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byrst

(v.)
Grammar
byrst, he byrþ bearest, he bears, produces; facit, Mt. Bos. 7, 17;
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2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of beran

byrde

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Add: v. búr-, efen-, in-, þeów-, unge-byrde

byrne

(n.)
Grammar
byrne, a corslet.
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Byrne lorica vel torax vel squama, Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 6: thoraca, ii. 86, 81. Hringedu byrne lorica hamata (anata, MS.), 51, 37. Byrne gileáfes lorica fidei, Rtl. 28, 31. Byrnan thoracis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 25.

byris

(n.)
Grammar
byris, e; f?
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A graving-iron, file; scalprum, scalpellum Byris scalprum, Glos. Epnl. Reed. 162, 36: scalpellum, 162, 51

byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen, <b>; II.</b>
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D. 84, 6. v. eorꝥgen, ge-byrgen

byrne

(n.)
Grammar
byrne, es; m.
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A burning; incendium Ǽr ðam ðe ðæt mynster mid byrne fornumen wǽre priusquam monasterium esset incendio consumptum, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 18

byrgen

(n.)
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Be his lífe and be his forðfóre and be his byr(i)geune (sepultura), Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 348, 14

BYRNE

(n.)
Grammar
BYRNE, an; f.
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Ðǽr wæs on eorle brogden byrne there was on the man the twisted coat of mail, Elen. Kmbl. 513; El. 257. Ætbær hringde byrnan he bore away the ringed coat of mail, Beo. Th. 5224; B. 2615.

Linked entries: beorne ge-byrnod

BYRGAN

(v.)
Grammar
BYRGAN, birgan, byrigan, birigan, birgean, byrigean, byrian; p. de; pp. ed [beorg tumulus]; v. trans.
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To raise a mound, to BURY; tumulare, tumulo condere, sepelire Hí his líchaman on cyrican neáh weofode byrgan woldon they would bury his body in the church near the altar, Bd. 3, 19; S. 550, 10: Exon. 82b; Th. 311, 27; Seef. 98.

-byrst

(suffix)
Grammar
-byrst, -byrste
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-bristled, v. fiþer-byrst, fiþer-byrste, ge-byrst, ge-byrst

byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen, byrgenn, birgen, byrigen, burgen, e; f. [beorg tumulus]
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On ðam wyrt-túne wæs niwe byrgen in horto erat novum monumentum, Jn. Bos. 19, 41: 19, 42. Com to ðære byrgene venit ad monumentum, Jn. Bos. 20, 1: 20, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11.

býge

(n.)
Grammar
býge, bíge, es; m. [býgan to bow]
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A bowing, bending, turning, a corner, an angle, a bay, bosom, the apex of a helmet; flexus, ancon, angulus, sinus, conus Ðá gestóp he to ánes wealles býge then he stepped to a bend of a wall, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 23: Num. 22, 26. Helmes býge conus galeÆ

Linked entry: bíge

byht

(n.)
Grammar
byht, es; m. [býgan to bend]
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A bending, corner, dwelling, an abode, bay, BIGHT; habitatio, dominium, sinus Andlang norþgeardes ðæt hit cymþ in ðone byht along the north yard till it comes to the corner, Cod. Dipl. 538; A. D. 967; Kmbl. iii. 18, 29: Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 308; A. D. 875

býing

(n.)
Grammar
býing, e; f.
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A habitation; domus, Mk. Skt. Rush. 5, 3

Linked entry: býencg

BYLD

(n.)
Grammar
BYLD, e; f; byldo; f. indecl.
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in s. Constancy, boldness; constantia Bídeþ þurh byldo awaiteth with constancy, Exon. 9 b; Th. 8, 5; Cri. 113. He sceolde ða byldo anescian poterat emollire constantiam, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, note 43

Linked entry: beld

býle

(n.)
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a bile, blotch, sore

bylig

(n.)
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bellows; follis, Wrt. Voc. 86, 15

byrht

(adj.)
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bright, clear, lucid, loud; clarus, splendidus, clarisonus, Beo. Th. 2402; B. 1199: Cd. 217; Th. 275, 15; Sat. 172

BYSGU

(n.)
Grammar
BYSGU, bísgu, býsigu, bísigu, býsegu, bísegu; gen. e; dat. e; acc. u, o: nom. acc. pl. u; gen. a; dat. um; f.
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Occupation, business, labour, care, toil, difficulty, trouble, affliction; occupatio, negotium, labor, cura, opus, difficultas, dolor, tribulatio Ða bísgu us sint swíðe earfoþ ríme the occupations are to us very difficult to be numbered, Bt. proœm; Fox

byþ

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is, shall be, Mt. Bos. 5, 14