ge-byrga
Similar entry: leód-gebyrga
íren-byrne
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byrn-wíga
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A soldier clothed in armour; loricatus miles Se byrnwíga búgan sceolde the mailed warrior must submit, Beo. Th. 5828; B. 2918: Exon. 77b; Th. 292, 5; Wand. 94. Byrnwígena brego the chief of mailed soldiers, Judth. 9; Thw. 21, 28; Jud. 39
ge-byre
The time at which anything happens ⬩ a favourable time ⬩ an opportunity ⬩ occasio ⬩ opportunitas
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The time at which anything happens, a favourable time, an opportunity; occasio, opportunitas Hwonne him eft gebyre weorþe, hám cymeþ when there shall again be an opportunity to him he will come home, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 3; Gn. Ex. 105
byrg-leóþ
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An epitaph, a dirge Byrgleóð carmen funebre, Hpt. Gl. 427, 63. Byregleóþ epichedieon, An. Ox. 901. Epicedion lícleóð, epitaphion byrigleóð, utrumque est carmen super tumulum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 78
Linked entry: byrgen-leóþ
byrg-sang
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A dirge Birisang tragoedium, luctum, Hpt. Gl. 488, 57
Linked entry: byrgen-song
byrn-wíga
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byrn-wiga
byrn-wigende
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
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protection Beón on gebyrge (eo written over y, v.l. ) wudewum, Wlfst. 119, 4: 209, 1. Cf. ge-beorg
middel-býre
Linked entry: býre
sweart-byrd
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A dismal, hapless birth, v. sweart; Þis mé tó bóte þǽre swǽran swærtbyrde, Lch. iii. 66, 22
am-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
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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
be-byrd
garnished with nails ⬩ set with spikes ⬩ clavatus
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garnished with nails, set with spikes; clavatus, Cot. 49, Som. Lye
byrc-holt
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A birch holt or grove; betuletum, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 21
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byrd-dæg
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A birth-day; natalis dies