic on holm gestáh, sǽbát gesæt, Beo. Th. 1270; B. 633 : 1795; B. 895
wǽl-bed
The bed of the slain
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The bed of the slain Ic hine heardan clammum on wælbedde wríþan þóhte I had thought to bind him on the couch of the slain (i.e. to kill him ), Beo. Th. 1932; B. 964. Hwæt befealdest ðú folmum ðínum on wælbedd bróðor ðínne? Cd. Th. 62,8; Gen. 1011
ǽ-bær
Brought to light (of the criminal or the crime where guilt is manifest), notorious, proved
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Substitute: Brought to light (of the criminal or the crime where guilt is manifest), notorious, proved Ǽbǽre (-bére) morð ( apertum murdrum, (Lat. Vers.) Ll. Th. i. 410, 5. Ábǽre, Wlfst. 274, 24. Se ǽbǽra þeóf fur probatus (Lat. Vers.) Ll. Th. i. 390
ǽmet-bed
An ant-hill
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An ant-hill Genim ǽmetbed mid ealle, ðára ðe hwílum fleogað, beóþ reáde, Lch. ii. 338, 21
hand-bóc
A hand-book, manual
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A hand-book, manual Hand-bóc manualis, Wrt. Voc. 81, 46. Ða hálgan béc saltere and pistolbóc ... sangbóc and handbóc the holy books: psalter and epistle-book ... book of canticles and manual, L. Ælf. C. 21; Th. ii. 350, 14
gafol-bere
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Add: Cf. Similar entries bere-gafol
breóst-bán
the breast, ⬩ a bone ⬩ The BREAST-BONE; ⬩ pectoris os, pectusculum,
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The BREAST-BONE; pectoris os, pectusculum, Ælfc. Gl. 73; Som. 71, 25; Wrt. Voc. 44, 11