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bod-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
bod-scipe, es; m.

A message, an embassy, a commandmentnuntium, mandatum

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[bod a command, scipe] A message, an embassy, a commandment; nuntium, mandatum Swá ic him ðisne bodscipe secge when I tell him this message, Cd. 27; Th. 35, 10; Gen. 552. Ðá hie Godes hæfdon bodscipe abrocen when they had broken God's commandment, 37

bóc-ung

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-ung, e; f.

A BOOKING, a setting down in a bookinscriptio

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A BOOKING, a setting down in a book; inscriptio

bóc-wudu

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-wudu, m.

BEECH-WOODlocus fagis consitus

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BEECH-WOOD; locus fagis consitus On bócwuda in the beech-wood, Exon. 111 b; Th. 428, 11; Rä. 41, 106

bóc-scyld

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-scyld, es; m.

A beechen shieldfagineum scutum

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[bóc a beech-tree, scyld a shield] A beechen shield; fagineum scutum Ic ge-an [MS. geann] Siferþe mínes bócscyldes I give to Siferth my beechen shield, Th. Diplm. A. D. 938; 561, 5

bóc-treów

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-treów, es; n.

A beech-treefagusfagus

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A beech-tree; fagus Bóc-treów fagus, Wrt. Voc. 79, 76

bóc-rǽdere

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-rǽdere, es; m.

A reader of books, a readerlector

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A reader of books, a reader; lector, Cot. 126

Linked entry: rǽdere

bóc-rǽding

book-reading, reading

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book-reading, reading

boh-scyld

(n.)
Grammar
boh-scyld, es; m.

A shoulder shieldad humerum clypeus

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A shoulder shield; ad humerum clypeus, Æthelst. Test. Mann. = bóc-scyld, q. v

ge-bén

(n.)

a prayingprayerprĕces

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a praying, prayer; prĕces, Ben. Lye. Hiora écelícum giboene eorum perpetua supplicatione, Rtl. 73, 38 : 74. 12

ge-bird

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bird, e; f.

Birthorigin

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Birth, origin Forðam sín ealle men ánra gebirda because all men are of one origin, L. Edg. C. 13; Th. ii. 246, 22

ge-bit

(n.; part.)
Grammar
ge-bit, -bitt, es; n. [ge-, biten, pp. of bitan to bite]

A bitingbiting togethergrindinggnashingmorsusstrīdor

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A biting, biting together, grinding, gnashing; morsus, strīdor Ðǽr biþ wóp and tóþa gebitt there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, Homl. Th. 126, 20

ge-bod

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bod, es; n. [ge-, bod a command]

A commandordermandatejussummandātum

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A command, order, mandate; jussum, mandātum Is ðæt þeódnes gebod it is God's command, Exon. 56 b; Th. 202, 12; Ph. 68: Menol. Fox 457; Men. 236. Be ðæs cyninges gebode by the king's command, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 13. Gif preóst ofer arcediácones gebod

sweor-bán

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-bán, es; n.
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The neck-bone, the neck Mín Drihten, ðú ðín hálige sweorbán geeádméddest, Anglia xii. 505, 22. Óð swirbán usque ad cervices, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 190, 27: Ps. Spl. C. 128, 4. Onheldon eówerra feónda swyrbán, Shrn. 86, 22

þǽr-big

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-big, adv.
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Thereby, by that (person or thing) Gif hwá gefare and nán bearn ne gestriéne, gif hé bróðor lǽfe, fó se tó his wífe. Gif hé ðonne bearn ðǽrbig(-bié, Cott. MSS., by the wife ) gestriéne, ðonne cenne hé ðæt ðam gefarenan bréðer ðe hié ǽr ǽhte, Past. 5;

Linked entry: be

þegnung-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
þegnung-bóc, e; f.
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A service-book, a book giving the religious services that were to be performed Leviticus on Grécisc and ministerialis on Lýden, ðæt ys þénungbóc on Englisc, for ðam ðara sacerda þénunga sind ðár áwritene, Lev. pref. Some úre ðéningbéc onginnaþ on Aduentum

weoðo-bán

Similar entry: wiþo-bán

wudu-bil

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-bil, wudu-bill, es; n.

A wood-bill

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A wood-bill Wudubil (uuidu-) folcis, Txts. 63. 834 : falcastrum, 836: Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, i. 5. Uudubil falcastrum, ferramentum curvum a similitudine folds vocatum, 146, 82

beg-beám

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Morarius begbeám morarius etiam celsa vocatur, mora haec commune nomen est bergena (cf. heorot-berge), Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, I. Cf. beger. Add

big-leofa

Grammar
big-leofa, -leofen.

Similar entry: bí-leofa

big-leofan

Grammar
big-leofan, l. big-leofian.

Similar entry: bí-leofian