ge-beót
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Add: a promise to do great things, a boast, boasting Ðá bóceras gýmaþ tó gebeótes þǽra fíf stafa þe synd vocales gecíged the grammarians make a boast of taking care of the five letters that are called vowels, Angl. viii. 327, 35. Ðá andwyrde Petrus mid
ge-bán
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Bones Mid his gebána reliquium (gebǽnum, v.l.) apud mortua sua ossa, Gr. D. 86, 11
ge-beorc
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Of gebeorce hunda and mid state hyrdes wulfa wódness tó áflígenne ys latratu canum baculoque pastoris luporum rabies deterenda est, Scint. 119, 15. Wiþ hundes gebeorc, Lch. i. 28, 20 note. Add
heáh-beorg
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Add: cf. heáh-clif, heáh-torr
hearm-beorg
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A hill of calamity or of affliction Sitæþ on hærmbergæ, E. M. Furn. 373
here-beorg
Harbour ⬩ shelter ⬩ lodgings ⬩ quarters
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Harbour, shelter, lodgings, quarters Þá genam hé þǽr herebeorge, Nap. 82
hweorf-bán
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Hwiorfbán poplites. Lch. i. lxxi, II. Add
irfe-béc
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Olographum testamentum est eallwritene yrfebéc, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 40. Add
hype-bán
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Lendenu vel hypebán renes vel lumbi, hypebán catacrina Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 36, 37. Hypbán catacrinas, ii. 129, 39. Add:
lencten-bere
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N. E. D. lenten-corn) Nime þonne clǽnne lengten*-*bere and grinde on handcwyrna, Nap 42. Cf. lencten-eorþe
meox-beorh
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a dunghill (?) Tó meox beorhym (= meoxbeorgum ?), Cht. E. 449, 35. Cf. N. E. D. mix-hill a dunghill. (?)
níd-bád
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Add: figurative Hwæt, wé nú wǽron fægne þæt wé ne móston bedíglan on ússum scræfum, þæt hé ús ne swencte mid his mægnis nídbáðe, Mod. Philol. 1. 33
pól-bǽr
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Pasture-land by a pool On monnes pólbǽre, C. D. iii. 415, 5
wróht-bera
Linked entry: -bera
wudu-bǽr
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A woodland pasture Ðis sind ðǽre wudubǽre landgemǽru æt Ðæclége, C. D. vi. 171, 4. Cf. weald-bǽre (l. -bǽr)
ban-weorc
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action which causes death, manslaughter Seó unlagu ꝥ man móste banweorc on unsacne secgan, Ll. Lbmn. 244, 34. Cf. morþ-weorc
bed-gerid
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Substitute : The food in an ants' nest
beorg-steal
Similar entry: borg-steall
bere-croft
Similar entry: croft