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byrg-sang

(n.)
Grammar
byrg-sang, (byrig-), es; m.
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A dirge Birisang tragoedium, luctum, Hpt. Gl. 488, 57

Linked entry: byrgen-song

byrn-wíga

(n.)
Grammar
byrn-wíga, part. l.
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byrn-wiga

byrn-wigende

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
byrn-wigende, part. l. byrn-wígend, es; m.

ende-byrd

(n.)
Grammar
ende-byrd, e; f. (not es; n.).
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(cf. Mid hwilcere endebyrd*-*nesse Drihten gemetgað ealle gesceafta quibus immensum legibus orbem natura servet, Bt. 25; F. 88, 4.) Add:

fore-byrd

Similar entry: for-byrd

fram-byge

(n.)
Grammar
fram-byge, es; m.
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A turning aside from what is right, backsliding, defection, default Ðín frambige þé sceal gederian aversio tua increpabit te (Jer. 2, 19), Wlfst. 49, 12. Hig sýn ǽfre underðeódde and gehérsume and ðám hláfordscipe folhgien ðe ðonne bisceop beó, and gif

Linked entry: býge

ge-byld

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boldness

ge-byrd

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Add: n. (see Bl. H. 167, 8: Hml. S. 4, 256 below). birth. bearing of a child by the mother Þú wuldorfæste hlǽfdige þe God æfter flǽsces gebyrde ácendest, Hml. S. 23 b, 433. Oft þæt gegongeð þætte wer and wíf in woruld cennað bearn mid gebyrdum, Vy. 3

ge-byrg

(n.)
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protection Beón on gebyrge (eo written over y, v.l. ) wudewum, Wlfst. 119, 4: 209, 1. Cf. ge-beorg

ge-byrst

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-byrst, adj.
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Having bristles, bristly Gebyrstum setigero (apro), An. Ox. 23, 3

middel-býre

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
middel-býre, a middle shed (?). v. middel; adj.

Linked entry: býre

sweart-byrd

(n.)
Grammar
sweart-byrd, e; f.
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A dismal, hapless birth, v. sweart; Þis mé tó bóte þǽre swǽran swærtbyrde, Lch. iii. 66, 22

am-byre

Grammar
am-byre, (am-byre = and-byre).
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Substitute: Unfavourable, contrary (of wind) Þyder, hé cwæð, þæt man ne mihte geseglian on ánum n, mónðe, gyf man . . . ǽlce dæge hæfde ambyrne wind, Ors. l, I ; Bos. 21, 20. [Cf. Icel. aud-viðri a head wind. Mod. Icel. and-byrr (= mðt-byrr). (Dr. Craigie's

byrd-estre

(n.)
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For 'embroideress' 1. 'embroiderer', v. Archiv cxxiii. 418

byrd-ling

Similar entry: in-byrdling

be-byrd

to fringe ⬩ border

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Substitute: be-byrdan to fringe, border Bebyrde clavatae (v. Ald. 77, 15), Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 46

lifer-býl

(n.)
Grammar
lifer-býl, e; f.
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A prominence on the liver, L. M. 2, 21; Lchdm. ii. 204, 20

ge-býa

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býa, p. -býde

To dwell

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To dwell Gibýaþ miþ ðǽm habitabit cum eis, Rtl. 71, 3. Gebýde habitavit, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 1, 23; 4, 13. Gibýe posside, Rtl. 165, 20

be-byrd

(adj.; part.)

garnished with nails ⬩ set with spikes ⬩ clavatus

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garnished with nails, set with spikes; clavatus, Cot. 49, Som. Lye

byrc-holt

(n.)
Grammar
byrc-holt, es; n.
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A birch holt or grove; betuletum, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 21

Linked entry: birc-holt

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