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bíme

(n.)
Grammar
bíme, (ié, é, ý), an; f.: bíma; m.?

a trumpet ⬩ a tablet ⬩ billet

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a trumpet (in the first place of wood v. beám: cf. horn) Hefe úp ðíne stefne suá bíme (biéme, v. l. tuba), Past. 91, 20. Béma, Rtl. 5, 14. Býma, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 58. Béme concha, Txts. 53, 571: barbita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 28. Býme salpix, 96, 22. Hlúdstefne

Linked entries: býme beám

ge-bird

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-bird, ge-birde.
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bearded. Take here ge-byrd in Dict. grown up; pubes Gebierdne, þone æþelan geongan indolem (perhaps the passage glossed is: Pulcherrimam pubertatis indolem, Aid. 63, 25), Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 80. v. un-gebeard[e]

birgan

(v.)
Grammar
birgan, p. de; pp. ed

To cover with a mound, to bury ⬩ sepelire

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To cover with a mound, to bury; sepelire Birge man hine ðæs ilcan dæges sepelietur in eadem die, Deut. 21, 23: Gen. 49, 31

Linked entries: býrian birgean

birc-holt

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Byrcholt betule(t)um, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 66. Add

Ægeles birg

Aylesbury

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Aylesbury, Chr. 571; Th. 32, 29

birn-sweord

(n.)
Grammar
birn-sweord, es; n.
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A flaming sword God his byrnsweord getýhþ and þás world ealle þurhslyhþ, Bl. H. 109, 34

Linked entry: byrn-sweord

bie

be

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be, Mk. Lind. War. 10, 44, Similar entries for bió; subj. of bión to be

fóre-birig

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-birig, dat. s. of fóre-burh

a vestibule

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a vestibule. Ex. 29, 32

biscep-dóm

(n.)

the province of a bishop, a bishopric

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the province of a bishop, a bishopric, Chr. 660; Erl. 34, 7

wudu-binde

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-binde, an; f.

A bundle of wood

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A bundle of wood Uuidubinde lignarium (lignarium bois a brúler, Migne), Txts. 35, 18

ge-bierde

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twi-bille

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-bille, adj.

Double-edged

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Double-edged Bipennis twibille vel stánæx (the double gloss seems to render the double character of the Latin word as adjective and noun; a little later (see preceding word) in the same glossary bipennis as noun is rendered by twybill), Wrt. Voc. i.

Linked entries: -bille twi-bill

a-biran

(v.)

to bear ⬩ carry ⬩ portare

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to bear, carry; portare, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 31

biscep-setl

(n.)

an episcopal see

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an episcopal see, Chr. 45; Erl. 6, 19

biscep-wyrt

(n.)

marsh-mallow

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marsh-mallow, Wrt. Voc. 286, 15

ge-bierde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-bierde, adj.

Inborn ⬩ natural ⬩ innātus ⬩ natūrālis

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Inborn, natural; innātus, natūrālis.Cot. 106

weodu-binde

Similar entry: wudu-binde

bile-hwít

(adj.)
Grammar
bile-hwít, adj. [bile the beak, hwít white, referring to the beaks of young birds, then to their nature, Junius]

Simple, sincere, honest, without fraud or deceit, meek, mild, gentle ⬩ simplex, mitis

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Simple, sincere, honest, without fraud or deceit, meek, mild, gentle; simplex, mitis Arnwi munec wæs swíðe gód man and swíðe bilehwít monk Arnwi was a very good man and very meek, Chr. 1041; Erl. 169, 12

berc

(n.)

a birch-tree ⬩ betula

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a birch-tree; betula Nim birc rinde take birch-tree rind, L. M. 3, 39; Lchdm. ii. 332, 9

brist

Grammar
brist, for birst, 2nd pres. s. of beran
to bear, support

supportest ⬩ to bear, support

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supportest; vehis; Ðú birst [MS. brist] ealle þing búton geswince thou supportest all things without labour, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 36