beger
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A berry Beger baccinia (begir bucina ), Txts. 43, 266. Begir baccinia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 65. Cf. berige vaccinia (bacinia, Wülck. Gl. 296, 26), Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 25, and
be-gímend
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A guide, ruler Begýmend rector, Scint. 122, 19: 123, 12
Linked entry: gímend
be-gitend
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One who gets Begetend (-ende?) conquirens, i. causans, meditans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 39
be-hwearft
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Change On behwearftum in commutationibus. Ps. L. 43, 13
Linked entry: hwearft
be-lǽwend
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A betrayer Sý hé Iudas geféra, Crístes be-lǽwendes, C. D. iii. 350, 17. Þurh þone Iudas, Crístes belǽwend, H. R. 15, 6
be-lífend
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A survivor Belíuendras superstites .i. uiui, An. Ox. 3313. Belífendes (= -as), 2, 190
bén-dæg
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A rogation day Þá dagas synt geháten on Lýden rogacionum dies, and on Englisc béndagas, Angl. viii. 329, 26
beód-fers
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Substitute: Grace before meat Be ðám ðe tó late tó beódferse cumað (ad mensam veniunt), R. Ben. 67, 19. Sé þe tó his beódferse ne cume ad mensam qui ante versum ne occurrerit, 69, 9. Hé tó Furtunates mýsan becom, ǽr þám þe hé his beódfers sunge (Gode
bán-geberg
A greave
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A greave Baangeberg[um] ocreis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 35
Linked entry: bán-beorgas
bæce-ring
A gridiron
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A gridiron Bæcering craticula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 53: 42, 6. Substitute:
bícnend
the forefinger
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of persons, one who shows, indicates Bícnigend (index) rihtwísnysse hé ys he sheweth forth righteousness (Prov. 12, 17), Scint. 135, 14. of things, the forefinger Bécnend index, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 35: i. 283, 20. Býcniend, 64, 80
Linked entry: bécnend
bræc
A brack ⬩ break
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A brack, break [v. N. E. D. D. D. s. vv.], a strip of uncultivated land (?) Of ðane ealdan mǽre innon ðá(m ?) bræce; of ðan bræce andlang beces innon ródstubban (cf. the same boundaries in another charter:-- Of ðan ealdan mére innon ðám brece; andlang
beód-reáf
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A table-cloth Mínum suna ic geann ánes búr-reáfes mid beódreáfe, C. D. iii. 294, 36. Cf. beód-hrægl
bétende
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One who repairs (? v. bétan, I (1), burh-bót, ge-bétung) Brosnade burgsteal bétend crungon the buildings were in ruins, those who should have repaired them were dead, Ruin. 28. Substitute:
bismer-gleó
Unseemly
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Unseemly, disgraceful sport Ic geháte ꝥ ic nǽfre ofer þis mínne líchoman ne besmíte þurh ꝥ grimme bysmergleów þæs mánfullan geligeres, Hml. S. 23 b, 451. Bysmergle(ó) ludicra (prima juventutis calcans severe, Ald. 158, 8: cf.lascivam aetatis petulantiam
bí-wist
Subsistence
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Subsistence Ðis is myngung manna bíwiste quorum hoc viaticum sit, Ll. Th. i. 440, 29. Gif hwá hwæt lytles ǽniges bigwistes him sylfum gearcode, reáferas ðone mete him of ðám muðe ábrúdon, Hml. Th. i. 404, 3. On heora bíwiste and on hrægle gehealdene,
ber-land
bear-land
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Land where barley grows, bear-land (D. D. ) On berlandes heáfda, C. D. iii. 367, 9
breóst-beorh
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A breast-plate. Brióstbiorg propugnaculum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 30. Substitute, e; f. A breast-work
cwic-lác
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A living sacrifice Cuiclácum (cwicum lácum, R.) holocaustomatibus, Mk. L. 12, 33