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bearo

(n.)

Similar entry: ác-bearo

-beát

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-beát

beór

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Ofgeót mid strangan beóre oþþe mid strangum ealað, Lch. ii. 314, 14. Add

-bera

(suffix)

Similar entry: wróht-bera

beám

(n.)

a trumpet.

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a trumpet

beaf

(n.)

a gad-fly ⬩ œstrus ⬩ οίστροs

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a gad-fly; œstrus = οίστροs,Leo 118

beal

(v.)
Grammar
beal, p. of bellan.

bellowed ⬩ roared

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bellowed, roared;

bearh

(v.; part.)
Grammar
bearh, p. of beorgan.

saved

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saved,Cd. 124; Th. 158, 29; Gen. 2624;

beád

(n.)

a prayer ⬩ oratio

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a prayer; oratio

Linked entry: beáda

bearu

(n.)

a grove

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a grove, Wrt. Voc. 32, 38

beám

Similar entry: ciris-beám

bearn

Similar entry: cild-bearn

bera

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On beran del, C. D. v. 86, 20. Add

befer

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For? after ponticus substitute: (ponticus canis = castor, Migne), and add Bebr fiber, Txts. 60, 399. Bebir(-er) castorius, 52, 272. Befer fiber, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 33: castor, 129, 34. Befor, i. 66, 3. Beofer fiber, 78, 16. On beueres bróces heáfod, C

BEALO

(n.)
Grammar
BEALO, bealu, balu; gen. bealowes, bealwes, bealuwes, baluwes; dat. bealuwe, bealwe, baluwe, bealo; acc. bealu, balu, bealo; instr. bealwe, bealuwe; pl. gen. bealwa, bealuwa, baluwa; dat. instr. balawum; balawun; n.

BALE ⬩ woe ⬩ harm ⬩ evil ⬩ mischief ⬩ malum ⬩ calamitas ⬩ pernicies ⬩ damnum ⬩ noxa ⬩ tribulatio ⬩ wickedness ⬩ depravity ⬩ malities ⬩ nequitia

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BALE, woe, harm, evil, mischief; malum, calamitas, pernicies, damnum, noxa, tribulatio Hæfdon bealo they had woe, Cd. 214; Th. 269, 10; Sat. 71. Bealowes gást spirit of evil [diabolus], Cd. 228; Th. 307, 19; Sat. 682.

Linked entries: balewe balo balw bealu

béce

(n.)
Grammar
béce, bǽce, beóce, an; f.

A beech-tree ⬩ a tree bearing mast ⬩ fagus ⬩ æsculus

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A beech-tree, a tree bearing mast; fagus, æsculus Béce fagus, Wrt. Voc. 285, 21

Linked entries: bǽce beóce

bealo

(n.)
Grammar
bealo, bealu; n.

hurt ⬩ mischief ⬩ destruction ⬩ malice

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Add: hurt, mischief, destruction Þǽr wæs ꝥ brýdealo ꝥ wæs manegra manna bealo (mannum tó beala, v. l.), Chr. 1075; P. 210, 35. Þæt bráde bealo and se byrnenda grund, Wlfst. 186, 11. Hit bið him sylfum tó bealowe geðyged, Hml.

BEALD

(adj.)
Grammar
BEALD, bald; adj.

BOLD ⬩ brave ⬩ confident ⬩ of good courage ⬩ validus ⬩ strenuus ⬩ fortis ⬩ constans ⬩ audax ⬩ fidens ⬩ bono animo ⬩ liber

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Beald reordade, eádig on elne brave he spake, happy in courage, Exon. 47 b; Th. 163, 24; Gú. 998. He healdeþ Meotudes ǽ beald in breóstum bold in his breast he holds the law of the Creator, Exon. 62 b ; Th. 229, 20; Ph. 458.

Linked entries: bald byldan

-becc

(suffix)
Grammar
-becc, -bec, -beck,
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used for the name of places, or as a termination to the names of places, denotes the situation to be near a brook or river

beig-beám

(n.)
Grammar
beig-beám, es; m.

A bramble ⬩ rubus

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A bramble; rubus Moyses ætýwde wið ǽnne beigbeám Moyses ostendit secus rubum Lk. Bos. 20, 37