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biþ

is, shall beest, erit,

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is, shall be; est, erit, Bt. Met. Fox 6, 11; Met. 6, 6: Cd. 217; Th. 276, 1; Sat. 182; 3rd pers, pres. and fut. of beón

bítl

(n.)

a mallet, hammer

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a mallet, hammer, Past. 36, 5; Cott. MS

bige

(n.)
Grammar
bige, n. ? l. byge; m.

-bíme

(suffix)

Similar entry: án-bíme

-bind

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-bind

-bíge

(suffix)

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-birg

(suffix)

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bite

Similar entry: hæfern-bite

bíle

(n.)

a bile, carbuncle, soreulcus

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a bile, carbuncle, sore; ulcus, Som. Lye

biór

(n.)

beer

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beer, Prov. 31

birest

(v.)
Grammar
birest, he bireþ

bearest, bears

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bearest, bears,Bt. Met. Fox 20, 551; Met. 20, 276: L. In. 57; Th. i. 138, 15; 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of beran

birþ

(v.)

bears

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bears; 3rd pers. pres. of beran

bíge

Grammar
bíge, l. byge, q. v.

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bisme

Similar entry: BESMA

bita

(n.)

a biter

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a biter. Add:

bisen

Linked entries: býsen bisenian

bii

(prep.)
Grammar
bii, prep. dat. [ = big = bí = be]

By, near tojuxta, prope

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By, near to; juxta, prope Se eádiga ærcebiscop Sanctus Laurentius bii his fóregengan Sancte Agustine bebyrged wæs beatus archiepiscopus Laurentius juxta prædecessorem suum Augustinum sepultus est, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 6

BIL

(n.)
Grammar
BIL, bill, es; n.

a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchionfalx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus

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An old military weapon, with a hooked point, and an edge on the back, as well as within the curve, a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion. Whatever its shape, it must have had two edges; as, in the earliest poem, an envoy is attacked, billes ecgum

Linked entry: bill

bile-witlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
bile-witlíce, (-hwit-, v. Dict.); adv.

Simplyinnocentlyuprightlygently

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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

BÍTAN

(v.)
Grammar
BÍTAN, part. bítende; ic bíte, ðú bítest, bítst, he bíteþ, bítt, bít, pl. bítaþ; p. ic, he bát, ðú bite, pl. biton; pp. biten.

to BITE with the teethmordereto cut, woundcædere, vulnerarediscerperefindere, perforare

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to BITE with the teeth; mordere Ic bíte mordeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 10. Monnan ic ne bíte nymþe he me bíte I bite no man unless he bite me, Exon. 125 a; Th. 482, 9, 10; Rä. 66, 5. Ǽghwá bíteþ mec on bær líc every one bites me on the bare body,

Linked entries: a-bítan bát