be-wǽfan
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Voc. ii. 65, 41. ꝥ treów biþ úton gescyrped and bewǽfed mid þǽre rinde, Bt. 34, 10; F. 150, 7. ꝥám scyccelse þe hé mid bewǽfed wæs, Hml. S. 23 b, 218. Add
bósum
womb ⬩ uter
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Ox. 3513. womb; uter : Þý syxtan mónþe þæs þe Sct. Ióhannes on his módor bósm onfangen wæs . . . ꝥ cild his Hláford of his módor bósme on þǽre fæmnan bósm hálette Bl.
brád
broad ⬩ open ⬩ spacious ⬩ flat
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Voc. ii. 74, 22. of great extent, wide-spread, spacious Ðǽre rúman a(u)guste, brád augustum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 23 : i. 287, 78. Se bráda bryne ofer ealle woruld . . . þæt bráde bealo, Wlfst. 186, 8, 11.
Linked entry: brádlinga
beorht-hwíl
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On ánre berhthwíle uno momenta, Ll. Th. ii. 172, 33: R. Ben. 20, 5. Breohthwíle, Gr. D. 150, 13. Breohthwíle (bearht-, v. l.), 160, 23. Add:
bóc-lic
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Uton þencan, þonne wé þyllic gehýrað, ꝥ wé þe beteran beón þurh þá bóclican láre Hml. S. 28, 120. Se cræft (grammar) is ealra bóclicra cræfta (liberal arts) ordfruma and grundweall, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 289, 13.
biren
A she-bear
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A she-bear Ursa, ꝥ is on úre geðeóde byren ... Bebeád seó fǽmne þǽre byrene ... and seó byren hine lét gangan, Shrn. 47, 1-7. In loco que vocitatur birene-feld, C. D. ii. 76, 7. Byrene urse, Kent. Gl. 606
brǽd
breadth
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breadth. Wæs seó wícstów on lengo .xx-es furlonga long, and swá eác brǽdo, Nar. 12, 17. On lenge and on brǽde, 33, 22. Mið braeda extensione, Mt. p. 15, 13. Mid wudu beweaxen míle brǽdo circumdatum silua mille passus. Nar. 12, 8. Seó eorþe wæs fíf æcra
brægen
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Þonne bid ꝥ brægen útan mid reáman bewefen on þǽre syxtan wucan, Nar. 49, 24-26. Án stán hine slóh inn oð þæt brægen, Hml. Th. ii. 300, 24. Add
brand
a fire-brand ⬩ a torch ⬩ burning ⬩ brand
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Brandas p(re)usti, Txts. 111, 18. Branda titionum, An. Ox. 2470. Brandum flammantibus scindulis, 2459. Fýrum, brandum torribus, i. ignibus, 3520: Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 56. Swilce sum hús forburne, brastligende mid brandum, Hml.
Linked entry: brand-óm
broc
Use ⬩ advantage
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Use, advantage Fatu mennisces broces (bryces, v. l.) uasa humani usus, Bd. 3, 22 ; Sch. 291, 7. Sécen hí him broc on on-ráde and on wǽne let them seek to benefit themselves by riding on horseback and in a carriage, Lch. ii. 184, 13
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capitol
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I. 47, 9) gecweden recitetur lectio una, 41, 1. Sý ánes capitules rǽding gecweden lectio recitanda est, 11. Feówer capitulas (capitula), þæt is feówer tódála angin þæs cxviii-an sealmes, 42, 1. an anthem Þrý capitulas (capitula) sýn gesungene, R.
carful-nys
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Add: care, anxiety (v. carful, 1) Is seó mǽste þearf ꝥ wé hwílon úre mód gebígean tó þám gástlicum rihte be-tweoh þás eorðlican carfulnysse (ymbhigdo, v. l. ), Gr.
caru
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Habban máran care úre sáwle þonne ðǽre scortan gesǽlðe to care more about our soul than about transitory happiness, ii. 460, 16
brýd-sceamol
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gifoegedo uni thoro juncta, Rtl. 110, 1. (?)
bryttian
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Hé ðám útlican tó geleáfan bringan (brytian, v.l.) ne mihte externis prodesse ad fidem non poterat, Bd. 5, 9; Sch. 397, 2. to dispose of, have control of, be master of, enjoy, use Sǽda gehwilc þára þe hæleð bryttigað every seed that men use, Exod. 376
búan
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To dwell Huér búes (býes, R.) ðú ubi habitas? , Jn. L. 1. 38. Þá búað oð Méda burh habitantes usque ad Medorum civitatem, Nar. 33, 16. Þá þe in Norþhymbrum búgeað, Chr. 894; P. 86, 7: 924; P. 104, 20.
butsa-carlas
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This seems clear from a passage in Domesday: " quando Rex ibat in expedhione uel terra uel mari, habebat de hoc burgo aut .xx. solidos ad pascendos suos buzecarlos, aut unum hominem ducebat secum pro honore . v. hidarum. "' Chr. P. ii. 239.]
byden
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Wses sum oferwrigen byden (dolium) eles ǽmtig . . . ongan ꝥ wrigels þǽre bydene beón upp áhafen, Gr. D. 160, 9-12. Site on bydene . . . geót on þá bydene, lǽt reócan on, Lch. ii. 76, 22-24: 78, 20. Eleberigan dón on bydene (praelo), Gr. D. 50, 30.
celde
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In loco ubi nominatur Baccancelde, C. D. B. i. 402, 15
cwide
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Ox. 2849. a (judicial) sentence Se sárlica cwide þe úre Drihten tó þǽm ǽrestan men cwæþ: 'Terra es, et in terrain ibis,' Bl. H. 123, 7. Se cwyde úre brosnunge, Hml. Th. i. 300, 6. On dómes dæg hí beóþ þysne cwide gehérende, Bl. H. 63, 26.