beó-ceorl
A BEE-CEORL ⬩ bee farmer or keeper ⬩ bocherus ⬩ apum custos
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A BEE-CEORL, bee farmer or keeper; bocherus, apum custos Be ðám ðe beón bewitaþ. Beóceorle gebyreþ, gif he gafolheorde healt, ðæt he sylle ðonne lande gerǽd beó. Mid us is gerǽd ðæt he sylle v sustras huniges to gafole concerning those who keep bees.
bi-spanan
To allure, entice, incite, urge ⬩ allicere, illicere, seducere, incitare, impellere
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To allure, entice, incite, urge; allicere, illicere, seducere, incitare, impellere Ic Herode in hyge bispeón, ðæt he Iohannes bibeád heáfde biheáwan I Herod in mind incited, that he commanded John's head to be cut off, Exon. 70 a; Th. 260, 8; Jul. 294
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bí-word
A BYEWORD, proverb ⬩ proverbium
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[be, bí by, word a word] A BYEWORD, proverb; proverbium Man segþ [seið MS.] to bíworde, 'hæge sitteþ ða æceras dǽleþ' man saith for a proverb, 'the hedge abides which fields divides,' Chr. 1130; Erl. 259, 13. Bíword, bíwyrd proverbium, Cot. 157
bed-reda
One BEDRIDDEN ⬩ clinicus
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One BEDRIDDEN; clinicus Ðǽr læg be ðam wege án bedreda there lay by the way one bedridden, Homl. Th. ii. 422, 4. Arás se bedreda, and arn blissigende the bedridden arose, and ran rejoicing, ii. 422, 9. Ðá ðá se sunderhálga Iosias ðæt tácn geseah on ðam
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bí-libban
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
bén-tíðe
having obtained a prayer ⬩ benefitted ⬩ favoured ⬩ successful ⬩ precum vel supplications compos ⬩ fortunatus ⬩ accepting a prayer ⬩ exorable ⬩ gracious ⬩ deprecabilis
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having obtained a prayer, benefitted, favoured, successful; precum vel supplications compos fortunatus Hie ðǽr, Godes þances, swíðe béntíðe [béntiðige, col. 2; béntigðe, p. 153, 10, cols. 1, 2] wurdon æfter ðam geháte there, God be thanked, they were
Linked entry: tíþe
Beó-wulf
BEOWULF
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BEOWULF, a celebrated warrior of the Scyldings'; race, a record of whose heroic deeds is given in the Anglo-Saxon poem bearing his name. It appears most probable that Beowulf was originally an Old Norse heathen Saga, written in the language common at
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bí-genga
an inhabitant ⬩ a cultivator ⬩ cultor ⬩ a worshipper
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Add Bígenga, tilia, inbúend colonus .i. incola, cultor, inquilinus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 25. an inhabitant Heofenlic bígengca celicola, An. Ox. 3934: Guth. 40, 3. Ðá bígengean þæs londes incolae regionis ejus, Nar. 5, 26. Biggengan, Bl. H. 209, 3. Bígengcan
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ám-ber
a dry measure of four bushels ⬩ mensura continens quatuor modios sive bussellos ⬩ a liquid measure ⬩ batus ⬩ cadus ⬩ a vessel with one handle ⬩ a tankard ⬩ pitcher ⬩ pail ⬩ lagena ⬩ urceus ⬩ amphora ⬩ situla ⬩ hydria
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a dry measure of four bushels; mensura continens quatuor modios sive bussellos. v. Registri Honoris de Richm. App. p. 44, where, in an extent of the manors of Crowhurst and Fylesham, in Sussex, 8 Edw. I, we read, 'xxiii ambræ salis, quæ faciunt xii quarteria
wíg-bed
An altar
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An altar [from wíg (wíh) and beód; some forms, e.g. wígbeddes, weóbedd, suggest that the word was thought to be derived from bed] Weófod altar vel ara, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 51. Hé scolde ðone Godes alter habban uppan áholodne, ðæt hé meahte on healdan ða
a-bet
Better ⬩ melius
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Better; melius Hwæðer ðé se ende abet lícian wille whether the end will better please thee. Bt. 35, 5; Fox 166, 23
ǽ-ber
Clear and evident by proof ⬩ manifest ⬩ apparent ⬩ notorious ⬩ apricus ⬩ manifestus
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Clear and evident by proof, manifest, apparent, notorious; apricus, manifestus Se ǽbera þeóf the notorious thief, L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 22. Ǽbære manslagan notorious homicides, L. Eth. vi. 36; Th. i. 324, 11
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beg-beám
The mulberry-tree ⬩ the blackberry-bush ⬩ a tree bearing berries ⬩ a bramble ⬩ morus ⬩ rubus
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The mulberry-tree, the blackberry-bush, a tree bearing berries, a bramble; morus, rubus Moyses æt-ýwde wið ǽnne beigbeám Moyses ostendit secus rubum Mωσήs έμήνυσεν έπί τήs βάτου Lk. Bos. 20, 37
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bed-cófa
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
bed-felt
A bed-covering ⬩ ecti pannus ⬩ lodix
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A bed-covering; lecti pannus, lodix, R. Ben. 55
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béd-hús
A chapel ⬩ an oratory ⬩ a place for prayer ⬩ oratorium
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A chapel, an oratory, a place for prayer; oratorium, Fulg. 43
bed-reáf
Bed-clothes ⬩ bedding ⬩ lodix ⬩ fulcrum ⬩ lectisternia
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Bed-clothes, bedding; lodix, fulcrum, lectisternia, Ælfc. Gl. 27; Som. 60, 109 : 111; Som. 79, 62, 64 : R. Ben. 55
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bealo-ben
A baleful wound
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A baleful wound
bealu-ben
A baleful wound ⬩ lethale vulnus
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A baleful wound; lethale vulnus, Cd. 154; Th. 192, 27; Exod. 238
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bel-flýs
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