BRÉR
A BRIER, the bramble ⬩ tribulus, rubus fruticosus
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A BRIER, the bramble; tribulus, rubus fruticosus Genim brér ðe hiopan on weaxaþ take a brier on which hips grow, L. M. l, 38; Lchdm. ii. 96, 15. Sindon burgtúnas brérum beweaxene [MS. beweaxne] the city-dwellings are overgrown with briers, Exon. 115b
bǽr
A pasture (?)
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A pasture (?) Ðis is seó bǽr ðértó hýrð, C. D. v. 179, 33. Ðis synt ðá gemǽra ðá[ra] bǽra ðe hiérað tó Hwítancirican, Fisces-burnan, and Felghyrste, 173, 25
bár
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Baar porcus dimisus, Txts. 110, 1163: berrus, 44, 151. Bár, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 2: 126, 1: verrus, i. 286, 44. Wilde bár aper, tam bár verres, 22, 70, 71. On bára bróc, C. D. iii. 82, 5. Báras fýran, Lch. iii. 184, 19. Add
be
rest ⬩ by ⬩ along, ⬩ by, not later than ⬩ by ⬩ during ⬩ by ⬩ with ⬩ conveyance, by (in to send by) ⬩ subject to ⬩ in the case of ⬩ in the matter of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ (to do) by ⬩ or about ⬩ to ⬩ with ⬩ (to become)of ⬩ by ⬩ because of ⬩ on account of ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by the use of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in the form of ⬩ after ⬩ according to ⬩ after ⬩ by the command ⬩ at the request
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Sé þe be lytlum þingum beón mæge (qui minus indiget) . . . se þe be máran þingan beón scyle, he that needs little to be done for him R. Ben. 57, 23-58, 2. Hí leofodon be hungre seofon niht meteleáse, Hml.
bearg
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Berg, Mt. L. 7, 6. Add
consula béc
Books of consuls ⬩ kings' annals ⬩ calendars ⬩ fastorum libri ⬩ fasti
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Books of consuls, or kings' annals, calendars; fastorum libri, fasti Cot. 92
beg-beám
The mulberry-tree ⬩ the blackberry-bush ⬩ a tree bearing berries ⬩ a bramble ⬩ morus ⬩ rubus
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The mulberry-tree, the blackberry-bush, a tree bearing berries, a bramble; morus, rubus Moyses æt-ýwde wið ǽnne beigbeám Moyses ostendit secus rubum Mωσήs έμήνυσεν έπί τήs βάτου Lk. Bos. 20, 37
Linked entry: beig-beám
bed-gerid
An ants' nest
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An ants' nest Nime ǽmettan mid hiora bed-geride, Lch. ii. 328, 8
bere-ærn
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Nabbað nig bern (beren, v. l. ), Lk. 12, 24. Ic tówurpe míne bernu (bererno. L., berern,R. ), 18. Add
bed-cófa
A bed place ⬩ cubiculum
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A bed place; cubiculum Bed-cófa vel búr cubiculum, Ælfc. Gl, 27 ; Som. 60, 99 : Lk. Bos. 12, 3
beáh
a crown ⬩ garland ⬩ a collar ⬩ necklace ⬩ a shackle for the neck ⬩ a bracelet ⬩ a circle,
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Add: a crown, garland Beáh of hwítum blóstmum geworht, Gr. D. 338, 12. Mon sette ðyrnenne beág on ðæt heáfod, Past. 261, 14: Bl. H. 23, 33. Wuldres beág, 171, 10. Bég coronam, Ps. Srt. 20, 4: 64, 12: Mk. L.
bere-corn
BARLEY-CORN ⬩ a grain of barley ⬩ hordei granum
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BARLEY-CORN, a grain of barley; hordei granum IX bere-corna nine barley-corns, L. Ath. iv. 5; Th. i. 224, 11
bén-tíd
Prayer-time ⬩ rogation-days ⬩ time for supplication ⬩ rogationum dies
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Prayer-time, rogation-days, time for supplication; rogationum dies Ðæt is heálíc dæg, bén-tíd brému that is a high day, a celebrated time for supplication Menol. Fox 148; Men. 75
bel-flýs
The BELL-WETHER'S FLEECE ⬩ the fleece of a sheep that carries the bell ⬩ tympani vellus ⬩ ducis gregis tintinnabulum gestantis vellus
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The BELL-WETHER'S FLEECE, the fleece of a sheep that carries the bell; tympani vellus, i. e. ducis gregis tintinnabulum gestantis vellus Bel-flýs id est, tympani vellus L. R. S. 14; Th. i. 438, 23
be-
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put, be-settan to be-set, surround; fón to seize, be-fón to surround; gangan to go, be-gangan to exercise; reótan plorare, be-reótan de-plorare. they have a privative sense, as,-Be-niman to deprive, be-reáfian to bereave, be-heáfdian to behead. sometimes
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bæc
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Grammar bæc, bec; m. n.: bæce, bece; m.: bæc(c); f. A beck, brook. The word, which seems to occur only in lists of boundaries in charters (except in wíl-bec?), appears with varying gender and declension. bæc; m. In baka brycge; of baka brycge, C.
be
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Add Gé bundon hine be þam fótum, Shrn. 151, 35. 2. add Be Wihtgáres dæge and be óðra cinga dæge, Chr. 7915 ; P. 56, 39. Eallu ðing be dæges leóhte ( luce adhuc diei) gefyllede sýn, R. . Ben. 66, 8. 8.
Linked entry: bi-wrítan
BEARD
a BEARD ⬩ barba
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a BEARD; barba Ne beard ne sciron nec radetis barbam, Lev. 19, 27; nether ge schulen schave the beerd, Wyc. Smyringc niðerfeól on bearde, bearde Aarones unguentum descendit in barbam, barbam Aaronis, Ps.
hundes beó
beard
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Beard barba, Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 42. Beard him beón bescoren hearm hit getácnað, Lch. iii. 198, 28. Se beard and ꝥ feax wǽron oþ þá fét síde, Shrn. 120, 25. Mid sídum bearde, Hml. Th. i. 466, 24. Ælfsige mid þám berde, Cht. E. 257, 1.