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Anglo-Saxon

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bát-swán

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Dele, and see next word

ban-segn

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Dele. For bansegn, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 76 read: ban ( = bandum) segn, cf. 101, 57

ban-snacan

Grammar
ban-snacan,
    Lch. i. 152, 2
l. bán snacan.

Linked entry: snaca

bán-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
bán-wærc, es; m. (not n.).
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Bánwærc caradrum, dolor ossium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 83. Add

bán-wyrt

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Bánwyrt swige, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 14: viola aurosa et viola purpurea, 41: filia aurisa, ii. 39, 2. Add

a-bæd

(v.)
Grammar
a-bæd, abǽdon

asked

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asked; p. of abiddan

a-bet

(adv.)
Grammar
a-bet, adv.

Better ⬩ melius

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Better; melius Hwæðer ðé se ende abet lícian wille whether the end will better please thee. Bt. 35, 5; Fox 166, 23

ǽ-bebod

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-bebod, es; n.

Law ⬩ injunction of the law ⬩ command ⬩ lex ⬩ legis mandatum

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Law, injunction of the law, command; lex, legis mandatum Ðú me ǽbebod ǽrest settest tu legem posuisti mihi, Ps. Th. 118, 102

ǽ-ber

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-ber, ǽ-bær; adj.

Clear and evident by proof ⬩ manifest ⬩ apparent ⬩ notorious ⬩ apricus ⬩ manifestus

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Clear and evident by proof, manifest, apparent, notorious; apricus, manifestus Se ǽbera þeóf the notorious thief, L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 22. Ǽbære manslagan notorious homicides, L. Eth. vi. 36; Th. i. 324, 11

Linked entry: ǽ-bær

bac-slitol

(n.)
Grammar
bac-slitol, es; m.

A backbiter ⬩ detractor

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A backbiter; detractor, Off. reg. 15

bæd-þearm

(n.)
Grammar
bæd-þearm, es; m.

Mentera ⬩ entera ⬩ έντερa

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Mentera, entera ? = έντερa, pl. n. exentera ? Bæd-þearm seems to be an error of the copyist for bæcþearm, Ælfc. Gl. 76; Som. 71, 122; Wrt. Voc. 45, 27

ban-segn

(n.)
Grammar
ban-segn, es; m.

A banner ⬩ an ensign ⬩ vexillum

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A banner, an ensign; vexillum, Cot. 23

bán-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
bán-wærc, es; n.

Grief, pain, or ache in the bones ⬩ ossium dolor

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Grief, pain, or ache in the bones; ossium dolor

Linked entry: wærc

Beda-ford

(n.)

Bedford

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Bedford, Chr. 915 ; Th. 191, 26, col. 1

bedd-clýfa

(n.)

a bed-chamber ⬩ cubiculum

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a bed-chamber; cubiculum, Gen. 43, 30

bedd-reáf

bed-clothes

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bed-clothes

bedd-redda

(n.)
Grammar
bedd-redda, bedd-rida, an ; m.

One bed-ridden ⬩ clinicus

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One bed-ridden; clinicus, Ælfc. Gl. 77; Som. 72, 28

bedd-rest

(n.)
Grammar
bedd-rest, bed-rest, e ; f.

A bed-rest ⬩ a bed ⬩ lectus

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A bed-rest, a bed; lectus Me Sarran bedd-reste gestáh Sarah ascended my bed, Cd. 129; Th. 164, 16; Gen. 2715 : 102; Th. 135, 25; Gen. 2248

Linked entry: bed-rest

Bede-ford

(n.)

Bedford

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Bedford, Chr. 1010; Th. 264, 12, col. 1

bealo-ben

(n.)
Grammar
bealo-ben, -benn, e; f.

A baleful wound

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A baleful wound

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