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ge-býgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býgan, -bígan, -býgean, -bígean, -bégan; p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To bowbendturninflect or decline a part of speechreclinetwistbow downhumbleabasebring undersubduecrushflectereincurvareinflecteredeclinarereclinaretorquerehumiliareconfringere

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To bow, bend, turn, inflect or decline a part of speech, recline, twist, bow down, humble, abase, bring under, subdue, crush; flectere, incurvare, inflectere, declinare, reclinare, torquere, humiliare, confringere Gebígdum cneówum flexis genibus, Bd.

Linked entries: ge-bígan ge-býgean

a-býwan

Similar entry: á-bíwan

gúþ-byrne

(n.)
Grammar
gúþ-byrne, f.

A coat of mail

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A coat of mail, Beo. Th. 648; B. 321

heaðu-byrne

(n.)
Grammar
heaðu-byrne, an; f.

A war-corslet

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A war-corslet, Beo. Th. 3108; B. 1552

on-býgan

(v.)
Grammar
on-býgan, -byrgan.

Similar entry: on-bígan

byrn-wígende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
byrn-wígende, -wiggende; part.
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Clothed in armour, mailed; loricatus Swá hire weoruda helm byrnwiggendra beboden hæfde as the prince of the mailed armies had commanded her, Elen. Kmbl. 447; El. 224. Gehlódon byrnwígendum werum wǽghengestas they loaded the ships with men covered with

byrn-wíggend

(n.)
Grammar
byrn-wíggend, es; m.
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A soldier clothed in armour, a mailed warrior; loricatus miles vel bellator Bealde byrnwíggende bold warriors, Judth. 9; Thw. 21, 13; Jud. 17

lár-bysn

(n.)
Grammar
lár-bysn, e; f.

An exampleproofspecimen

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An example, proof, specimen Lárbysn documentum vel specimen, Ælfc. Gl. 80; Som. 72, 104; Wrt. Voc. 46, 61

byrn-sweord

Similar entry: birn-sweord

byrn-wíga

Grammar
byrn-wíga, l. -wiga,
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and add Þá torras . . . þe ðá byrnwigon on stódan turres cum armatis iactatoribus, Nar. 4, 18

byrn-hom

(n.)
Grammar
byrn-hom, es; m. [byrne a coat of mail, hom a covering, garment]
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A coat of mail; lorica Beraþ bord fór breóstum and byrnhomas bear shields before your breasts and coats of mail, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 17; Jud. 192

byrn-wíga

(n.)
Grammar
byrn-wíga, an; m.
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A soldier clothed in armour; loricatus miles Se byrnwíga búgan sceolde the mailed warrior must submit, Beo. Th. 5828; B. 2918: Exon. 77b; Th. 292, 5; Wand. 94. Byrnwígena brego the chief of mailed soldiers, Judth. 9; Thw. 21, 28; Jud. 39

byrn-wíga

(n.)
Grammar
byrn-wíga, part. l.
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byrn-wiga

byrn-wigende

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
byrn-wigende, part. l. byrn-wígend, es; m.

ge-býa

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býa, p. -býde

To dwell

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To dwell Gibýaþ miþ ðǽm habitabit cum eis, Rtl. 71, 3. Gebýde habitavit, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 1, 23; 4, 13. Gibýe posside, Rtl. 165, 20

binnan

(adv.)
Grammar
binnan, be-innan.
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Bynnan healfon geáre, 204, 3. Binnon feówertig geára fæce, Hml. Th. ii. 196, 12: Chr. 947; P. 112, 25. Binnon þám fyrste, Hml. S. 5, 208. Grammar binnan, adv. Ðrím binnan, ðrim bútan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 58.

earc

(n.)
Grammar
earc, e; f.
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God beleác hí bynnan þám arce. . . . Ðæt flód ábær úp þone arc, i. 22, 1-5: 20, 31. Sé wæs geboren in þǽre earce, Chr. 855; P. 66, 28. In ðá arkǽ (ærce, L.) in arcam, Mt. R. 24, 38. In ærce (erce, R.), Lk.