feóll
- Beo. Th. 5830 ;
- B. 2919 ;
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of feallan
betst
Best, the best, first ⬩ optimus, primus
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Best, the best, first; optimus, primus Ða þing ðe ge betstan gelífaþ [MS. betst ongelifaþ] ea quæ vos optima credebatis, Bd. 1, 25; S. 487, note 12. Scipio, se besta [Laud MS. betsta] Rómana witena Scipio, the best of the Roman senators, Ors. 5, 4; Bos
gyfen
Ocean
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Ocean Ne on gyfenes grund not in ocean's bed [ground], Beo. Th. 2792, note; B. 1394
meter
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Béda mid leóðlicum metre be þám mónðum þus giddode, Angl. viii. 301, 34. Swíþswégum metrum (-e?) heroico exametro, An. Ox. 1437
under-crammian
to stuff full below ⬩ suffercire
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to stuff full below; suffercire Hí mid byrnendum glédum ðæt bed undercrammodon, Homl. Th. i. 430, 4
sicetung
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Hé wearþ ðá gesícelod and siccetunga teáh of niwellícum breóste on bedde licgende he fell ill and drew sighs from the bottom of his heart, as he lay in his bed, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 65
brǽding
a spreading ⬩ a couch ⬩ bed
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a spreading.what is spread, a couch, bed Gif ic ástígo on legir brǽdinges mínes (stratus mei), Rtl. 181, 7. Add:
rysce
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A bed of rushes (?) Of bæccæ funtan on ðá riscæan; of ðǽre riscæan on sagelmære, C. D. iv. 27, 15
ge-beorg
A defence ⬩ protection ⬩ safety ⬩ refuge ⬩ præsĭdium ⬩ refŭgium ⬩ tutāmen ⬩ tuĭtio
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A defence, protection, safety, refuge; præsĭdium, refŭgium, tutāmen, tuĭtio Leófsunu ahóf bord to gebeorge Leofsunu raised up his buckler for defence, Byrht. Th. 138, 64; By. 245 : 135, 40; By. 131. Britwalum to gebeorge for the protection of the Brito-Welsh
segn-cyning
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the passages from Bede under segn) wið ðone segn foran rád, Cd. Th. 188, 22 ; Exod. 172
sæccing
Sacking, a bed made of sacking
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Sacking, a bed made of sacking Hí on sæccingum (in grabatis ) bǽron ða untruman, Mk. Skt. 6, 55
hamacgaþ
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Se ðe gelíþ raðe hé hamacgaþ he who takes to his bed will quickly be up again, Lchm. iii. 184, 21. [?]
leornere
A learner ⬩ reader
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A learner, disciple scholar, learned person, reader Be ðam wrát Beda se leornere of him the scholar Bede wrote, Shrn. 155, 25.
dearst ðú
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2nd pres. sing. of durran
elnes
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of ellen
feóllon
- Beo. Th. 2089 ;
- B. 1042 ;
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of feallan
dúru-þegn
A door-keeper ⬩ jānĭtor
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A door-keeper; jānĭtor Dúruþegnum wearþ hildbedd stýred the death-bed was spread for the door-keepers, Andr. Kmbl. 2182; An. 1092
biddan
to ask ⬩ to ask ⬩ to pray to
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Hió wæs beden interpellata, 44, 70