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heáfod-beorg

(n.)
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heáfod-beorg, es; m.
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A chief hill (?) On cissan beorg middanweardne . . . ; swá tó heáfodbeorge westeweardon, C. D. v. 179, 26-30. Ðis synt ðá landes meǽre tó Bryningtúne. Ǽrest on heáfdbeorh; ðonne on wyrtwalan . . . swá tó herpaðe; andlang herpaðes tó Imman beorge ; of

gristel-bán

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Dele

heorot-beg

(n.)
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some kind of berry Murus eorum i. pro omni feraci arbore posuit .i. aliquando fructus eius albus, aliquando rufus, aliquando niger .i. herutbeg (note on Ps. 78, 45), An. Ox. 54, 2

heals-beorg

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Halsbearh thoraca, i. lorica, An. Ox. 5021. Healsberga lorica (spoliatos), 725. Halsbearga loricam, 759. For 'Hpt. . . . 423 ' substitute

herut-beg

Similar entry: heorot-beg

hors-bǽr

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His horsbǽr þe hine mon untrumne on bær wæs gehealden, Bd. Sch. 382, 13. Sum þegn læg on paralisyn . . . þá cwæð hé ꝥ hé wolde tó Wynceastre sýðian húru on his horsbǽre, Hml. S. 21, 181. Add

sweór-bán

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Dryhten ceorfeð sweórbán ( cervices ) synfulra Ps. Vos. 128, 4. Add

béc-rǽde

(n.)
Grammar
béc-rǽde, an; f.
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Reading of books Heó inne heora leornunge and heora béc-rǽdon beeódon illi intus lectioni uacabant , Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 354, 7 n

Linked entry: rǽde

bed-cláþ

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Preósta bedcláðas ( lectualia ), Chrd. 65, 15. Add

beód-gereord

(n.)
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a meal, feast Hé symlede æt his beódgereordum ꝥ ic ( the soul ) wæs oft swíðe neáh ofðylmed, Nap. 50, 20

beorc-ragu

(n.)
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birch-lichen, Lch. ii. 266, 14

sǽ-beorh

(n.)

>a sea-hill

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>a sea-hill, a hill or cliff against the sea Ealle geríman stánas on eorþan, steorran on heofonum, sǽbeorga sand (MS. sund; but cf. Ic ðínne ofspring gemenigfylde swá swá steorran on heofenum and swá swá sandceosol on sǽ,Gen. 22, 17), Cd. Th. 205,

sand-beorh

(n.)

a sand-kill, sand-tank

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a sand-kill, sand-tank Ondlong weges tó sondbeorge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 402, 11. Sondbeorgum ymbseald, Exon. Th. 360, 23; Wal. 10. Se ðe wille fæst hús timbrian ne sceall hé hit nó settan up on ðone héhstan cnol and eft se ðe wille fæst hús timbrian

wǽl-ben

(n.)
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wǽl-ben, wǽl-benn, e; f.

A wound inflicted by the sea,

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A wound inflicted by the sea, Gársecg wédde ... egesan stódon, weóllon wǽlbenna (wæl- ?) (the reference is to the death of the Egyptians in the Red Sea), Cd. Th. 208, 30; Exod. 491

ǽ-béc

Similar entry: ǽ-bóc

fýr-bǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
fýr-bǽr, adj

Fire-bearing, fiery

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Substitute: fýr-bære; Fire-bearing, fiery Fýrbǽre líga ræscetunga igniferas fulminum coruscationes, An. Ox. 4421: 2, 327

heáfod-beorh

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-beorh, gen. -beorge; f.

A head-shelter, helmet

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A head-shelter, helmet, Beo. Th. 2065; B. 1030

bær-líc

(n.; adj.)
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bær-líc, es; m.? Substitute: bær-lic; adj.

Of barley

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Of barley Of hláwe tó bærlice crofte, C. D. vi. 79, 10. [ꝥ acersǽd hwǽte . . . ꝥ (acersǽd) bærlic . . . ꝥ acersǽd áten, Chr. 1124; P. 254, 15.]

bær-lic

(adj.)
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bær-lic, adj.

Openpublic

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Open, public Bærlic publicam, Lk. p. 3, 8

bǽr-man

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Hé hreopode ðá bǽre, and þá bǽrmenn ætstódon, Hml. Th. i. 492, 25: ii. 150, 13. Hé beád him ꝥ hí ꝥ deófolgild ne bǽron ná furðor . . . and þá bǽrmen sóna stedefæst stódon, Hml. S. 31, 374. Add