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bén

(v.; part.)
Grammar
bén, bénn p. of bannan.

summoned

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summoned

bén

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Dele: 'Hence . . . boon,' in bracket read petition, and add Ǽlc ðǽra ðe bitt, and þǽre béne ne geswícð, Hml. Th. i. 250, 5. Boene supplicatione, Rtl. 46, 20: deprecationem, 40, 21. Hé Drihtene his béna bebeád, Dóm. L. 60. Boene petitiones, Ps. Srt, 19

bed

(n.)
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a prayer Hé fylgede þám hálgan were mid gemáglicum bedum (bénum, v. l. ) ꝥ him wǽre álýfed út tó farenne, Gr. D. 156, 2

ben

(n.)
Grammar
ben, benn.

Similar entry: feorh-ben

BEÁCEN

(n.)
Grammar
BEÁCEN, bécen, bécn, bécun; g. beácnes; n. A

BEACONsigntokenstandardsignumsignificatiotypusvexillumportentummiraculum

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BEACON, sign, token, standard; signum, significatio, typus, vexillum, portentum, miraculum; in specie de sancta cruce et de sole Leóht eástan com beorht beácen light came from the east a bright beacon, Beo. Th. 1144; B. 570. He beácen onget he perceived

býd

(v.; part.)
Grammar
býd, = beád? commanded, bid, Gen. 50, 5; p.
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of beódan

BED

(n.)
Grammar
BED, bedd, es ; n.

a BEDcouchpalletstratumlectusa bed in a gardenpulvillusareola in hortis

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a BED, couch, pallet; stratum, lectus Hí ðá inasendon ðæt bed, ðe se lama on læg, Mk. Bos. 2, 4; thei senten doun the bedd, in whiche the sike man lay, Wyc. To ðínum bedde to thy bed, Gen. 16, 2. a bed in a garden; pulvillus vel areola in hortis : used

Linked entries: bædd bedd beád

bed

(v.; part.)
Grammar
bed, = bæd; p. of biddan.

asked

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asked Ic bed petii, Ps. Spl. 26, 7

BÉN

(n.)
Grammar
BÉN, gen. dat. béne; acc. bén; pl. pl.nom. béna, béne; f.

A prayingprayerpetitionan entreatya deprecationsupplicationdemandboneBOONdeprecatiooratioprecespostulatio

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A praying, prayer, petition, an entreaty, a deprecation, supplication, demand. Hence in Chaucer bone and our BOON; precatio, deprecatio, oratio, preces, postulatio Ðeáh ðe ðæs cyninges béne mid hine swíðode and genge wǽren [wæren, MS. T : wære, MSS.

Linked entry: ge-bén

ben

Grammar
ben, benn.
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Sing þis gealdor ofer: 'Ic binne áwrát (benne áwráð?) betest beaduwrǽda, swá benne ne bunion . . . .' Þás galdor mon mæg singan on wunde, Lch. ii. 350, 30. v. bealu-, dolg-, sár-, seax-, seono-, wæl-ben(n). Add

bed

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bed, bedd.
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add : v. feþer-bed, feþer-bedd, forliger-bed, forliger-bedd, morþor-bed, morþor-bedd, wíg-bed, wíg-bedd. <b>I a</b>. of apparatus in or on which a body may be placed Hé hine hét áþenian on írenum bedde and hine cwicne hirstan, Shrn. 116,

béd

(n.)

a prayerbed

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a prayer. l. bed, Blinde men hé mid his bedum gehǽlde, Bl. H. 173, 27. Beaddum precibus, Rtl. 91, 31. Sing þú ðǽr þíne bedu, Wlfst. 290, 14. Gibér beodo exaudi preces, Rtl. 97, 14: 103, 38: 90, 20. dele passage from Bede, and add

bed

Grammar
bed, bedd.

a bedcoucha surface on which something rests?

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Add: a bed, couch Bedd, bed culcites, Txts. 50, 243. Bed culcites, culcitatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 52, 53. Wolde beddes neósan gamela Scylding, B. 1791: Jud. 63. Bedde culcita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 14. Ic árás of mínon bedde (lectulo), Coll. M. 33, 23. Swalt

beorn

(v.; part.)
Grammar
beorn, p. of beornan. for bearn

burned

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burned Beo. Th. 3764, note; B. 1880;

fóre-beácen

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-beácen, -beácn, es; n.

A fore-tokenprodigywonderprodĭgiumportentumostentum

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A fore-token, prodigy, wonder; prodĭgium, portentum, ostentum Ic eom swá fórebeácen folce manegum tamquam prodĭgium factus sum multis, Ps. Th. 70, 6. fórebeácna prodĭgiōrum 104, 23. He sigetácen sende manegum, fórebeácn feala folce Ægipta mīsit signa

deór-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
deór-cynn, a species of ( wild) beast.
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Add:after deórcynn (l. 4) and ealle nýtena þe on feówer fótum gáð (cf. God geworhte þǽre eorðan deór ( bestias) æfter hira híwum and þá nítena (jumenta ). Gen. 1. 25)

beámian

(v.)
Grammar
beámian, p. ede; pp. ed

To shineto cast forth rays or beams like the sunradiare

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To shine, to cast forth rays or beams like the sun; radiare, Som

from-gebúga

(v.)
Grammar
from-gebúga, p. -beáh, -bég

To turn from

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To turn from: — Fromgebég declinavit, Jn. Skt. Lind. 5, 15

berwe

(n.)
Grammar
berwe, dat. of bearo q. v.

a grove

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a grove

mis-beódan

(v.)
Grammar
mis-beódan, p. -beád, pl. -budon; pp. -boden

To do wrong toto offendabuseill-use

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To do wrong to, to offend, abuse, ill-use Hé misbeád his munecan on fela þingan he ill-used his monks in many things, Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 3. Ðé læs ǽnig man óðrum misbeóde lest any do wrong to other, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 22: Chart. Th. 320, 13: