becca
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Ligo becca vel palus, vel fustis, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 15. Becca ligo, 84, 67. v. beck in N. E. D. Add:
béc
books
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books, Hy. 7, 20; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 20
BEÁN
A BEAN ⬩ all sorts of pulse ⬩ faba ⬩ legumen
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A BEAN, all sorts of pulse; faba, legumen Beán pisan a vetch, Cot. 34 : 122
BEÓD
A table ⬩ mensa
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A table; mensa Ðá ða gebróðru æt beóde sǽton sedentibus ad mensam fratribus Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 9. Ðú gearcodest befóran mínre gesihþe beód vel beódwyste vel mýsan parasti in conspectu meo mensam Ps. Lamb. 22, 5. Beódas lances Cot. 123
beót
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Hié tó beóte (bote, MS.) balde gecwǽdon þæt hié þæs wíges wihte ne róhton, Dan. 200. Heó (the vestal virgin) hiere beót (vow; gehát, v. l.) áleág, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 19. Dele bracket, and add under III:
beán
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Beán cicer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 82: 14, 37: falla, 35, 13: legumen, 52, 14. Gegrunden beán faba pressa, 39, 68: 146, 62. Fugles beán vicium, 123, 57. Beána fabae, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 84, 6. Heó hafað sǽd swylce beána, Lch. i. 238, 19. Greáte beáne, iii. 56, 21
BEÓT
a threatening ⬩ threat ⬩ command ⬩ menace ⬩ comminatio ⬩ minæ ⬩ peril ⬩ periculum ⬩ a boasting ⬩ boasting promise ⬩ promise ⬩ jactantia ⬩ promissio gloriosa ⬩ promissum
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a threatening, threat, command, menace; comminatio, minæ He ne wæs ondredende ða beótunge [beót, MSS. B. C.] ðæs ealdormannes minas principis non metuit, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477. 23 : Exon. 68 a; Th. 253, 7; Jul. 176. peril; periculum Ðenden [ðen, MS.] in
beám
a beam ⬩ post ⬩ a beam of light
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Add: a tree Nim ǽlces treówcynnes dǽl bútan heardan beáman (cf. tree heard) arborem sicomorum, Lk. L. 19, 4, Lch. i. 398, 8. a beam, post Beám trabes, Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 13: trabs, 290, 6. Swá swá greát beám (or tree?) on wyda wyrcþ hlúdne dynt, Bt. 38
BEÁM
a tree ⬩ arbor ⬩ the tree ⬩ cross ⬩ patibulum ⬩ crux ⬩ a column ⬩ pillar ⬩ columna ⬩ wood ⬩ a ship ⬩ lignum ⬩ navis ⬩ a BEAM ⬩ splint ⬩ post ⬩ a stock of a tree ⬩ trabs ⬩ stipes ⬩ A ray of light ⬩ a sun-BEAM ⬩ radius ⬩ a trumpet ⬩ tuba
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a tree; arbor Se beám bude wyrda geþingu the tree boded the councils of the fates, Cd. 202; Th. 250, 11; Dan. 545 : 23; Th. 30, 18; Gen. 468 : 24; Th. 31, 1; Gen. 478. On ðæs beámes blédum on the branches of the tree, 200; Th. 248, 4 ; Dan. 508 : Exon
bend
A band ⬩ bond ⬩ ribbon ⬩ a chaplet ⬩ crown ⬩ ornament ⬩ vinculum ⬩ ligamen ⬩ diadema
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A band, bond, ribbon, a chaplet, crown, ornament; vinculum, ligamen, diadema; What ties, binds, or bends Ðæt benda onlýseþ that looseneth bonds Exon. 8 b; Th. 5, 12; Cri. 68. On láþne bend in a loathsome bond Cd. 225; Th. 298, 27; Sat. 539. Heora bendas
begne
An ulcer ⬩ a carbuncle ⬩ carbunculus
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An ulcer, a carbuncle; carbunculus, Seó blace begne the black ulcer Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 69, 21; Wrt. Voc. 40, 52
beáw
a gadfly
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a gadfly Beáw cretabulus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 77: 136, 79. Beáw vel (v. Wülck. Gl. 121, 12) hyrnette oestrum, i. 23, 64
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
Beda
Venerable Bede
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. — Of ðære tíde ðæs ðe ic Mæssepreóstháde onféng óþ nigon and fíftig wintra mínre yldo, ic ðás béc for mínre nýdþearfe and mínra freónda of geweorcum árwurþra Fædera wrát and sette ge eác swylce to mǽgwlite andgytes and gástlícra gerecenessa ic to ætýcte
beád
A table ⬩ mensa
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A table; mensa Of beád de mensa, Lk. Lind. War. 16, 21. Beádas, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 12
béna
A petitioner ⬩ demander ⬩ rogator ⬩ supplex
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A petitioner, demander; rogator, supplex Gehýr me helpys bénan exaudi me auxilii supplicem Ps. Th. 101, 2. Hý béna wǽron they were demanders, or they demanded Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 73, 36. Hence béna wesan to demand, request Beo. Th. 6272; B. 3140 : Cd. 107
BERA
A BEAR ⬩ ursus
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A BEAR; ursus Dauid gewylde ðone wíldan beran David subdued the wild bear, Ælfc. T. 13, 26. Eofor oððe beran onginnan to attack a boar or bear, Exon. 92 a; Th. 344, 21; Gn. Ex. 177. Sceall gyldan án beran fel shall pay one bear's skin, Ors. 1, 1; Bos
consula béc
Books of consuls ⬩ kings' annals ⬩ calendars ⬩ fastorum libri ⬩ fasti
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Books of consuls, or kings' annals, calendars; fastorum libri, fasti Cot. 92
bere-ærn
A barley-place ⬩ a corn-place ⬩ a barn ⬩ horreum
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A barley-place, a corn-place, a barn; horreum He gegaderaþ his hwǽte on his bern congregabit triticum suum in horreum, Mt. Bos. 3, 12 : 13, 30. He feormaþ hys berenes flóre purgabit aream suam, Lk. Jun. 3, 17. Ic towurpe míne berenu destruam horrea mea