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ǽ-béc

Similar entry: ǽ-bóc

irfe-béc

(n.)
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irfe-béc, pl. f.

A willtestament

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A will, testament Uncwedene yrfebéc ruptum testamentum : forswíged yrfebéc suppressum testamentum : underne yrfebéc nuncupatio : samhíwna yrfebéc jus liberorum, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57, 102-8 ; Wrt. Voc. 20, 42-6: ii. 49, 14. Áwǽgune yrfebéc inritum testamentum

irfe-béc

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Olographum testamentum est eallwritene yrfebéc, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 40. Add

wíl-bec

(n.)

a stream of misery (?)

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a stream of misery (?) Wuniendo wær wílbec biscær, Exon. Th. 353, 42; Reim. 26

béc-treów

(n.)
Grammar
béc-treów, es; n.

A beech-tree

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A beech-tree Béctreów[um] fagis, An. Ox. 23, 30

béc-rǽding

(n.)
Grammar
béc-rǽding, e; f.

Reading of books

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Reading of books Se biscop in bécrǽdinge (bóca rǽdinge,v. l. lectioni) geornfull wæs, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 354, 15

Linked entry: bóc-rǽding

béc-leden

(adj.; part.)
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Bt. F. p. viii, 1, see Bt. S. p. 1, 2

bæc

(n.)
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Grammar bæc, bec; m. n.: bæce, bece; m.: bæc(c); f. A beck, brook. The word, which seems to occur only in lists of boundaries in charters (except in wíl-bec?), appears with varying gender and declension. bæc; m. In baka brycge; of baka brycge, C. D.

dænnede

(v.; part.)
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dænnede, became slippery, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 12, = dennode; p.
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of dennian

reád-leáf

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Dele '(?)', and add Andlang mearce tó reádléfan bécan, C. D. iii. 14, 7. On þæt reádleáfe treów; of ðám reádleáfan treówe, C. D. B. ii. 246, 28. (?)

ge-bócian

(v.)
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Add: — Þis is þára twéntiga hída bóc . . . þe Eádréd cing gebócode Óswíge his þegne on éce yrfe, C. D. iii. 426, 13, 22 (and often). Cf. ge-bécan