bétan
put right ⬩ to mend ⬩ repair ⬩ restore ⬩ cure ⬩ to correct ⬩ to amend ⬩ make amends ⬩ reparation for
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Add: to make good, put right, to mend, repair, restore Hí béttan heora scipa, Chr. 1009; P. 140, 4. Wyrcan wé brycge and þá bétan (cf. brycg-bót), Wlfst. 239, 9. Uton bétan úre cyrcean, 303, 5. of a fire or light (v. beet in D. D.), to attend to a fire
beren
a barn
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a barn
beren
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of a bear
bearn
Similar entry: cild-bearn
beran
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Fótlástas beran to bend one's footsteps, take one's way , B. 846. Add
bearn
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Bearn soboles, bearn (má = pl.) liberi, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 26, 27: pignus, ii. 66, 64. Bearna bearn pronepotibus, 76, 69. Nefena bearnum, An. Ox. 850. Betwuh bearnum inter natos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 46. Add
benn
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A wound; vulnus, Cd. 9; Th. 12, 6; Gen. 181
beóm
am
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am Exon. 30 a; Th. 91, 13; Cri. 1491
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
beót
beat ⬩ hurt
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beat, hurt Cd. 187; Th. 232, 24; Dan. 265;
bern
A barn ⬩ horreum
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A barn; horreum Nabbaþ ða hrefnas héddern ne bern the ravens have not store-house nor barn[cellarium neque horreum] Lk. Bos. 12, 24 : 12, 18 : 3, 17 : Mt. Bos. 3, 12 : 13, 30. Bern horreum, Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 78, 131
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beór
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For translation of Icelandic quotation substitute: Ale is it called among men, but among the gods beer, and add Beór ydromel-lum vel mulsum, Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 34. Æppelwín, beór idromelum, ii. 49. 57. Leóht beór melle dulci, 56, 49. Beóres tácen is þæt
beór
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Ofgeót mid strangan beóre oþþe mid strangum ealað, Lch. ii. 314, 14. Add
BEÓD
A table ⬩ mensa
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Ðú gearcodest befóran mínre gesihþe beód vel beódwyste vel mýsan parasti in conspectu meo mensam Ps. Lamb. 22, 5. Beódas lances Cot. 123
ge-byrelíc beón
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Ne sint gebyrelíco Iudea to Samaritaniscum non coutuntur Iudæi Samaritanis, Jn. Skt. Lind. 4. 9
BEÓR
BEER ⬩ nourishing or strong drink ⬩ cerevisia ⬩ sicera ⬩ a beverage made of honey and water ⬩ mead ⬩ metheglin ⬩ hydromeli ⬩ ĭtis ⬩ ydromellum ⬩ mulsum
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In their drinking parties, they pledged each other in large cups, round at the bottom, which must be emptied before they could be laid down, hence perhaps the name of a tumbler.
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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
bécn
A sign ⬩ beacon ⬩ signum
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A sign, beacon; signum Mín gebéd nú gyt bécnum standeþ ðæt him on wísum is wel lýcendlíce adhuc est oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum, Ps. Th. 140, 8 : Beo. Kmbl. 6314; B. 3161
beóm
a beam
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a beam, Chr. 1137; Erl. 262, 13