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bunda

(n.)
Grammar
bunda, bonda, an; m.

a wedded or married man, a husband ⬩ maritus, sponsus ⬩ the father or head of a family, a householder ⬩ paterfamilias, œconomus ⬩ wedlock, marriage, ⬩ lawfully born, born in wedlock ⬩ wedlock breaker, an adulterer ⬩ marriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband: ⬩ to wed, take a wife ⬩ a wedded man, husband, householder ⬩ one wedded or bound, a husband ⬩ to bind ⬩ person ⬩ agent ⬩ a hammer ⬩ a hammerer ⬩ rule, government, ⬩ a ruler, governor ⬩ bound ⬩ one bound, a husband

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Grammar bunda, Bunda, bonda Grammar bunda, from bindan; p. band, bundon; pp. bunden to bind one wedded or bound, a husband, must have been of earlier origin than the compound hús-bunda.

Linked entry: bonda

tó-brýsan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brýsan, and -brýsian; p. de

To crush, ⬩ break in pieces

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Ealle ðín bán ic tóbrýsige, Nar. 41, 20. Se ðe fylþ uppan ðysne stán hé byþ tóbrýsed (confringetur); and hé tóbrýsþ (conteret) ðone ðe hé onuppan fylþ, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 44. Ðú ealle míne bán tóbrísdest, Nar. 45, 5. Ealle his bán heó tóbrýsde, 44, 15.

cwelm-bǽrnys

(n.)
Grammar
cwelm-bǽrnys, cwelm-bǽr-nyss,e; f. [cwealm, cwelm death, destruction]

Destruction, ruin, deadliness, mortality ⬩ pernicies, mortalitas

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Destruction, ruin, deadliness, mortality; pernicies, mortalitas Cwelm-bǽrnyss pernicies, Ælfc. Gr. 12 ; Som. 15, 52. Þurh myrran is gehíwod cwelmbǽrnys úres flǽsces by myrrh is typified the mortality of our flesh, Homl. Th. i. 118, 3

Linked entry: cwealm-bǽrnes

bealo-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
bealo-cræft, balo-cræft, es; m.

A wicked, pernicious, or magic art ⬩ perniciosa vel magica ars

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A wicked, pernicious, or magic art; perniciosa vel magica ars, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 150; Met. 26, 75

Linked entry: balo-cræft

Æðelbald

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelbald, es; m. [æðele, bald bold, brave]

Æthelbald ⬩ Æthelbaldus

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Æthelbald; Æthelbaldus; the eldest son of Ælhelwulf. Æthelbald, the eldest brother of Alfred, was king of Wessex for five years, from A. D. 855-860 A. D. 855, ðá féngon Æðelwulfes ii suna to rice; Æðelbald to Westseaxna ríce, and Æðelbryht to Cantwara

bæcest

(v.)
Grammar
bæcest, = bacest, 2nd sing. pres. of bacan.

bakest

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bakest

bæceþ

(v.)
Grammar
bæceþ, = baceþ, 3rd sing. pres. of bacan.

baketh

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baketh

becest

(v.)
Grammar
becest, = bacest; 2nd pers. pres. of bacan.

bakest

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bakest

becst

(v.)
Grammar
becst, = bacest ; 2nd pers. pres. of bacan.

bakest

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bakest

den-bǽre

(n.)
Grammar
den-bǽre, es; n. l. den-bǽr, e; f.

Linked entry: weald-bǽre

eá-steþ

(n.)
Grammar
eá-steþ, eá-stæþ,es ; n.

A river-bant ⬩ flūmĭnis rīpa

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A river-bant; flūmĭnis rīpa Hí on ðam eásteðe ealle stódon they all stood on the river-bank, Byrht. Th. 133, 40; By. 63

BIDDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BIDDAN, ic bidde, ðú biddest, bidst bitst, he biddeþ, bit, byt, bitt, pl. biddaþ; impert. bide, pl. biddaþ; p. ic, he bæd, ðú bǽde, pl. bǽdon; pp. beden : followed by an acc. of the person, or by the prep. to, and a gen. of the thing; v. trans.

To ask, pray, intreat, beseech, BID, order, require ⬩ petere, poscere, orare, quærere, precari, deprecari, rogare, postulare, præcipere, requirere

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He bæd him hláfas wyrcan he bade him make loaves, Cd. 228; Th. 307, 1; Sat. 673. Ðú bitst me ðæt ic lǽde út ðis folc præcipis ut educam populum istum, Ex. 33, 12. Bide his me eft de manu mea require illum, Gen. 43, 9

Linked entries: a-biddan bæd be-biddan BÉD bedd beden biddende biddere bide

scilcen

(n.)
Grammar
scilcen, [The word has not necessarily a bad meaning. With the passage given compare the description of the same incident in Gr. D.
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Hé sænde .vii. nacode mǽdenu (puellas), 119, 11] :-- Scylcen, fǽmne, meówle iuuencula, i. uirguncula, An. Ox. 2112. [Þer com o schelchene gon þat wes myd Kayphas (uenit una ex ancillis summi sacerdotis, Mk. 14, 66), Misc. 45, 279.]

-icge

(suffix)
Grammar
-icge, a suffix of nouns denoting a female agent, v. ácennicge, bar-[r]icge, drýicge, galdricge, hunticge, scericge (scern- ?), sealticge, synnicge.
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See Kl. Nom. Stam. § 44

beceþ

(v.)
Grammar
beceþ, = baceþ; 3rd pers. pres. of bacan.

baketh

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baketh

sib-gedryht

(n.)
Grammar
sib-gedryht, e; f.
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a band of kinsmen Bád eall seó sib-gedriht (the Israelites ) somod ætgædere. Cd. Th. 191, 13; Exod. 214. a peaceful band Swinsaþ sibgedryht ( the host of spirits who live in the peace and tranquillity of heaven ), Exon. Th. 239. 8 ; Ph. 618.

beorg

Grammar
beorg, protection.
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Add: v. bán-, breóst-, heals-beorg

beald

(adj.)

bold ⬩ confident ⬩ bold ⬩ impudent

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Add: bold, confident Bald fretus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 26: fretus, confidens, presumptus, 36, 12. Bealwes tó beald, Bl. H. 109, 28. Hé næs náht beald him tó tó gánne, Gr. D. 132, 13. Se bealda Hieu, Hml. S. 18, 359.

snaca

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Dele ban-snaca at end, and add Swylce fram ansýne snacan fleáh synna quasi a facie colubri fuge peccata, Scint. 42, 4. Gif hwá mid his fét ofstepð ǽttrig bán, snacan oððe nǽddran, Lch. i. 152, 2

bealo-níþ

(n.)
Grammar
bealo-níþ, beala-níþ, bala-níþ, es; m.

Baleful malice ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ pravum vel perniciosum studium ⬩ pernicies ⬩ calamitas

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Baleful malice, evil, wickedness; pravum vel perniciosum studium, pernicies, calamitas Him on breóstum bealoníþ weóll baleful malice boiled in his breast, Beo. Th. 5422 ; B. 2714. Bebeorh ðé ðone bealoníþ keep from thee that baleful evil, Beo. Th. 3520

Linked entries: bala-níþ beala-níþ

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