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byrding

(n.)
Grammar
byrding, e; f.
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Embroidering Byrdingc plumaria, Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 22

byrga

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Substitute: A surety, bail, and add Byrga (-ea) presetuas, Txts. 89, 1652: sequester, 97, 1840. Byrgea sequestra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 42: 83, 40. Byrga creditor, 15, 50

byrging

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Dele Jn. 20, 1, 4 Lye. and add Be Crístes líce and his byrgenge, Angl. xi. 173, 14

byrne

(n.)
Grammar
byrne, a corslet.
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Byrne lorica vel torax vel squama, Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 6: thoraca, ii. 86, 81. Hringedu byrne lorica hamata (anata, MS.), 51, 37. Byrne gileáfes lorica fidei, Rtl. 28, 31. Byrnan thoracis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 25. Bið se Pater Noster on heofonlicre byrnan

byrstig

(adj.)
Grammar
byrstig, adj.
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Broken, rugged Ofbyrstigum clúdum preruptis cautibus, An. Ox. 2037

-býran

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-býran

-byrde

(suffix)

Similar entry: þole-byrde

-byrding

(suffix)

Similar entry: hyse-byrding

byrde

(adj.)
Grammar
byrde, sup. byrdest, def. se byrdesta; adj.
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Born, well-born, noble, rich; natus, natu vel genere præstans, nobilis, opulentus Se byrdesta sceall gyldan the richest must pay, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 36

byren

(adj.)
Grammar
byren, adj.
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Belonging to a bear; ursinus, Som. Ben. Lye

byrigea

(n.)
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a surety, L. H. E. 8; Th. i. 30, 12

Byríne

(n.)
Grammar
Byríne, es; m.
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Birinus, the first bishop of Wessex, Chr. 649; Th. 50, 3, col. 2, 3; 51, 2, col. 1

byrne

(n.)
Grammar
byrne, an; f.
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Running water, a stream; torrens, rivus Ofer byrnan bðsm over the stream's bosom, Exon. 102a; Th. 386, 15; Rä. 4, 62

byrst

(n.)
Grammar
byrst, es; n.
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A bristle; seta Byrst seta, Wrt. Voc. 286, 57: Glos. Epnl. Recd. 162, 49. Hyre twigu beóþ swylce swínene [MS. swinen] byrst its twigs are like swine bristles, Herb. 52, 2; Lchdm. i. 156, 3

Linked entries: bryst berst bristl

byrst

(v.)
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bursts, breaks, fails; 3rd pers. pres. of berstan

byrst

(n.)
Grammar
byrst, berst, es; m.
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A loss, defect; damnum, calamitas Gylde ðone byrst, ðe ðæt fýr ontende reddet damnum, qui ignem succenderit, Ex. 22, 6, 12: Ps. Th. 108, 18. We habbaþ fela byrsta gebiden multas calamitates sumus perpessi, Lupi Serm. i. 2; Hick. Thes. ii. 99, 21

byrþ

(n.)
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a birth

byrst

(n.)
Grammar
byrst, a bristle.
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Substitute: e; f., in passage from Lch. read swínen . . . bristle, and add Byrst seta, An. Ox. 51, 1. Brysti setes, Txts. 109, 1132. Manu, brystae (biriste, Hpt. 33, 244, 5) juba, setes porci et leonis cabalique, 110, 1182. Hí heora flán him on áfæstnodon

byrst

Grammar
byrst, loss.
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Add: injury Se byrst wyrð gemǽne, Wlfst. 159, 3. Fela byrsta (bersta), 157, 1: 128, 4. failure, v. teám-byrst; cf. berstan, 2. a cash; cf. berstan, Byrstum creporibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 83

býing

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Add: — Býencgum habitaculis, Rtl. 123, 7