bóc-cræft
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Þes mónan oferhlýp wyxst wundorlíce æfter bóc*-*cræfte, Angl. viii. 308, 25. On þám bóccræfte fela híw synt ámearcode, þá synd on Lýden figure gecíged, 331, 2. Men þe wǽron geswincfulleste on bóccræfte men that studied most laboriously, Ll.
bóc-land
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. ¶ used figuratively: Gif þú (the wealthy man) wéne, þæt hit þín bóc-land (land exempt from the claims of charity) sý, þæt þu on eardast, and on ágene ǽht geseald, Wlfst. 260, 3. Add
horn-boga
A bow with the ends curved like a horn or a bow made of horn [?], ⬩ a horn-bow,
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A bow with the ends curved like a horn or a bow made of horn [?], [cf. Icel. horn-bogi a horn-bow, Cl. and Vig. Dict.] Léton forþ fleógan hildenædran of hornbogan, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 34; Jud. 222 : Beo. Th. 4866 : B. 2437.
lyni-bor
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Wrt. Voc. i
wín-bóh
A branch of a vine
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A branch of a vine Wínbóga palmitum, Hpt. Gl. 468, 17: 496, 74: Homl. Th. ii. 74, 6. Of ðámwínbógum mid berium mid eallum palmitem cum uva sua, Num. 13, 24
earm-boga
An arm-bow, elbow ⬩ brachii curvātūra
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An arm-bow, elbow; brachii curvātūra, Som. Ben. Lye
sadol-boga
A saddle-bow
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A saddle-bow Sadolboga carpella, Wrt. Voc. i. 291, 16 : ii. 128, 71. Sadulboga, 103, 4. Sadelboga, : corbus, 17, 34 ;22, 46. Sadulboga, i. 23, 18
beót
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Hié tó beóte (bote, MS.) balde gecwǽdon þæt hié þæs wíges wihte ne róhton, Dan. 200. Heó (the vestal virgin) hiere beót (vow; gehát, v. l.) áleág, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 19. Dele bracket, and add under III:
twi-bót
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the word might be taken as a case of this noun. Cf. twi-gilde
Linked entry: twibóte
dǽd-bót
An amends-deed, repentance, penitence ⬩ pœnitentia, maleficii compensatio
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Bos. 3, 8: Lk. Bos. 3, 3, 8. Búton hý to rihtre dǽdbóte gecyrran unless they turn to right repentance, L. Edm. E. 6; Th. i. 246, 16: Chr. 963; Erl. 123, 15, 21.
mann-bót
A fine to be paid to the lord of a man slain
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Weaxe sió [mǽg]bót be ðam were swá ilce swá sió manbót déþ ðe ðam hláforde sceal, L. In. 76; Th. i. 150, 14-16. Æt twýhyndum were mon sceal sellan tó monbóte xxx. sciłł, æt vi. hyndum Lxxx. sciłł, æt twelfhyndum cxx., 70; Th. i. 146, 13-15: L. Edm.
cyric-bóc
A church-book ⬩ liber continens ritus et ceremonias ecclesiæ
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A church-book; liber continens ritus et ceremonias ecclesiæ To ǽghwælcre neóde man hæfþ on cyricbócum mæssan gesette masses for every necessity have been placed in church-books, Lupi Serm. 2, 3; Hick. Thes. ii. 107, 32
cwid-bóc
The Book of Proverbs ⬩ proverbiorum liber
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The Book of Proverbs; proverbiorum liber Be ðæm is awriten on Salomonnes cwidbócum about which it is written in the Proverbs of Solomon, Past. 36, 8; Cot. MS
wís-bóc
A book ⬩ a record
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A book in which the slate of things is described, a record Eágan ðíne gesáwon ðæt ic wæs unfrom on ferhþe; eall ðæt forþ heonan on ðínum wísbócum áwriten standeþ, imperfectum meum viderunt oculi tui, et in libra tuo omnes scribentur, Ps. Th. 138, 14
mægþ-bót
The fine to be paid by an unmarried woman
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The fine to be paid by an unmarried woman Mægþbót sí swá friges mannes let the fine to be paid by an unmarried woman be the same as that by a free man (for the same offence), L. Ethb. 74 j Th. i. 20, 9. This regulation follows one that settles the fine
regn-boga
A rainbow
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A rainbow Rénboga iris, Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 42 : yris vel arcus, 76, 33. Hwí wæs se rénboga tó wedde gesette mancynne? God gesette ðone rénbogan tó wedde tó ðam beháte ðæt hé nǽfre eft nolde eahte middanearde mid nánum flóde oferteón. Se rénboga cymþ of
syn-bót
Amends for sin, penance
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Amends for sin, penance Bisceopum gebyreþ ðǽt hí ne beón tó feohgeorne æt synbóte, ne on ǽnige wísan on unriht ne strýnan, L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 316, 32
ele-boga
An elbow ⬩ ulna
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An elbow; ulna. Wrt. Voc. 71, 24
Linked entry: eln-boga
elm-boga
An elbow ⬩ cŭbĭtum
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An elbow; cŭbĭtum Gif se earm biþ forad búfan elmbogan if the arm be broken above the elbow, L. Alf. pol. 54; Th. i. 94, 24
eln-boga
An elbow ⬩ cŭbĭtum
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An elbow; cŭbĭtum Se earm nǽnige bígnesse on ðam elnbogan hæfde the arm had no bending at the elbow, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 23