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birc-holt

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Byrcholt betule(t)um, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 66. Add

gelíc-bisen

(n.)
Grammar
gelíc-bisen, a copy, an imitation; in a personal sense,
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an imitator Of his gelícbisene ex ejus imitatione, Rtl. 50, 4. Hiora gelícbisin, 91, 37. Gimaco ł gilícbiseno Godes imitatores Dei, 12, 11

Linked entry: bisen

ge-bild

Grammar
ge-bild, boldness.
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Take here ge-byld in Dict. and add Uton mid gebylde búgan tó fulluhte, Hml. S. 3, 52. Cwæð Cecilia mid gebylde, 34, 137: Hml. Th. ii. 508, 29. Ic ðás bóc áwende; ná þurh gebylde mycelre láre, i. 2, 19

ge-bind

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Add: constipation, costiveness Gebind tenacitas ventris, tentigo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 60. Wið stede and for gebinde . . . wið innoþa wræce and gif gebind men byþ. Lch. i. 338, 3-9. as a measure of quantity, a bind (v. N. E. D. bind : 'A Bind of eels .

hæfern-bite

(n.)
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a crab's claw Cancer crabba, forceps hæfer[n]bite. Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 7

Linked entries: bite hæfer-blíte

hunig-binn

(n.)
Grammar
hunig-binn, e; f.
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A receptacle for honey Man sceal habban . . . hýfa, hunigbinna, Angl. ix. 264, 15

Linked entry: bin

næder-bíta

Grammar
næder-bíta, l.
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nǽder-bita

cwyrn-bill

(n.)

a stone chisel for dressing querns

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a stone chisel for dressing querns

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

láð-bite

(n.)
Grammar
láð-bite, es; m.

A wound

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A wound Blód ætsprang láðbite líces, Beo. Th. 2248; B. 1122

bién-codd

(n.)

beanpod

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beanpod, Lk. Foxe 15, 16

bile-hwít

(adj.)
Grammar
bile-hwít, adj. [bile the beak, hwít white, referring to the beaks of young birds, then to their nature, Junius]

Simple, sincere, honest, without fraud or deceit, meek, mild, gentlesimplex, mitis

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Simple, sincere, honest, without fraud or deceit, meek, mild, gentle; simplex, mitis Arnwi munec wæs swíðe gód man and swíðe bilehwít monk Arnwi was a very good man and very meek, Chr. 1041; Erl. 169, 12

bile-hwítlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
bile-hwítlíce, adv.

Honestly, simplyhoneste, simpliciter

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Honestly, simply; honeste, simpliciter Andswarede Dryhthelm bilehwítlíce, forðon he wæs bylehwítre gleáwnesse and gemetfæstre gecynde man Drycthelme respondebat simpliciter, erat namque homo simplicis ingenii ac moderatæ naturæ, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 30

Linked entry: bylwet-líce

bill-gesliht

(n.)
Grammar
bill-gesliht, -geslyht
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a clashing of swords, Chr. 937; Th. 205, 35; Æðelst. 45

birc-holt

(n.)
Grammar
birc-holt, es; n.

A birch holt or grovebetuletum

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A birch holt or grove; betuletum

bírg-nes

(n.)
Grammar
bírg-nes, -ness

a taste

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a taste, Cot. 97

ge-bild

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-bild, adj.

Boldbraveconfidentaudaxfortisfīdens

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Bold, brave, confident; audax, fortis, fīdens He mid gebildum móde hine ealne gedranc he drank it all with a bold mind, Homl. Th. i. 72, 25

Linked entry: ge-byld

ge-bird

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bird, e; f.

Birthorigin

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Birth, origin Forðam sín ealle men ánra gebirda because all men are of one origin, L. Edg. C. 13; Th. ii. 246, 22

stán-bill

(n.)
Grammar
stán-bill, es; n.
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An implement of stone, or one used in working stone Bill marra, stánbill mastellas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 71

Linked entry: stán-æx

yrse-binn

(n.)
Grammar
yrse-binn, [ = ? yrsen- = ísern-: cf, Wülck. Gl. 142, 2 irsenhelm cassis, where Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 4 has iren], e; f.
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An iron box Yrse-binne (cf. hunigbinna, 264, 15), Anglia ix. 265, 1