brýd-bed
A bride-bed ⬩ genialis torus
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A bride-bed; genialis torus, Ælfc. Gl. 66; Som. 69, 72; Wrt. Voc. 41, 26
Linked entry: brýd-ræst
wíg-bed
An altar
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An altar [from wíg (wíh) and beód; some forms, e.g. wígbeddes, weóbedd, suggest that the word was thought to be derived from bed] Weófod altar vel ara, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 51. Hé scolde ðone Godes alter habban uppan áholodne, ðæt hé meahte on healdan ða
wíl-bec
a stream of misery (?)
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a stream of misery (?) Wuniendo wær wílbec biscær, Exon. Th. 353, 42; Reim. 26
wil-boda
A welcome messenger
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A welcome messenger Mec meahtig Meotudes þegn ( an angel ) gesóhte, and mé sára gehwylc gehǽlde, wuldres wilboda, Exon. Th. 176, 34; Gú. 1220. Cf. wil-spell
on-bén
A prayer asking for something (evil) to come upon a person, an imprecation
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A prayer asking for something (evil) to come upon a person, an imprecation Hí ús mid heora wiðerwordum onbénum and wyrinessum éhtaþ qui adversis nos imprecationibus persequuntur, Bd. 2, 2; S. 504, 4
spell-boda
one who delivers a message ⬩ brings intelligence ⬩ a messenger ⬩ an ambassador ⬩ one who delivers a discourse ⬩ a public speaker
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one who delivers a message, or brings intelligence, a messenger, an ambassador Sancte Iohannes wæs gelíc Godes englum hé wæs béme, Cristes fricca on ðysne middangeard, wæs Godes Suna spellboda, Blickl. Homl. 163, 22. Hú ðæt wæs weallende spelboda, se
Linked entry: spell
bán-bryce
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Bánbryce on heáfode, Lch. ii. 8, 28. Bánbrice, 92, 6. Add
bán-cófa
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bán-geberg
A greave
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A greave Baangeberg[um] ocreis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 35
Linked entry: bán-beorgas
bán-rift
A greave
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A greave Baanrift, -ryft tibialis, Txts. 102, 1031. Bánrift, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 15
bát-swegen
A boatman
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A boatman On Wýcinges bátswegenes gewittnisse, Cht. E. 254, 5
Linked entry: swegen
béc-treów
A beech-tree
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A beech-tree Béctreów[um] fagis, An. Ox. 23, 30
béc-leden
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Bt. F. p. viii, 1, see Bt. S. p. 1, 2
bed-felt
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Tó bedreáfe (bedd-,v. l.) genihtsumige tó hæb-benne meatte and hwítel and bedfelt (lena ) and heáfodbolster, R. Ben. 91, 16. Add
bed-bǽr
A portable bed
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A portable bed Nim bedbeer ðín tolle grabatum tuum, Jn. L. 5, 8. Bedbér, 12
bed-búr
A bedchamber
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A bedchamber Bedbúres (bec-, MS.) thalami, Hpt. Gl. 481, 49
Linked entry: búr
bed-cláþ
A bed-covering ⬩ pl., bed-clothes
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A bed-covering; pl., bed-clothes Heó bewand ꝥ bodig mid ðám beddcláðum, Hml. A. 111, 306
bed-gerid
An ants' nest
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An ants' nest Nime ǽmettan mid hiora bed-geride, Lch. ii. 328, 8
béd-ríp
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Aelc man in Sc̃e Eádmundes byri húsfast on his ówe land sal gifen tó þe hálegenes biderípe ón peni, Cht. Th. 438, 7. [v. N. E. D. bed-rip: Andrews' Old English Manor. P. 159.]