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bæc

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On úrum bæcum, R. Ben. 27, 17. In scyldrum ł bæccum in humeros, Mt. L. 23, 4. ¶ add to Ll. Th. i. 156, 6 the other version :-- Mid rihte faran, l. 9. ¶ phrases giving direction or position :-- Hí him on bæce filigdon persecuti sunt eos, Jos. 7, 5.

bæþ

a bath for washingthe bath of fish or sea-fowl:--

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Dele II, and add: a bath for washing Bæþ (balnearum usus, baða brice, R. Ben. I. 68, 1) þám untrumum swá oft swá hit framige; hálum and húru þám geongum sý seldor and lator getíðod, R. Ben. 60, 22. v. pænningas tó beðe (= bæðe?)

bealdlíce

(adv.)

boldlyconfidentlyboldlyimpudently

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Ballíce, Rtl. 66, 13: audacter, Mk. L. R. 15, 43. Bealdlíce, Gr. D. 212, 8. Hú dearst þú ǽfre þus bealdlíce lǽran praedicare quomodo praesumis?, 32, 10: 135, 30. Hé bealdlíce clypað: 'Dém, lá déma,' Wlfst. 254, 7: 256, 6.

beáh

a crowngarlanda collarnecklacea shackle for the necka braceleta circle,

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R. 15, 17. a collar, necklace Baeg munila (=monile ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 33. Beáh, 55, 79. a shackle for the neck:-- Beágas boias (in collo ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 29: 11, 74. a bracelet Beáh armilla, Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 55.

beátan

(v.)

to beat with (mid)to beat onTo beat on

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R. 15, 29. Þeáh man mid hameron beóte on þæt þell, Wlfst. 147, 6

be-bycgan

Grammar
be-bycgan, be-bycgean.
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R. 19, 21. Ðá bebycendo (bibyccende,R.) and ðá bycgendo ... seatlas bebycgendra (bibyccendra, R.) Mk. L. 11, 15. Bebygendra, Mt. L. 21, 12. Tó bebycgendum (bibycendum,L.), Mt. R. 25, 9. Ðá bebyccendra (vendentes), (bibycgende, R.) Lk. L. 19, 45.

be-byrgednes

Grammar
be-byrgednes, be-byrigednes (-byrgen-, -byr(i)g-).
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R. 14, 8. Bibyrignisa, Mt. L. 27, 7. Add

be-bodian

(v.)

to commendentrust

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R. 12, 48

Linked entry: bodian

be-cweþan

to sayto urgepressto speak forpray forto bequeathegrant by will

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R. 11, 3. Cweþað him þæt edwít feóndas þíne, fæste ætwítað; and þæt þínum críste becweþað swíðe quod exprobraverunt inimici tui; quod exprobraverunt commutationem christi tui, Ps.

bed-felt

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Tó bedreáfe (bedd-,v. l.) genihtsumige tó hæb-benne meatte and hwítel and bedfelt (lena ) and heáfodbolster, R. Ben. 91, 16. Add

be-cnáwan

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.), R. Ben. 38, 17. Mon, hwi nultu the bicnowe? R. S. 1, 31. Add

be-fealdan

to fold uproll upto bendthe bodyto fold up in somethingwrap up to entwine;implicareto involveimplicateto attach

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Add: to fold up, roll up Heofon biþ befealden swá swá bóc, Bl. H. 91, 25. Befalden swé swé geteld convoluta quasi tabernaculum, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 184, 30. to bendthe body (?):-- Befealden (-feallen?) tó Hǽlendes cneówum hé cwæþ, Bl.

be-eástan

(prep.)
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be-eástan, prep.

To the east of,

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On þǽm londe be-eástan Rín, Chr. 887; P. 80, 23. Be-eástan ðá bircan, C. D. iii. 213, 3

be-dípan

(v.)

to dipplunge

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Se ráp wæs bedýped (-dyp-?) in þám wætre funis tingeretur aqua, Gr. D. 214, 26. Bedíped inditus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 62. Hé biþ bedýped on þá neoþe-mestan helle wítu, Bl. H. 185, 6. Þysne bedéptan (-dyp-, v. l.) hláf, Hml. A. 163, 253

béd-ríp

(n.)
Grammar
béd-ríp, l. bed-ríp, es; n. , and add
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D. bed-rip: Andrews' Old English Manor. P. 159.]

be-gán

(v.)

passageto go roundto reach by goingcome uponget atto gopass byto gocomegetto pass byTo come byget atto comefall to one's lotto fallget into debtto surroundto confineto occupyto go about a businessto attend toto cultivateto worshipto honourvenerate a placeto exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c.to practise a religionfollow the dictates of to practisecarry ondo (habitually)to devote one's self to a practiceto exercise a personto behaveto exercise in somethingto exerciseuseemployto professpretend

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R. 9, 30. intrans. to go, come, get On beóde offendisset, i. inueniret, An. Ox. 3800. Beeóde heó intó ðám scræfe. Hml. Th. ii. 188, 16. to pass by Ðe Hǽlend bieóde (trausiret), Mt. L. 20, 30. figurative, trans.

be-gangan

to go aboutto go byto go about a businessto attend tosee after a personto worshipto honourcelebrate a dayto exercisepractise an artto practise a religionto practisedo (habitually)commit sinto exerciseuse

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R. 15, 21. of action, to go about a business, to attend to, see after a person Hé bebeód Maria Josephe tó gémenne and tó begeonganne, Mt. L. 1, 18 note. to worship God þone Columbe begangeð, Shrn. 47, 8. Hiá mé begangaþ colunt, Mt. R. 15, 9.

be-gangol

(n.)

a cultivatora cultworship

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R. 13, 7. a cult, worship Tó bigeongle ðínes nome ad cultum tui nominis, Rtl. 38, 9

Linked entry: bi-geongol

symbelness

(n.)
Grammar
symbelness, e; f.

Festivity, solemnityfestivity, feastinga religious festivalsolemnityfestive nature

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Gérlíco symbelnise annua solemnitate, Rtl. 49, 25. Cuman tó ðære mæssan symbelnysse, L. E. I. 24; Th. ii. 420, 36: Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 43: 2, 4; S. 505, 22.

Linked entries: symbel symbel-calic

synderlíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
synderlíce, adv.

apart, away from all others, in privateseparately, severally, apartspecially, in particularonly, exclusively, solely, to or by one's selfspecially, exceedingly, to a greater extent than in any other case, singularly

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Gl. 692. where degree is marked, specially, exceedingly, to a greater extent than in any other case, singularly Syndirlíce excellenter, Rtl. 47, 1.

Linked entry: sundorlíce