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Deóra bý

(n.)
Grammar
Deóra bý, Deór-bý,es ; n? [Hunt. Dereby, Derebi: Ethel. Derebi: deór an animal, deer; bý a dwelling, habitation; a habitation of deer or animals]

DERBY ⬩ Derbia

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DERBY; Derbia Hér Æðelflǽd, Myrcna hlǽfdige, begeat ða burh ðe is geháten Deóra bý in this year [A. D. 917] Æthelfled, lady of the Mercians, obtained the burgh which is called Derby, Chr. 917; Erl. 105, 24: 942; Erl. 116, 14; Edm. 8.

Linked entry: Deór-bý

consula béc

(n.)
Grammar
consula béc, cyninga béc, pl. f.

Books of consuls ⬩ kings' annals ⬩ calendars ⬩ fastorum libri ⬩ fasti

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Books of consuls, or kings' annals, calendars; fastorum libri, fasti Cot. 92

leóht

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht, léht, líht [from comparison with other dialects the proper spelling would seem to be líht, but leóht (or leoht?), in West-Saxon at least, is the regular form]; adj.

Light ⬩ inconsiderable ⬩ quick ⬩ ready ⬩ nimble ⬩ fickle ⬩ easy

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Leóht and leoþuwác nimble and supple, Exon. 79 b; Th. 298, 12; Crä. 84. Hé is snel and swift and leóht levis et velox est, 60 b; Th. 220, 9; Ph. 317: 52 a; Th. 182, 6;Gú. 1306.

bed-gerid

(n.)
Grammar
bed-gerid, es; n.

An ants' nest

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An ants' nest Nime ǽmettan mid hiora bed-geride, Lch. ii. 328, 8

bí-leofen

(n.)
Grammar
bí-leofen, -lifen, e; f. [bí, leofen living, livelihood]

Food, provisions ⬩ annona, pulmentum

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Food, provisions; annona, pulmentum Bí-leofene [MS. bileouene] annona, C. R. Ben. 43. Bílifen pulmentum, Cot. 171

Linked entry: bí-lifen

ber-winde

(n.)
Grammar
ber-winde, an; f.

Bearbine

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D. s. vv. ) ber*-*winde umbilicum, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 57

bed-cófa

(n.)
Grammar
bed-cófa, an; m.

A bed place ⬩ cubiculum

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A bed place; cubiculum Bed-cófa vel búr cubiculum, Ælfc. Gl, 27 ; Som. 60, 99 : Lk. Bos. 12, 3

bén-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
bén-tíd, e; f. [bén a prayer, tíd time]

Prayer-time ⬩ rogation-days ⬩ time for supplication ⬩ rogationum dies

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Prayer-time, rogation-days, time for supplication; rogationum dies Ðæt is heálíc dæg, bén-tíd brému that is a high day, a celebrated time for supplication Menol. Fox 148; Men. 75

hundes beó

(n.)
Grammar
hundes beó, etc.

hundes beó

(n.)
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a dog-fly, Cot. 54, Lye

hundes beó

Grammar
hundes beó, l. peó,
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and see píe

feld-beó

(n.)
Grammar
feld-beó, f.

A field-bee ⬩ locust ⬩ ăpis campestris ⬩ attăcus ⬩ άττακόs

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A field-bee, locust; ăpis campestris, attăcus = άττακόs Feld-beó adticus [ = attăcus ], Wrt. Voc. 281, 38

Linked entry: beó

bí-libban

(v.)
Grammar
bí-libban, p. -lifde; pp. -lifed, -lifd [bí 1. by, upon, libban to live]

To live by or upon, to be sustained or supported ⬩ vesci, sustentari

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To live by or upon, to be sustained or supported; vesci, sustentari Sciððium wearþ emleóf, ðæt hý gesáwon mannes blód agoten, swá him wæs ðara nýtena meolc, ðe by mǽst bílibbaþ it was as agreeable to the Scythians to see [lit. that they saw] man's blood

bí-lage

(n.)
Grammar
bí-lage, [bí by, near, lagu a law]

A BYE-LAW ⬩ lex privata

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A BYE-LAW; lex privata,Chr. W. Thorn. an. 1303

bi-wǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-wǽgan, p. de; pp. ed; v. a.

To disappoint ⬩ frustrari

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To disappoint; frustrari Ne bi-wǽgde hine non frustratus est eum, Ps. Surt. 131, 11

Linked entry: be-wǽgan

bed-bolster

(n.)
Grammar
bed-bolster, gen. -bolstres; m.

A pillow ⬩ bolster ⬩ plumacium

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A pillow, bolster; plumacium Bed-bolster plumacium, Ælfc. Gl. 27; Som. 60, 103; Wrt. Voc. 25, 43

bel-flýs

(n.)
Grammar
bel-flýs, es; n. [bell a bell, flýs a fleece]

The BELL-WETHER'S FLEECE ⬩ the fleece of a sheep that carries the bell ⬩ tympani vellus ⬩ ducis gregis tintinnabulum gestantis vellus

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The BELL-WETHER'S FLEECE, the fleece of a sheep that carries the bell; tympani vellus, i. e. ducis gregis tintinnabulum gestantis vellus Bel-flýs id est, tympani vellus L. R. S. 14; Th. i. 438, 23

beó-breád

(n.)
Grammar
beó-breád, bió-breád, bí-breád, es; n.

BEE-BREAD ⬩ apum panis ⬩ honey-comb ⬩ favus

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Bos. 24, 42

bí-fylc

(n.)
Grammar
bí-fylc, es; n. [bí by, near to; fylc a tribe, country, province]
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A neighbouring people, province, or region; provincia vel populus adjacens Of eallum ðyssum bífylcum de cunctis prope provinciis, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 11

bi-nom

(v.; part.)
Grammar
bi-nom, pl. bi-nómon

deprived

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deprived, Exon. 100 a; Th. 378, 15; Deór. 16: 37 b; Th. 122, 30; Gú. 313, = be-nam, -námon; Similar entries p. of be-niman