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Anglo-Saxon

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bétl

Similar entry: bítel

beáh

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Add Ðæs écan beáges (bíges, v. i.), Bd. 5, 22; Sch. 682, 7

-beát

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-beát

beám

(n.)

a trumpet.

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a trumpet

fugles beán

(n.)
Grammar
fugles beán, e; f.

Vetch

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Vetch, Gl. Mett. 919

beadu-cræftig

(adj.)
Grammar
beadu-cræftig, beado-cræftig; adj.

War-crafty ⬩ warlike ⬩ bellicosus

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War-crafty, warlike; bellicosus Fugel beaducræftig the warlike bird, Exon. 60a; Th. 217, 26; Ph. 286. Beaducræftig beorn Bartholameus a warlike chief, Bartholomeus, Apstls. Kmbl. 87; Ap. 44

Linked entry: beado-cræftig

ífig-beara

(n.)
Grammar
ífig-beara, ífig-bearo
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a grove of ivy-covered trees (? cf. ífiht) On ífigbearo, of ífigbeara, Cht. Crw. l, 15

fóster-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
fóster-bearn, féster-bearn, es; n.

A FOSTER-BEARN or child ⬩ ălumnus

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A FOSTER-BEARN or child; ălumnus, Cot. 9

Linked entry: féster-bearn

beado-wrǽd

(n.)

A war-company

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Grammar beado-wrǽd, es; m. A war-company (? v. wrǽd, The epithet applies to a collection of plants to be used against a disease, and occurs in a charm) Ic binne (benne ?) áwrát betest beadowrǽda swá benne ne burnon ne burston I have written out the best

Linked entry: wrǽd

bearn-lest

Grammar
bearn-lest, bearn-leást.
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Bearnleás(t)e orbitatis, An. Ox. 4873. Add

bearn-eácen

(adj.)
Grammar
bearn-eácen, [bearn a child, eácen increased]

Increased ⬩ pregnant ⬩ auctus ⬩ gravidus

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Increased, pregnant; auctus, gravidus Bearneácen wíf þrówaþ micel earfoðu a pregnant woman suffers much trouble, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 2, note 2, Cott: L. Alf. pol. 9; Th. i. 66, 23

a-bealh

angered

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angered, Cd. 222; Th. 290, 4; Sat. 410

aldor-bealu

(n.)

vital evil

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vital evil, Beo. Th. 3356; B. 1676

bealo-ben

(n.)
Grammar
bealo-ben, -benn, e; f.

A baleful wound

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A baleful wound

bealo-clom

(n.)
Grammar
bealo-clom, -clomm, es; m: e; f.

A dire chain

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A dire chain

bealo-inwit

(n.)
Grammar
bealo-inwit, es ; n.

Guile ⬩ deceit

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Guile, deceit

bealo-ráp

(n.)
Grammar
bealo-ráp, es; m.

A pernicious cord ⬩ dirus laqueus

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A pernicious cord; dirus laqueus, Exon. 13 a; Th. 23, 7; Cri. 365

bealo-searu

(n.)
Grammar
bealo-searu, g. -searwes; n.

A wicked machination ⬩ snare ⬩ malitiosa machinatio

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A wicked machination or snare; malitiosa machinatio, Exon, 72 b; Th. 270, 30; Jul. 473

bealo-sorg

(n.)
Grammar
bealo-sorg, e; f.

Baleful sorrow ⬩ dirus ægritudo vel mæror

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Baleful sorrow; dirus ægritudo vel mæror, Exon. 61 b; Th. 226, 21; Ph. 409

bealu-ben

(n.)
Grammar
bealu-ben, -benn, e; f.

A baleful wound ⬩ lethale vulnus

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A baleful wound; lethale vulnus, Cd. 154; Th. 192, 27; Exod. 238

Linked entry: bealo-ben

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