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-bald

(suffix)
Grammar
-bald, -bold;

Bold ⬩ courageous ⬩ honourable ⬩ audax ⬩ virtuosus

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Eádbald happily bold, from eád or eádig and bald

heáls-bóc

Grammar
heáls-bóc, l. (?) heals-bóc.

Similar entry: hálsian

færeld-bóc

(n.)

an itinerary

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an itinerary Síðbóc, fóre bóc, fereld[bóc] itinerarium, Hpt. Gl. 454, 20

bord-weall

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Similar entries Cf. scild-weall Hí bord-weal clufan, heówan heaþolinde, Chr. 937; P. 106, 13. the side of a ship: Wiht (an iceberg) cwom æfter wǽge líðan . . . bord-weallas gróf, Rá. 34, 6

bóc-treów

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-treów, es; n.

A beech-tree ⬩ fagus ⬩ fagus

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A beech-tree; fagus Bóc-treów fagus, Wrt. Voc. 79, 76

bót-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
bót-leás, adj; [bót boot, leás less]

BOOTLESS, unpardonable, what cannot be remedied, recompensed or expiated ⬩ inexpiabilis

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BOOTLESS, unpardonable, what cannot be remedied, recompensed or expiated; inexpiabilis Ðonne síg ðæt bótleás then is that unpardonable, L. C. E. 2; Th. i. 358, 24. Húsbryce is bótleás housebreaking is unpardonable, L. C. S. 65; Th. i. 410, 6

Linked entry: bót-wyrþe

bog-timber

(n.)
Grammar
bog-timber, es; n.
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v. boga, II) Ic gegade-rode mé bohtimbru and bolttimbru (bolt = bold ? ef. boldgetæl (bolt-)) I gathered me wood for building, Shrn. 163, 7

Linked entries: boh-timber bolt-timber

fór-bóc

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Siþbóc, fór-bóc ilinerarium, i. librutn quem in itinere habebat, An. Ox. 2023. Substitute

cyne-bót

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-bót, e; f. [bót boot, compensation]

A king's compensation or recompense ⬩ regis compensatio

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A king's compensation or recompense; regis compensatio Gebíraþ seó cynebót ðám leódum the king's compensation belongs to the people, L. Wg. 1; Th. i. 186, 4: L. M. L; Th. i. 190, 8

bó

(num.; adj.; pronoun.)

both ⬩ ambo

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both; ambo, Ps. Th. 103, 9; nom. pl. = bú, bá. Similar entries v. begen

brycg-bót

(n.)
Grammar
brycg-bót, bricg-bót, e; f.

a bridge ⬩ a repairing ⬩ A repairing or restoring of a bridge ⬩ pontis restitutio vel instauratio

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[brycg a bridge, bót a repairing] A repairing or restoring of a bridge; pontis restitutio vel instauratio Brycgbóta aginne man georne let a man diligently begin the repairing of bridges, L. C.

Linked entries: bric-bót bricg-bót

bord-þaca

(n.)
Grammar
bord-þaca, bord-þaca, -þeaca, an; m.

phalanx

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Icel. borð-þak a covering of planks; borð-þekja to cover with planks.] a shield-covering, phalanx: Bordðeaca, borohaca, brodthaca vel sceldhréda testudo, Txts. 101, 1999

bógan

(v.)
Grammar
bógan, bógian, bón; p. bóe
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Sé þe hyne bógað qui se jactat, Scint. 152, 2. Ic ne férde on mǽrðum, ne wundorlíce mid getote ne bóde, R. Ben. 22, 17. Þæt nán þing flǽsclices beforan Gode mid getote ne bógie ut non glorietur omnis caro coram Deo, 139, 2. Add:

bricg-bót

(n.)
Grammar
bricg-bót, e; f.

A repairing of a bridge ⬩ pontis instauratio

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A repairing of a bridge; pontis instauratio Bricg-bóta aginne let the repairings of bridges be begun, L. G. S. 10; Th. i. 380, 27

hand-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
hand-bóc, e; f.

A hand-book, manual

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A hand-book, manual Hand-bóc manualis, Wrt. Voc. 81, 46. Ða hálgan béc saltere and pistolbóc ... sangbóc and handbóc the holy books: psalter and epistle-book ... book of canticles and manual, L. Ælf. C. 21; Th. ii. 350, 14

deád blód

(n.)

dead blood, congealed blood

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dead blood, congealed blood, Wrt. Voc. 283, 79

dracan blód

(n.)
Grammar
dracan blód, es; n.

Dragon's blood, a pigment obtained from the dragon's blood-tree ⬩ cinnabăris = κιννάβăρι

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Dragon's blood, a pigment obtained from the dragon's blood-tree; cinnabăris = κιννάβăρι, Cot. 210

bóc-cest

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-cest, -cist, e; -ciste, an; f.
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Substitute: A receptacle for books, of books for reading Béc of bóccystan codices de blibliotheca, R. Ben. I. 83, 3. Apollonius his bócciste untýnde and ásmeáde þone rǽdels æfter údwitena wísdóme, Ap. Th. 5, 24. Bóccysta armaria, An. Ox. 27, 19. of books

dolh-bót

(n.)
Grammar
dolh-bót, dolg-bót,e ; f. [bót compensation]

A wound-fine or compensation for a wound ⬩ vulnĕris compensātio

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A wound-fine or compensation for a wound; vulnĕris compensātio Bétedolgbóte [dolhbóte MS. H.] let him make compensation for the wound, L. Alf. pol. 23; Th. i. 78, 7

Linked entry: dolg-bót

bóc-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-cynn, es; n.
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A kind of book Saga mé hwæt bóccynna and hú fela sindon, Sal. K. p. 192, 8