drihtin-beáh
A lord-ring or money paid for slaying a freeman. In the laws of Edward the Confessor it is called Manbóte
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A lord-ring or money paid for slaying a freeman. In the laws of Edward the Confessor it is called Manbóte Manbóte in lege Anglōrum, regi et archiepiscŏpo, iii marc de homĭnĭbus suis; episcŏpo comĭtātus, comĭti comĭtātus, et dapĭfĕro regis, xx soł; barōnĭbus
Linked entry: dryhten-beáh
earm-beáh
An arm-ring, bracelet ⬩ armilla
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An arm-ring, bracelet; armilla Brád earmbeáh a broad or large arm-bracelet; dextrochĕrium, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 30; Wrt. Voc. 61, 10. Earmbeága fela many bracelets. Beo. Th. 5520; B. 2763
eáþ-béde
Exorable ⬩ deprĕcābĭlis
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Exorable; deprĕcābĭlis Wes ðínum scealcum wel eáðbéde deprĕcābĭlis esto super servos tuos, Ps. Th. 89, 15
fíc-beám
A fig-tree ⬩ fīcus
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A fig-tree; fīcus Fícbeám fīcus, Ælfc. Gl. 46; Som. 64, 122; Wrt. Voc. 32, 56. Behealdaþ ðone fícbeám vĭdēte fīculneam, Lk. Bos. 21, 29. Forwurdan heora wíngeardas and fícbeámas percussit vīneas eōrum et fīculneas eōrum, Ps. Th. 104, 29. [beám a tree
for-beád
forbade
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forbade, Cd. 30; Th. 40, 11; Gen. 637;
fugles beán
Vetch
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Vetch, Gl. Mett. 919
fúl-beám
The black alder ⬩ alnus nigra ⬩ rhamnus frangŭla
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The black alder; alnus nigra, rhamnus frangŭla Wyl on wætere fúlan beámes rinde boil in water black alder rind, L. M. 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 12
fýr-bend
A fire-band ⬩ vincŭlum igne dūrātum
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A fire-band; vincŭlum igne dūrātum Dúru onarn fýrbendum fæst the door fast with fire-bands yielded, Beo. Th. 1448; B. 722
ge-bæd
prayed
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prayed,Ps. Th. 108, 3;
hell-bend
A hell-bond
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A hell-bond Hellbendum fæst fast in the chains of hell, Beo. Th. 6137; B. 3072
hróst-beág
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the woodwork of a circular roof Tigelum sceádeþ hróstbeáges hróf [MS. hrost beages rof] the woodwork of the roof parts from the tiles, the tiles fall off leaving the woodwork of the roof bare, Exon. 124 a; Th. 477, 29; Ruin. 32. [?]
hweorf-bán
A join ⬩ vertebra ⬩ the knee-cap
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A joint [of the back], vertebra, [of the knee], the knee-cap Hwyrfbán vertibulum, Ælfc. Gl. 11; Som. 57, 43; Wrt. Voc. 19, 46. Hwerbán vertibulum velvertebra, 74; Som. 71, 50; Wrt. Voc. 44, 33. Hweorbán vertibula, Wrt. Voc. 283, 38. Hwiorfbán, Lchdm.
hwer-bán
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hyge-bend
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A tie or bond which is furnished by the mind Hygebendum fæst fixed firm by the mind's chains, Beo. Th. 3761; B. 1878
hype-bán
The hip-bone
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The hip-bone, Ælfc. Gl. 74; Som. 71, 54; Wrt. Voc. 44, 37. Hupbán catacrinis, ii. 22, 63. Hupbánan lumbi, 54, 11
Linked entry: hup-bán
læfer-bedd
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A bed of rushes Læferbed pirorium [v. læfer], Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 14; Wrt. Voc. 33, 14
lenden-bán
The loin-bone
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The loin-bone Lendenbán neoþeweard sacra spina, Ælfc. Gl. 74; Som. 71, 52; Wrt. Voc, 44, 35. [Cf. Misc. 12, 360, leigeð his skinbon on oðres lendbon. ]
leoþu-bend
A fetter ⬩ bond
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A fetter, bond Ic ðé álýse of ðyssum leoþubendum I will release thee from these bonds, Andr. Kmbl. 200; An. l00: 2746; An. 1375: 327; An. 164. Of leoþobendum, 2066; An. 1035: 3127; An. 1566. Lioþobendum, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 23; Gen. 382
mere-bát
A sea-boat
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A sea-boat, Andr. Kmbl. 492; An. 246