býge
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A bowing, bending, turning, a corner, an angle, a bay, bosom, the apex of a helmet; flexus, ancon, angulus, sinus, conus Ðá gestóp he to ánes wealles býge then he stepped to a bend of a wall, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 23: Num. 22, 26. Helmes býge conus galeÆ
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byht
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A bending, corner, dwelling, an abode, bay, BIGHT; habitatio, dominium, sinus Andlang norþgeardes ðæt hit cymþ in ðone byht along the north yard till it comes to the corner, Cod. Dipl. 538; A. D. 967; Kmbl. iii. 18, 29: Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 308; A. D. 875
BÝL
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A BILE, blotch, sore; carbunculus, Cot. 183
Bylges leg
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BISLEY, in Gloucestershire Hí cómon to Bylges lege they came to Bisley, Chr. 1055; Erl. 190, 15
byrdu-scrúd
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The covering of a shield, a shield; clypei tegmen, clypeus Unc sceal sweord and helm, byrne and byrduscrúd bám gemǽne sword and helmet, armour and shield, shall be common to us both, Beo. Th. 5313; B. 2660
byrgend
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A burier; sepultor Náhtan byrgendas nou erat qui sepeliret, Ps. Th. 78, 3
byrig-leóþ
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An epitaph; epitaphium. Bd. 2, l, Lye
BYRLE
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A cup-bearer, butler; pocillator, calicum magister, pincerna Byrle pincerna, Ælfc. Gl. 113; Som. 80, l; Wrt. Voc. 60, 37: 74, 16. Egipta cynges byrle pincerna regis Ægypti, Gen. 40, 1. Byrele pincerna. Wrt. Voc. 290, 51. Þurh byreles hond through the
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byrne
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A burning; incendium Ǽr ðam ðe ðæt mynster mid byrne fornumen wǽre priusquam monasterium esset incendio consumptum, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 18
byrn-hom
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A coat of mail; lorica Beraþ bord fór breóstum and byrnhomas bear shields before your breasts and coats of mail, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 17; Jud. 192
byrðene dǽl
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A share of a burthen, a portion; portio, Ps. Spl. 49, 19
byrþ-ling
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A born image, birthling, child
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byrþor
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Child-birth, a fetus; partus, fetus Bútan byrþres intingan sine partus causa, Bd. I. 27; S. 493, 40
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byrþor-cwelm
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An abortion, a miscarriage
Byr-tún
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BURTON on Trent, Staffordshire; oppidum ad ripam fluminis Trentæ, in agro Staffordiensi Se cyng geaf him ðæt abbotríce on Byrtúine the king gave him the abbacy at Burton, Chr. 1066; Erl. 203, 16
býtl
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A BEETLE, hammer; malleus Seó wífman án ðæra teldsticcena geslóh mid ánum býtle búfan his þunwengan the woman struck one of the tent-nails with a hammer above his temples, Jud. 4, 21. Nán mon ne gehiérde bítles swég no man heard the sound of hammer,
bytte-hlid
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A lid of a butt; dolii opertorium, Cot. 208: Mann
cac
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Dung, excrement; stercus, foria, merda, Som. Ben. Lye
cac-hús
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A privy; latrina, Som. Ben. Lye