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fram-búgan

(v.)
Grammar
fram-búgan, p. -beáh, pl. -bugon; pp. -bogen

To turn from or awayleavedeflectĕredeclīnāre

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To turn from or away, leave; deflectĕre, declīnāre Ðæt him ða frambugon [MS. frambugan], ðe hí betst getreówodon that those left them, whom they most trusted, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 47, 44

ge-bær

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-bær, p. of ge-beran to bear, bring forth.

barebore

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bare, bore,Gen. 39, 19;

bogetung

(n.; part.)
Grammar
bogetung, e; f. [bogen; pp. of búgan to bend]

A bending, crookanfractus

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A bending, crook; anfractus, Cot. 18

bora

(n.; part.)
Grammar
bora, an; m. [boren; pp. of beran to bear]

One who bears or sustains the charge of anything, a rulerqui rem aliquam gerit, gestor

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One who bears or sustains the charge of anything, a ruler; qui rem aliquam gerit, gestor Ríces boran the rulers of the state, Cd. 224; Th. 296, 10; Sat. 500

Linked entry: -bǽre

beó-ceorl

(n.)
Grammar
beó-ceorl, beó-cere, es; m.

A BEE-CEORLbee farmer or keeperbocherusapum 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.

be-tweohs

Grammar
be-tweohs, -tweox.

betweenamongbetweenamong

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Add: with dat. between, local Segor stód on midwege betweox ðǽm muntum and ðǽm merscum, Past. 399, 13. Betweox (-tux, v. l. ) him and hiera hieremonnum, 164, 12. temporal Betwix hláfmæssan anð middum sumera, Chr. 921; P. 101, 5- of mutual relation

mis-beódan

(v.)
Grammar
mis-beódan, p. -beád, pl. -budon; pp. -boden

To do wrong toto offendabuseill-use

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To do wrong to, to offend, abuse, ill-use Hé misbeád his munecan on fela þingan he ill-used his monks in many things, Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 3. Ðé læs ǽnig man óðrum misbeóde lest any do wrong to other, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 22: Chart. Th. 320, 13:

ge-beátan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-beátan, p. -beón, pl. -beóton; pp. -beáten

To beatstriketundĕrefĕrīre

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To beat, strike; tundĕre, fĕrīre Hreðles eafora swealt, bille gebeáten Hrethel's offspring perished, beaten by the falchion, Beo. Th. 4707; B. 2359. Gebeáten fisc mĭnūtal, Ælfc. Gl. 31; Som. 61, 98; Wrt. Voc. 27, 27. Gebeáten flǽsc martisia vel baptitura

ge-þyldan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þyldan, (?); p. -de to bear patiently, consent to do,
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tolerate Geþylde (geþylde[gode] ?) consentiret, i. succumberet (nisi ethnicorum ritu thurificare consentiret, Ald.), An. Ox. 3238. [O. H. Ger. dulten tolerare, sustinere, subire; gedulten pati.] Cf. for-þyldian

Linked entry: ge-þyldigian

on-beódan

(v.)
Grammar
on-beódan, p. -beád; pl. -budon; pp. -boden.

to bid, orderto announce, tell, proclaim, send word

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to bid, order Ðú onbude hǽlu qui mandas salutem, Ps. Surt. 43, 5: 118, 138. Hé onbeád ipse mandavit, 148, 5. Ðá onbeád Basilla and cwæþ, Shrn. 86, 17. Ðá onbeád heó him ðæt hé hire tó onsænde all ða gesiðwíf, 87, 20. Hé onbeád ðæt hé of Róme cóme, Bd

Linked entry: in-beódan

betera

(adj.)
Grammar
betera, betra; m : betere, betre; f. n. adj. [from bet good, v. bet-líc good-like, comp. betera, betra better; sup. betest, betst best, v. besta, gód]

BETTERmelior

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BETTER; melior Ðæt hý wǽron beteran þegnas that they were better thanes, Ors. 4, 9; Bos. 92, 23. Ða betran tída the better times, 4, 9; Bos. 92, 18. To beteran tíde to a better time, Bd. 3. 14; S. 539, 39. Wítodlíce micle má mann ys sceápe betera? hou

Linked entry: betre

beátan

(v.)

to beat with (mid)to beat onTo beat on

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Add: trans. of living creatures Sume hí beóton quosdam caedentes, Mt. 12, 5. Hí beóton his heáfod percutiebant caput ejus, Mt. 27, 30. Hí beóton heora breóst, Hml. Th. ii. 258, 9. Gif man hiné beáte, Ll. Th. i. 348, 5. Þone þe þé beáton sceolde, Hml.

deáþ-bérnis

(n.)
Grammar
deáþ-bérnis, deáþ-bér-niss,e ; f.

Death, destruction, pestilence pernĭcies, pestilentia

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Death, destruction, pestilence; pernĭcies, pestilentia Deáþbérnisse oððe uncúþo ádlo pestilentiæ, Lk. Skt. Lind. 21, 11

Linked entry: doeþ-bérnis

ge-búgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-búgan, p. ic, he -beág, -beáh, ðú -buge, pl. -bugon; impert. -búh, pl. -búgaþ; pp. -bogen [ge-, búgan to bow] .

To bowbow down oneselfbendsubmitturnturn awayrevoltse flectĕreinclīnārecurvāredeclĕnāretransfŭgĕreTo bow toturn towardsinclīnāre ad

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v. intrans. To bow or bow down oneself, bend, submit, turn, turn away, revolt; se flectĕre vel inclīnāre, curvāre, declĕnāre, transfŭgĕre He cwæþ ðæt he wolde to fulluhte gebúgan he said that he would submit to baptism, Homl. Th. ii. 26, 10 : Boutr.

bén-feorm

(n.)
Grammar
bén-feorm, e; f. for MS. bend-feorm, q. v.

Food required from a tenantfirma precum

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Food required from a tenant; firma precum L. R. S. 21; Th. i. 440, 26

fýr-leóma

(n.)
Grammar
fýr-leóma, an; m. [leóma a ray of light, beam]

A fire-beamigneus splendor

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A fire-beam; igneus splendor Fýrleóma stód geond ðæt atole scræf a fire-beam stood through that horrid den, Cd. 216; Th. 272, 32; Sat. 128

geap-neb

(adj.)
Grammar
geap-neb, adj. [geap crooked; neb the head, face, beak, nib]

Crooked-nibbedwith a bent beakarchedcurvātus

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Crooked- nibbed, with a bent beak, arched; curvātus Standeþ me hér on eaxelum Ælfheres láf, gód and geapneb Ælfhere's legacy stands here on my shoulders, good and crooked-nibbed, Wald. 94; Vald. 2, 19

leger-fæst

Grammar
leger-fæst, For 'R. Ben . . . Lye'
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substitute Ealle fram flǽscǽte hí forhæbben bútan þám wanhálum and þám legerfæstum ( prefer debiles et aegrotos ), R. Ben. 64, 7

BÓC

(n.)
Grammar
BÓC, e; f: bóc-treów, es; n: bócce, beóce, béce, bǽce, an; f.

A beech-treefagus silvatica, fagusæsculus

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A beech-tree; fagus silvatica, fagus = φηγός, æsculus Bóc fagus; bóc æsculus, Ælfc. Gl. 45; Som. 64, 99, 100

Linked entries: béc bócce bóc-treów

helle-hæfta

Grammar
helle-hæfta, Beo. Th. 1580; B. 788.

Linked entry: hæfta