bírg-nes
a taste
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a taste, Cot. 97
ge-bild
Bold ⬩ brave ⬩ confident ⬩ audax ⬩ fortis ⬩ fīdens
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Bold, brave, confident; audax, fortis, fīdens He mid gebildum móde hine ealne gedranc he drank it all with a bold mind, Homl. Th. i. 72, 25
Linked entry: ge-byld
stán-bill
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An implement of stone, or one used in working stone Bill marra, stánbill mastellas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 71
Linked entry: stán-æx
bile-witlíce
Simply ⬩ innocently ⬩ uprightly ⬩ gently
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Simply, with simplicity, innocently, uprightly, gently Hié nǽfre bilwitlíce willað monigean numquam clementer admonent, Past. 145, 1. Gif hwá gonge bilwitlíce (simpliciter ) treów tó ceorfanne, 165, 25: 167, 6. Bielwitlíce (bile- ?, bil-, v. l.) libban
bile-witness
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Biliwitnes (bil-, v. l.) and ánfealdnes weorca simplicitas actionis, Past. 243, 12. Bilewitnes simplicitas, i. puritas, An. Ox. 1827. Biluitnise modestia, Rtl. 105, 1: mansuetudo, 100, 11: lenitas, 111, 26. Biluitnises sinceritatis, 35, 19. Mid ðǽre culfran
case-bill
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a sceptre? Casebill clauam i. gestam̄ (for ? cáserbill gestamen; gestamen sceptrum, Migne: billus baculus, claua oblonga, ib.: so cáser-bill might be compared with cyne-gird), Germ. 394, 285
cweorn-bill
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For Cot. 125 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 43
wudu-bill
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Sume dæge sealde hé him írengelóman, ꝥ is háten wudubill quadam die ei dari ferramentum jussit, quod ad falcis similitudinem falcastrum vocatur, Gr. D. 113, 18. Add
bile-wit
Similar entry: un-bilewit
cweorn-bill
A stone chisel for dressing querns ⬩ lapidaria
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A stone chisel for dressing querns ; lapidaria Cot. 125
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bile-wit
Merciful, mild, gentle, simple, honest ⬩ æquanimus, mansuetus, mitis, simplex, honestus
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Merciful, mild, gentle, simple, honest; æquanimus, mansuetus, mitis, simplex, honestus Bilewit Dryhten merciful Lord, Ps. C. 50, 99; Ps. Grn. ii. 279, 99: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 138; Met. 20, 69: 20, 510; Met. 20, 255: 20, 538; Met. 20, 269. We bletsiaþ bilewitne
bile-witness
Mildness, simplicity, innocence ⬩ simplicitas
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Mildness, simplicity, innocence; simplicitas Se God wunaþ simle on ðære heán ceastre his ánfealdnesse and bilewitnesse God dwells always in the high city of his unity and simplicity, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 19. Hý on bilwitnesse hyra líf alyfdon they passed
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twi-bill
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A two-edged axe Twibill bipinnis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 52. Twybill bipennis, i. 36, 5. Twilafte æx vel twi*-*bile bipennis securis, ii. 126, 28. Twybile (-bil, MS. W.) bipennis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 56, 9. Twibille bipinnae ( = bipenne ), Ps. Surt. 73,
bile-wit
plausible
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Add: generally in a good sense Biluit mansuetus, Mt. L. 21, 5. Bilwit simplex, Lk. L. 11, 34. Bilewite mitis, Ps. Spl. 85, 4. Bilwite (bylehwit later MS.), Mt. 11, 29. Iacob wæs bilewitte (simplex) man, Gen. 25, 27. Basilius se bylewitta (-wyta, v. l
ge-bild
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Take here ge-byld in Dict. and add Uton mid gebylde búgan tó fulluhte, Hml. S. 3, 52. Cwæð Cecilia mid gebylde, 34, 137: Hml. Th. ii. 508, 29. Ic ðás bóc áwende; ná þurh gebylde mycelre láre, i. 2, 19
bildan
to embolden ⬩ encourage
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to embolden, encourage Nán mon hiu hiéremonna mód ne bilt (bielt, v. l.) tó gǽstlicum weorcum nulla subditorum mentes exhortatio sublevat, Past. 129, 11
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bi-geng
Observation, worship, service ⬩ cultus
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Observation, worship, service; cultus Bigeng cultus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 18, MSS. C. D. He bæd híg ðá georne, ðæt híg búgan ne sceoldon fram Godes bigengum he bade them then earnestly, that they should not decline from the services of God, Jos. 23
bí-geng
practice ⬩ exercise ⬩ doing ⬩ cultivation ⬩ tillage ⬩ observance ⬩ worship
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Add: and e ; f. (? v. An. Ox. 2283 infra.) practice, exercise, doing Líf mid gódra weorca bigenge frætwian, Ll. Th. ii. 402, 5. Bígencge, Hml. Th. ii. 48, 28. Biggenge, R. Ben. 3, 7. For lárlicere bígenge propter gymnicum (philosophiae) stadium, An.
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bi-féng
held, seized ⬩ apprehendit
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held, seized; apprehendit, Exod. 415; Grn. i. 88, 415; Similar entries p. of bi-fón
bión
to be ⬩ esse, existere, fieri
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to be; esse, existere, fieri Ic bió swíðe fægn I shall be very glad, Bt. 40, 5; Fox 240, 24. Bióm, Jn. Rush. War. 7, 34. Hwæt iów ðý bet bió oððe þince what is or appears to you the better? Bt. Met. Fox 10, 130; Met. 10, 65: Beo. Th. 5487; B. 2747: Mk