beó-ceorl
A BEE-CEORL ⬩ bee farmer or keeper ⬩ bocherus ⬩ apum custos
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A BEE-CEORL, bee farmer or keeper; bocherus, apum custos Be ðám ðe beón bewitaþ. Beóceorle gebyreþ, gif he gafolheorde healt, ðæt he sylle ðonne lande gerǽd beó. Mid us is gerǽd ðæt he sylle v sustras huniges to gafole concerning those who keep bees.
beó-móder
A BEE-MOTHER ⬩ queen-bee ⬩ chosdrus? ⬩ vel castros?
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A BEE-MOTHER, queen-bee; chosdrus? vel castros? Ælfc. Gl. 22; Som. 59,104; Wrt. Voc. 23, 61
beór-scealc
A beer-server ⬩ a butler ⬩ cerevisiæ minister
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A beer-server, a butler; cerevisiæ minister Beórscealca sum some one of the beer-servers Beo. Th. 2485; B. 1240
beór-setl
A BEER-SETTLE ⬩ bench ⬩ scamnum cerevisiam bibentium
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A BEER-SETTLE or bench; scamnum cerevisiam bibentium Ofer beórsetle [MS. -sele] on the beer-bench Exon. 75 b; Th. 283, 28; Jul. 687
beor-swinig
Openly-wicked ⬩ a publican
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Openly-wicked, a publican Lk. Rush. War. 19, 2
beór-þegu
A beer-receiving ⬩ beer-serving ⬩ beer-drinking ⬩ cerevisiæ acceptio vel ministratio ⬩ cerevisiæ potatio
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A beer-receiving, beer-serving, beer-drinking; cerevisiæ acceptio vel ministratio, cerevisiæ potatio Ðæt wæs biter beórþegu that was a bitter beer-serving Andr. Grm. 1533; An. 1535. Æfter beórþege after the beer-drinking Beo. Th. 234; B. 117 : 1239;
bere-corn
BARLEY-CORN ⬩ a grain of barley ⬩ hordei granum
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BARLEY-CORN, a grain of barley; hordei granum IX bere-corna nine barley-corns, L. Ath. iv. 5; Th. i. 224, 11
bere-flór
A BARLEY-FLOOR ⬩ barn floor ⬩ hordei area
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A BARLEY-FLOOR, barn floor; hordei area, Lk. Lind. Rush. War. 3, 17
bere-gafol
Barley-rent ⬩ a tribute of barley ⬩ hordei tributum
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Barley-rent, a tribute of barley; hordei tributum. One of the rents paid in kind, which, by the following enactment, is fixed at the rate of six pounds weight for every labourer employed in the barley harvest Mon sceal simle to bere-gafole agifan æt
Linked entry: gafol-bere
bere-græs
BARLEY-GRASS ⬩ a farrago ⬩ hordei gramen
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BARLEY-GRASS, a farrago; hordei gramen Gréne beregræs green fodder for cattle [farrago], Ælfc. Gl. 59; Som. 67, 124
bere-hláf
A BARLEY-LOAF ⬩ barley-bread ⬩ hordeaceus panis
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A BARLEY-LOAF, barley-bread; hordeaceus panis
bere-tún
A barley-enclosure ⬩ court-yard ⬩ threshing-floor ⬩ corn-farm ⬩ grange ⬩ corn-village ⬩ BARTON ⬩ hordei area ⬩ villa frumentaria
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A barley-enclosure, court-yard, threshing-floor, corn-farm, grange, corn-village, BARTON; hordei area, villa frumentaria. 'BARTON, Prædium dominicum, vel terræ quas vocant Dominicales, hoc est, quas in distributione manerii dominus non elocavit hæreditarie
bert-hwíl
a moment ⬩ momentum
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a moment; momentum, R. Ben. 5
ceác-bán
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The cheek-bone, jaw; mandibula Ceác-bán vel ceácan vel cin-ban mandibula, Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 81; Wrt. Voc. 43, 14
cin-berg
menti protectio
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That part of the helmet which protects the chin; menti protectio Grímhelm gespeón cining, cinberge the king clasped his grim helmet, the protection of his chin, Cd. 151; Th. 188, 28; Exod. 175
cyric-bóc
A church-book ⬩ liber continens ritus et ceremonias ecclesiæ
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A church-book; liber continens ritus et ceremonias ecclesiæ To ǽghwælcre neóde man hæfþ on cyricbócum mæssan gesette masses for every necessity have been placed in church-books, Lupi Serm. 2, 3; Hick. Thes. ii. 107, 32
dolh-ben
a wound.
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a wound
den-bera
Swine-pastures, places yielding mast for the fattening of hogs ⬩ pascua porcōrum
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Lat. [bearo a grove, wood] Swine-pastures, places yielding mast for the fattening of hogs; pascua porcōrum Pascua porcōrum quæ nostra lingua Saxonĭca denbera nomināmus, Cod. Dipl. 288; A. D. 863; Kmbl. ii. 75, 27: 281; A. D. 858; Kmbl. ii. 65, 6. Adjectis
deáþ-bed
A death-bed, grave ⬩ mortis stratum, sepulcrum
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A death-bed, grave; mortis stratum, sepulcrum Nú is wilgeofa deáþbedde fæst the kind giver is now fast in his death-bed [ = grave ], Beo. Th. 5795; B. 2901