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bítel

(n.)
Grammar
bítel, bítela, bétl; m.

A beetleblatta

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A beetle; blatta Ða blacan bétlas the black beetles, Cot. 141

ge-bit

(n.; part.)
Grammar
ge-bit, -bitt, es; n. [ge-, biten, pp. of bitan to bite]

A bitingbiting togethergrindinggnashingmorsusstrīdor

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A biting, biting together, grinding, gnashing; morsus, strīdor Ðǽr biþ wóp and tóþa gebitt there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, Homl. Th. 126, 20

biter

(adj.)

painfulacrimonious ill-natured

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Add: bitter to the taste Biter wyrtdrenc picra, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 18. Ðonne se lǽce bietre wyrta déð tó hwelcum drence, . . . ðonne bið se deáðbǽra wǽta ofslægen mid ðǽm biteran drence, Past. 303, 12-17. Bitrum rancidis, Wrt.

Linked entry: biter-nes

a-bítan

(v.)
Grammar
a-bítan, ic -bíte, ðú -bítest, -bítst, he -bíteþ, -bit, pl. -bítaþ; p. -bát, pl. -biton; pp. -biten; v. a.

To biteeatconsumedevourmorderearroderemordendo necarecomederedevorare

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To bite, eat, consume, devour; mordere, arrodere, mordendo necare, comedere, devorare Gif hit wíldeór abítaþ, bere forþ ðæt abitene and ne agife si comestum a bestia, deferat ad eum quod occisum est, et non restituet, Ex. 22, 13.

Linked entry: a-bát

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

bin

(n.)
Grammar
bin, binn.

a basketcofinusa cribmangera stall

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Add: a receptacle for food, a basket; cofinus In binne in cofino, Ps. Srt. 80, 7. Þára hláfgebroca wæs tó láfe twelf binna fulle, Shrn. 48, 32. a crib, manger Ne untígð eówer ǽlc his oxan fram þǽre binne (praesepio) ?, Lk. 13, 15. 'Se assa oncneów his

bieþ

are

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are, for bióþ,Mk. Lind. War. 10, 43

bige

buy

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buy, Jn. Bos. 13, 29; Similar entries impert. of bicgan

bird

(n.)

pullus

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the young of any of the feathered tribe; pullus Birdas pullos, Lk. Lind. Rush. War. 2, 24

Linked entry: brid

bióþ

(v.)

is, are

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is, are, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 46; Met. 7, 23: 24, 121; Met. 24, 61; Similar entries 3rd pers. pres. of bión

binn

(n.)

a manger

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a manger, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 2; Som. 8, 27

bige

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

bítel

(n.)
Grammar
bítel, es; m.

A beetlehammer

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A beetle, hammer Nán monn ne gehiérde æxe hlem ne biétles suég absque mallei sonitu, Past. 253, 17. Hé sceal habban æcse, . . . býtel, Angl. ix. 263, 7. Þá blacan bétlas nigro colore (the noun is unglossed), Wrt. Voc. ii. 61. 58

-bíme

(suffix)

Similar entry: án-bíme

-bind

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-bind

birla

(n.)
Grammar
birla, an; m.

The barrel

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The barrel, body (of a horse) Gif hors sié ofscoten; nim tóbrecenre nǽdle eáge, stinge hindan on þone byrlan, Lch. ii. 156, 30

Linked entry: byrla

-bíge

(suffix)

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-birg

(suffix)

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bitol

(n.)
Grammar
bitol, m.

A bitbridle

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A bit, bridle. Biotul bagulum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 51. On bytole in freno, Bl. Gl. Add:

bígan

(v.)
Grammar
bígan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To bow, bend, bend down, turn, turn backflectere, deflectere, incurvare, retorquere

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To bow, bend, bend down, turn, turn back; flectere, deflectere, incurvare, retorquere His cneów bígde on eorþan genua flexit in terram, Bd. 5, 21; S. 643,15: 3, 2; S. 524, 14: Mt. Bos. 27, 29: Exon. 62 b; Th. 229, 23; Ph. 459: Bd. 3, 19; S. 548, 8: Lev