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beorhtm

(n.)
Grammar
beorhtm, es; m.

Tumulttumultus

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Tumult; tumultus Hwǽr ahangen wæs heriges beorhtme ródera waldend where the Lord of glory was hung up by the tumult of the host Elen. Kmbl. 410; El. 205

BEÓR

(n.)
Grammar
BEÓR, es; m.

BEERnourishing or strong drinkcerevisiasiceraa beverage made of honey and watermeadmetheglinhydromeliĭtisydromellummulsum

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BEER, nourishing or strong drink; cerevisia, sicera. Beer, made from malted barley, was the favourite drink of the Anglo-Saxons. In their drinking parties, they pledged each other in large cups, round at the bottom, which must be emptied before they could

Linked entry: biór

beorþ

(n.)
Grammar
beorþ, berþ, byrþ, e; f : es; n? [beorþ bears, from beoran, as byrþ birþ from beran]

A BIRTHthe act of coming into lifethe thing bornnativitaspartusfetus

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A BIRTH, the act of coming into life, the thing born; nativitas, partus, fetus Cot. 87. Found in the compounds berþ-estre, berþ-ling : v. also beorþor, beorþor-cwelm, -þínen; hyse-beorþor

Linked entries: byrþ byrþ-ling

brengan

Grammar
brengan, brengean.
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Hit bið bróht (beorht, v. l.) tó lácum, Past. 216, 24. Bróht beforan úres módes eágan, 259, 20. Tó Róme bróht, Ors. 4, II ; S. 208, 19. Him ꝥ sǽd bróht wæs. Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 39. Add

beorhte

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Þú gedést ꝥ hé scínaþ swíþe beorhte, . . . sume beorhtor, sume unbyrhtor, swá swá steorran, Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 20. Steorran gebirhte, sume þeáh beorhtor, sume unbeorhtor, 34, 5; F. 140, 6. splendidly Beorhte hine gescrý-dan, Lch. iii. 198, 26.

beoran

(v.)

to bear

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to bear Ic sceal beoran I shall bear Cd. 216; Th. 274, 22; Sat. 158 : 217; Th. 277, 17; Sat. 206

beorma

Grammar
beorma, (bearma. v. next word).
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Hæf vel beorma fermentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 72. Add

beorhtu

(n.)

Similar entry: birhtu

beorþ

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Dele

beorh

Grammar
beorh, impert. of beorgan.
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save Ps. Th. 16, 8;

BEORN

(n.)
Grammar
BEORN, birn, es; m. [this word is only used by poets].

a manvira princenoblemanchiefgeneralwarriorsoldierprincepsvir nobilisduxmilesrichdives

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a man; vir Se beorn on waruþe scip gemétte the man found a ship on the strand Andr. Kmbl. 478; An. 239 : 1203; An. 602. Boétius wæs beorn bóca Boethius was a man skilled in books Bt. Met. Fox 1, 103; Met. 1, 52 : Exon. 83 a; Th. 313, 22; Mód. 4. Beornes

BEORMA

(n.)
Grammar
BEORMA, an; m : bearm, es; m.

Barmleavenyeastfrothfermentum

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Barm, leaven, yeast, froth; fermentum Se beorma awent ða gesceafta of heora gecynde barm changes creatures from their nature Homl. Th. ii. 278, 21. Wistfullian on yfelnysse beorman to feast on the barm of evil ii. 278, 25. Heofena ríce is gelíc ðam beorman

Linked entries: and-beorma ge-byrman

beora

(n.)
Grammar
beora, an; m.

A grovelucus vel nemus

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A grove; lucus vel nemus Ælfc. Gl. 110; Som. 79, 39; Wrt. Voc. 59, 11

beorc

(n.)
Grammar
beorc, e; f.

a birch-treebetula

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a birch-tree; betula. the Anglo-Saxon Rune ᛒ = b, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is beorc a birch-tree, hence this Rune not only stands for the letter b, but for beorc a birch-tree, as, ᛒ byþ blǽda leás a birch-tree is void of fruit Hick. Thes

Linked entries: byrc B berc birce

beorgiht

(adj.)
Grammar
beorgiht, adj.
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Hilly Þá lond sindon swíþe beorhtte (beorhte, v. l.) situ terrarum montoso, Ors. I. I; S. 10, 24

beorhtan

(v.)
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to shine

beonot

(n.)
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bent, coarse grass, in local names, C. D. vi. 258

beorhtan

(v.)
Grammar
beorhtan, berhtan, byrhtan; p. -te; pp. ed

To shinelucere

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To shine; lucere Ps. Th. 143, 7

Linked entries: byrhtan berhtan

beorne

(n.)
Grammar
beorne, an; f.

A coat of maillorica

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A coat of mail; lorica Cod. Dipl. 716; A. D. 996-1006; Kmbl. iii. 351, 26

breóst-beorh

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-beorh, -beorg, es; m.
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A breast-plate. Brióstbiorg propugnaculum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 30. Substitute, e; f. A breast-work