wæter
- Homl. 247, 25 ; see also
- Ps. Th. 17, 11
- Ps. Th. 31, 7.
water ⬩ water ⬩ water in the sky, rain ⬩ water of a river, sea, etc. ⬩ water as in Derwentwater, a body of water, a stream, lake, sea ⬩ waters of a great river, of a sea, etc.
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Under wætere, Beo. Th. 3316; B. 1656
bet
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Dele bracket and 'DER. abet,' and add: with wesan, weorþan and dat. of object Hire sóna wæs bet, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 6. Hwæt bið eów ðý bet?, Bt. 19; F. 70, 16.
BÉN
A praying ⬩ prayer ⬩ petition ⬩ an entreaty ⬩ a deprecation ⬩ supplication ⬩ demand ⬩ bone ⬩ BOON ⬩ ⬩ deprecatio ⬩ oratio ⬩ preces ⬩ postulatio
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Ðín bén-ys gehýred exaudita est deprecatio tua Lk. Bos. 1, 13. Ic underféng ðíne béne suscepi preces tuas Gen. 19, 21. Hí heom ðæra béna forwyrdnon they gave to them a denial of their requests Ors. 2, 2; Bos. 40, 34.
Linked entry: ge-bén
béh
a crown
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a crown On ðone béh in coronam Bd. 5, 21; S. 643, 28
Bec
an abbey in Normandy
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an abbey in Normandy Teodbald, ðe was abbot in ðe Bec Theobald, who was abbot of Bec, Chr. 1140 ; Th. 383, 40
bú
both ⬩ ambæ, ambo
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both, nom. m. f. or n: acc. m. f. n. of begen; ambæ, ambo Hí bú þégon [MS. þegun] æppel they both [Adam and Eve] ate the apple, Exon. 61b; Th. 226, 8; Ph. 402: Cd. 10; Th. 12, 18; Gen. 187: 82; Th. 102. 13; Gen. 1699
bed
asked
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asked Ic bed petii, Ps. Spl. 26, 7
BEÓ
A BEE ⬩ apis
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While the bee-masters [beó-ceorlas, v. beó-ceorl] enjoyed their own privileges, they had to pay an especial tax for the keeping of bees Swá swá seó beó sceal losian as the bee shall perish Bt. 31, 2; Fox 112, 26.
Linked entries: beáw-hyrnet beón bió
BED
a BED ⬩ couch ⬩ pallet ⬩ stratum ⬩ lectus ⬩ a bed in a garden ⬩ pulvillus ⬩ areola in hortis
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To ðínum bedde to thy bed, Gen. 16, 2. a bed in a garden; pulvillus vel areola in hortis : used in compounds, as Wyrt-bedd a wort bed, Herb, 7, 1; Lchdm. i. 96, 22 : Hreód-bedd a reed bed, 8, 1; Lchdm. i. 98, 13
bed
a bed ⬩ couch ⬩ a surface on which something rests?
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Similar entries v. ǽmet-bed, bed-gerid. See D. D. bed = ant-hill
sand
A messenger, envoy
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A messenger, envoy Ðá wæs Lýfing ƀ mid ðám kincge . . . Ðá com Xp̃es cyrc̃ sand tó ðám ƀ and hé forð (fór ?) ðá tó ðám kincge bishop Lyfing was then with the king. . . Then came a messenger (or message?
bý
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Bý in local names is found in Baddan-, Bad-, Bé-, Kirk-bý. v. C. D. vi
BÉD
A prayer ⬩ supplication ⬩ religious worship ⬩ oratio ⬩ supplicatio ⬩ Dei cultus
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Béd is chiefly found in composition, as in, - Béd-hús a place for prayer, béd-dagas prayer-days, Rogation-days. The original word béd a prayer was superseded by ge-béd a prayer, q.v
Linked entry: bédu
bie
be
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be, Mk. Lind. War. 10, 44, Similar entries for bió; subj. of bión to be
bed
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add : v. feþer-bed, feþer-bedd, forliger-bed, forliger-bedd, morþor-bed, morþor-bedd, wíg-bed, wíg-bedd.
bý
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A dwelling, habitation; habitatio Se ðe hús oððe lytel [MS. lytelo] bý hæfde in byrgenum [MS. byrgennum] qui domicilium habebat in monumentis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 3. Hence, by and bye in the termination of the names of places
Linked entry: býing
bó
both ⬩ ambo
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. = bú, bá. Similar entries v. begen
bég
A bracelet ⬩ ring ⬩ crown ⬩ armilla ⬩ corona
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Hí on beorg dydon bégas [MS. beg] and siglu they placed in the mound rings and jewels Beo. Th. 6308, note; B. 3164
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bi
by, near, concerning
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by, near, concerning
béd
a prayer ⬩ bed
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a prayer. l. bed, Blinde men hé mid his bedum gehǽlde, Bl. H. 173, 27. Beaddum precibus, Rtl. 91, 31. Sing þú ðǽr þíne bedu, Wlfst. 290, 14. Gibér beodo exaudi preces, Rtl. 97, 14: 103, 38: 90, 20. dele passage from Bede, and add