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bearg

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Bearug, berg majalis, Txts. 78, 652: magialis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 51. Bearg porcaster, 97, 19. Bearh magalis, 78, 35. Worn berga . . . in ðá bergas (ðám bergum, L.) grex porcorum . . . in porcos, Mk. R. 5, 11, 12, 13. Sunor bergana grex porcorum, Lk. L

beód-wist

(n.)
Grammar
beód-wist, beód-wyst, e ; f. [beód a table, wist food]

Food placed on a tableboarda tablemensa

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Food placed on a table, board, a table; mensa Ðú gearcodest befóran mínre gesihþe beód vel beód-wyste vel mýsan parasti in conspectu meo mensam Ps. Lamb. 22, 5

-becc

(suffix)
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-becc, -bec, -beck,
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used for the name of places, or as a termination to the names of places, denotes the situation to be near a brook or river

begra

(num.; adj.; pronoun.)

of both

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of both He is heora begra lufu he is the love of them both Hexam. 2; Norm. 4, 22

bearn

(n.)
Grammar
bearn, es; n.

A barley-placea BARNhoneum

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A barley-place, a BARN; honeum He gadereþ hys hwǽte on his bearn congregabit triticum suum in horreum, Mt. Kmbl. Hat. 3, 12

Béme

(n.)
Grammar
Béme, nom. acc; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.

The BohemiansBohēmi

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The Bohemians; Bohēmi Riht be eástan syndon Béme right to the east are the Bohemians Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 33

beáw

(n.)

a gadfly

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a gadfly Beáw cretabulus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 77: 136, 79. Beáw vel (v. Wülck. Gl. 121, 12) hyrnette oestrum, i. 23, 64

bearn

(n.)
Grammar
bearn, es; n.

A BEARNchildsonissueoffspringprogenynatusinfanspuerfiliussobolesproles

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Beón mid bearne gravidam esse, Somn. 370. Bearn soboles vel proles, Ælfc. Gl. 91; Som. 75, 19. Geáta bearn the sons of the Goths, Beo. Th. 4374; B. 2184. He Noe gebletsade and his bearn he blessed Noah and his sons, Cd. 74; Th. 91, 1; Gen. 1505.

Linked entries: barn beærn byre beorn

BEÁN

(n.)
Grammar
BEÁN, bién, e; f.

A BEANall sorts of pulsefabalegumen

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A BEAN, all sorts of pulse; faba, legumen Beán pisan a vetch, Cot. 34 : 122

bearn

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Bearn soboles, bearn (má = pl.) liberi, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 26, 27: pignus, ii. 66, 64. Bearna bearn pronepotibus, 76, 69. Nefena bearnum, An. Ox. 850. Betwuh bearnum inter natos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 46. Add

beard

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Beard him beón bescoren hearm hit getácnað, Lch. iii. 198, 28. Se beard and ꝥ feax wǽron oþ þá fét síde, Shrn. 120, 25. Mid sídum bearde, Hml. Th. i. 466, 24. Ælfsige mid þám berde, Cht. E. 257, 1.

bearm

(n.)
Grammar
bearm, es; m.

The bosomlapsinusgremium

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Ðá wæs fæger foldan bearm then was earth's bosom fair, Beo. Th. 2278; B. 1137. Alédon leófne þeóden on bearm scipes they laid the beloved chief in the ship's bosom, Beo. Th. 70; B. 35 : Exon. 101 b; Th. 382, 28; Rä. 4, 3

Linked entries: bærm baorm barm bierm

beót-háta

(n.)
Grammar
beót-háta, an; m. [MS. beo = beót, gebeót a command, decree, háta a caller, commander]

A commanderleaderimperatordux

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A commander, leader; imperator, dux Ahleóp ðá fór hæleðum hilde calla, bald beót-háta bord upahóf then the herald of war leaped before the warriors, the bold commander [Moses] upraised his shield Cd. 156; Th. 193, 27; Exod. 253

béna

(n.)
Grammar
béna, an; m.

A petitionerdemanderrogatorsupplex

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Hence béna wesan to demand, request Beo. Th. 6272; B. 3140 : Cd. 107; Th. 142, 6; Gen. 2357

Beda

(n.)
Grammar
Beda, an; m.

Venerable Bede

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Venerable Bede, born at Monkton by Jarrow, near the mouth of the Tyne, in A. D. 674. He wrote his Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum about A. D. 731, and died May 26, at the age of 61, in 735. - He gives the following account of himself, according

béme

(n.)
Grammar
béme, an; f.

A trumpettubasalpinx

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A trumpet; tuba, salpinx Béman bláwan to blow the trumpet Cd. 227; Th. 302, 19; Sat. 602. Béme barbita Cot. 27

beám

a beamposta beam of light

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Add: a tree Nim ǽlces treówcynnes dǽl bútan heardan beáman (cf. tree heard) arborem sicomorum, Lk. L. 19, 4, Lch. i. 398, 8. a beam, post Beám trabes, Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 13: trabs, 290, 6. Swá swá greát beám (or tree?) on wyda wyrcþ hlúdne dynt, Bt. 38

beád

(n.)
Grammar
beád, es; m.

A tablemensa

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A table; mensa Of beád de mensa, Lk. Lind. War. 16, 21. Beádas, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 12

beán

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Beán cicer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 82: 14, 37: falla, 35, 13: legumen, 52, 14. Gegrunden beán faba pressa, 39, 68: 146, 62. Fugles beán vicium, 123, 57. Beána fabae, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 84, 6. Heó hafað sǽd swylce beána, Lch. i. 238, 19. Greáte beáne, iii. 56, 21

bearm

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Bearm gremium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 65. Hé hlenode on þæs Hǽlendes bearme, Shrn. 32, 19. Hosp þone ic behæfde on bearme (sinu) mínum, Ps. Spl. 88, 49. ¶with the idea of possession, cf. hand:-- Hé bróhte him tó bearme stánas, bæd him for hungre hláfas wyrcan