Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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beóce

(n.)

a beech-tree

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a beech-tree

berge

(n.)
Grammar
berge, an; f.

A berry ⬩ grape

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A berry, grape, Deut. 23, 24

berig

(n.)
Grammar
berig, dat.of burh.= byrig;

to a city

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to a city, Wrt. Voc. 84, 45

betre

(adj.)

better

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better Hit is betre it is better, Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 5

berge

protection ⬩ antidote

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protection, antidote

beorht

(adj.)
Grammar
beorht, adj.
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Hé áwrát muneca regol mid beorhtre sprǽce, Hml. Th. ii. 186, 17. Heó hæfde seofon síþum beorhtran sáule þonne snáw, Bl. H. 147, 17. Þá beorhtestan wununga, Ll. Th. ii. 398, 32. Add

beorþ

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Dele

bearn

Similar entry: cild-bearn

bearn

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Bearn soboles, bearn (má = pl.) liberi, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 26, 27: pignus, ii. 66, 64. Bearna bearn pronepotibus, 76, 69. Nefena bearnum, An. Ox. 850. Betwuh bearnum inter natos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 46. Add

beorm-teág

(n.)
Grammar
beorm-teág, e; f.
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A yeast-box Man sceal habban . . . bearmteáge, Angl. ix. 264, 20

Linked entry: bearm-teág

ge-beorh

(n.)
Grammar
ge-beorh, gen. -beorges; m. [ge-, and beorh a hill, mountain]

A mountain ⬩ mons

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A mountain; mons Gebeorh Godes mons Dei, Ps. Th. 67, 15

Linked entry: ge-beorg

heals-beorh

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

A protection for the neck, gorget, hauberk, ⬩ a gorget ⬩ pectoria, lorica

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A protection for the neck, gorget, hauberk, Hpt. Gl. 521, 423

beorh-stal

(n.)
Grammar
beorh-stal, -stól, es; m. [beorh a hill, stal a place, seat, dwelling]

A hill-seat ⬩ dwelling on a hill ⬩ sedes super collem vel clivum

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A hill-seat, dwelling on a hill; sedes super collem vel clivum

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

mearc-beorh

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-beorh, gen. -beorges; m.

A hill which forms part of a boundany

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Cf. gemǽr-beorh, iii. 403, 27. [Kemble says 'the mearcbeorh appears to denote the hill or mound which was the site of the mearc-mót.'Saxons in England, i. 56.]

stán-beorh

(n.)
Grammar
stán-beorh, -beorges; m.
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A stony elevation, rocky hill On gerihte wið ðæs lytlan stánbeorges up on hæslhille; of ðam stánbeorge ofer ða ðene ... tó ðon lytlan stánbeorge; of ðam stánbeorge tó ðon óðerum lytlan stánbeorge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 194, 15-18. Of riscmere on stánbeorg

bán-beorgas

(n.)
Grammar
bán-beorgas, m. Substitute: bán-be(o)rg, e; f.

A greave

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A greave Bán-beorgum ocreis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 31. Bánberge ocreas, 97, 35

beór-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
beór-scipe, es; m.

A feast

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A feast Beárscip convivium, Mt. p. 16, I. Æfter þæs beórscipes geendunge, Ap. Th. 17, 19. Gelaðod tó lustfullum beórscype, Hml. S. 8, 98. Hig wrohton him beórscipe (cenam), Jn. 12, 2. Hé ðone beórscipe mid blóde gemencgde, Hml. Th. i. 484, 2. Gé eówerne

beer

(n.)

a bier ⬩ bed

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a bier, bed, Cot. 23 : Jn. Lind. War. 5, 8

beág

(n.)

a ring ⬩ crown ⬩ anulus ⬩ corona

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a ring, crown; anulus, corona, Exon. 91a; Th. 341, 24; Gn. Ex. 131

Linked entry: HRING

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