Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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byrde

(adj.)
Grammar
byrde, sup. byrdest, def. se byrdesta; adj.
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Born, well-born, noble, rich; natus, natu vel genere præstans, nobilis, opulentus Se byrdesta sceall gyldan the richest must pay, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 36

byren

(adj.)
Grammar
byren, adj.
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Belonging to a bear; ursinus, Som. Ben. Lye

byrged

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buried

byriga

(n.)
Grammar
byriga, an; m.
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A surety; fidejussor He him byrigan gesealdne hæbbe he has given him surety, L. H. E. 10; Th. i. 30, 17

Linked entry: berigea

byrne

(n.)
Grammar
byrne, an; f.
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Running water, a stream; torrens, rivus Ofer byrnan bðsm over the stream's bosom, Exon. 102a; Th. 386, 15; Rä. 4, 62

byrst

(v.)
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bursts, breaks, fails; 3rd pers. pres. of berstan

byrþ

(n.)
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a birth

byst

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art, shalt be, Lk. Bos. l, 76: Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 26, 12

býst

(n.)
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biestings, Ælfc. Gl. 31; Som. 61, 102

býst

(v.)
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commandest, offierest; 2nd pers. pres. of beódan

býtl

Similar entry: bítel

bytt

(n.)
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a butt, piece of land ? Innan Scrowes bytt, of Scrowes bytt betweox .ii. beorgas, C. D. iii. 85, 11. [v. N. E. D. butt .]

býed

Similar entry: un-býed

býing

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Add: — Býencgum habitaculis, Rtl. 123, 7

byld

(n.)
Grammar
byld, (-u, -o).

Similar entry: bildu

byrce

Grammar
byrce, barking.

Similar entry: birce

byrdig

Similar entry: fore-byrdig

byren

Similar entry: biren

byris

Similar entry: byres

byrla

Similar entry: birla

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