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birnan

(v.)
Grammar
birnan, pp. burnen

To burnardentvehement

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To burn (intrans.) Ic byrne ardeo, ðú byrnst ardes, ic onginne byrnan ardesco, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 212, 6. of fire, light, &c. Bir[n]ð ardescit (ignis ), Kent. Gl. 573. Hé þá leóhtfatu onǽlde and hý burnon, Gr. D. 43, 19. Ðætte se spearca bierne (birne

Linked entries: byrnan beornan

-bidian

(v.; suffix)

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bifian

(v.)
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Bifgedon fremebant, Mk. L. 14, 5. Wæs se munt bifigende mid ormǽtre cwacunge, Hml. Th. i. 504, 28. Biuende treme*-*bundus, pavidus, An. Ox. 2994. Se bifigenda dóm the tremendous judgement. Wlfst. 227, 14: 228, 31: Bl. H. 57, 20. Fryhtendo ł bib*-*giende

bísen

(n.)
Grammar
bísen, l. bisen, e; bisene, an; f. (also n. in North.),

an exemplar a modelpatternexampleprecedenta ruleprescriptpreceptparablesimilitudetype

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and add: example to be followed or avoided, of persons On hú monigfaldum mægenum se sácerd scolde scínan mannum tó biesene (bisene,v. l.), Past. 85, 1. Riht is ꝥ wydewan Annan bycenan fylian, Ll. Th. ii. 324, 6. Mid bisseno Dauiðes exemplo Dauid, Mt.

bitol

(n.)
Grammar
bitol, m.

A bitbridle

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A bit, bridle. Biotul bagulum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 51. On bytole in freno, Bl. Gl. Add:

bixen

Similar entry: byxen

biddan

Grammar
biddan, <b>; II a</b> 2.
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Hé bæd þone hálgan wer sumne dǽl eles, Hml. Th. ii. 178, 16. Add

birnan

Similar entry: sin-birnende

bisen

Linked entries: býsen bisenian

bítel

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biter

(adj.)
Grammar
biter, <b>; II.</b>
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Seó ehtnys bið ealra biterost, Hml. Th. ii. 542, 28. Add

hræd-bíta

Grammar
hræd-bíta, hræð-bíta, an; m.

blata

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An insect which eats away clothes, etc; blata, Wrt. Voc. 281, 44

hræd-bíta

Grammar
hræd-bíta, l. hræd-bita,
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and add Hræðbita blata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 53. Hræþbita, i. 281, 44

bión

(v.)
Grammar
bión, ic bió, bióm, he bióþ, pl. bióþ, bieþ, biaþ; subj. bió, bie

to beesse, existere, fieri

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to be; esse, existere, fieri Ic bió swíðe fægn I shall be very glad, Bt. 40, 5; Fox 240, 24. Bióm, Jn. Rush. War. 7, 34. Hwæt iów ðý bet bió oððe þince what is or appears to you the better? Bt. Met. Fox 10, 130; Met. 10, 65: Beo. Th. 5487; B. 2747: Mk

binn

(n.)

a manger

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a manger, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 2; Som. 8, 27

biþ

is, shall beest, erit,

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is, shall be; est, erit, Bt. Met. Fox 6, 11; Met. 6, 6: Cd. 217; Th. 276, 1; Sat. 182; 3rd pers, pres. and fut. of beón

bítl

(n.)

a mallet, hammer

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a mallet, hammer, Past. 36, 5; Cott. MS

bite

Similar entry: hæfern-bite

bitt

(n.)

a bottleuter

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a bottle; uter

bitt

Similar entry: ge-bitt