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bed-streáw

(n.)
Grammar
bed-streáw, es; n.

Straw used for bedding

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Straw used for bedding Of his bedstréwe man band on ánne wódne; þá gewát se deófol him of, Hml. S. 31, 572. (Cf. streáw tó his beddinga,) 849

bi-fealdan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-fealdan, p. -feóld, pl. -feóldon; pp. -fealden

To infold, involve, inwrap, cover, overwhelm ⬩ implicare, involvere, circumdare

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To infold, involve, inwrap, cover, overwhelm; implicare, involvere, circumdare,Exon. 9 b; Th. 8, 14; Cri. 117

bi-felgan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-felgan, p. -fealh, pl. -fulgon; pp. -folgen

To deliver, transmit, consign ⬩ tradere, committere

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To deliver, transmit, consign; tradere, committere,Exon. 72 b; Th. 271, 13; Jul. 481

bi-hreósan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-hreósan, p. -hreás, pl. -hruron; pp. -hroren

To rush down, cover ⬩ ruere, obruere, incidere

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To rush down, cover; ruere, obruere, incidere Hríme bihrorene covered with rime, Exon. 77 b; Th. 291, 4; Wand. 77

Linked entry: bi-hroren

bi-helan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-helan, p. -hæl, pl. -hǽlon; pp. -holen

To conceal ⬩ occultare

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To conceal; occultare,Exon. 27 a; Th. 80, 23; Cri. 1311

bí-sǽce

(n.)

A visitation

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Grammar bí-sǽce, bí-sǽc ( = soec, -séc), e; f. Substitute: A visitation Stód seó stów ídel and ǽmen, bád bísǽce betran hyrdes, Gú. 188

bi-dyrnan

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

To hide, conceal ⬩ occultare

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To hide, conceal; occultare,Exon. 24 a; Th. 67, 16; Cri. 1089

bi-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-fæstan, p. -fæste; pp. -fæsted

To fasten, make fast, fix, commit, intrust ⬩ infigere, committere, tradere,

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To fasten, make fast, fix, commit, intrust; infigere, committere, tradere,Exon. 97 a; Th. 362, 2; Wal. 30 : 50 a; Th. 173, 26; Gú. 1166

Linked entry: be-fæstan

bi-légan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-légan, p. -légde; pp. -légd
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To surround with flame; circumflagrare flamma Lége bilégde surrounded with flame [Ger. umlodert mit lohe] Exon. 53 a; Th. 186, 7; Az. 16

bi-helmian

(v.)
Grammar
bi-helmian, p. ade; pp. ad

To cover over, to cover, shroud ⬩ cooperire

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To cover over, to cover, shroud; cooperire Heolstre bihelmad shrouded with darkness, Exon. 69 a; Th. 257, 2; Jul. 241

Linked entry: be-helman

bi-heáwan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-heáwan, p. -heów; pp. -heáwen

To hew or cut off, to deprive of ⬩ cædendo privare

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To hew or cut off, to deprive of; cædendo privare Iohannes bibeád heáfde biheáwan commanded to cut off John's head, Exon. 70 a; Th. 260, 10; Jul. 295

bi-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-healdan, p. -heóld, pl. -heóldon; pp. -healden.

to hold by or near, guard, observe, preserve ⬩ tenere, inhabitare, custodire, servare, præservare ⬩ to see, look on, behold ⬩ videre, intueri, aspicere

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Hine weard biheóld of heofonum a guardian from heaven guarded him, Exon. 34 a; Th. 108, 22; Gú. 76 : 54 b; Th. 193, 22; Az. 125.

Linked entry: be-healden

bi-fón

(v.)
Grammar
bi-fón, p. -féng, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen, -fongen.

to comprehend, grasp, seize, take hold of, attach, catch, ensnare ⬩ comprehendere, apprehendere, reprehendere, deprehendere, capere ⬩ to surround, encompass, encircle, envelop, contain, invest, clothe, case, receive, conceive ⬩ circumdare, amplecti, capere, cingere ⬩ tegere, operire, accipere, concipere

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to comprehend, grasp, seize, take hold of, attach, catch, ensnare; comprehendere, apprehendere, reprehendere, deprehendere, capere Folm mec mæg bifón the hand may grasp me, Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 6; Rä. 41, 52. to surround, encompass, encircle, envelop

bi-hlyhhan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-hlyhhan, p. -hlóh, pl. -hlógon; pp. -hlahen, -hleahen

To laugh at, deride ⬩ ridere aliquid, exultare de aliqua re

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To laugh at, deride; ridere aliquid, exultare de aliqua re,Exon.73 b; Th. 274, 1; Jul. 526

bí-wist

(n.)
Grammar
bí-wist, and es; m. (cf. dæg-, hús-, neáh-wist).

Subsistence

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On heora bíwiste and on hrægle gehealdene, Bl. H. 185, 16. Þearfum bigwiste syllan, Hml. S. 26, 276. Þá þe on gemǽnum ðingum bigwiste habbað (the monastic orders), Hml. Th. i. 398, 13. Bíwiste stipendia, An. Ox. 4833. Add:

bi-geng

(n.)
Grammar
bi-geng, es; m.

Observation, worship, service ⬩ cultus

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He bæd híg ðá georne, ðæt híg búgan ne sceoldon fram Godes bigengum he bade them then earnestly, that they should not decline from the services of God, Jos. 23, 7

bí-gengestre

(n.)
Grammar
bí-gengestre, an; f.

worshipper

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A female attendant, worshipper Bígengestre cultrix, i. inserviens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 46. Bígengcestre, An. Ox. 4431. Bígengestran, þénestran cultricem, i. ministram, 1358: 2065

Linked entry: -gengestre

bí-leofian

(v.)
Grammar
bí-leofian, p. ode

To support

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To support Féng hé tó medmycclan bigleofan, þæt wæs tó þám berenan hláfe, and þone þigede and his líf bíleofode, Guth. 34, 7

Linked entry: big-leofan

bí-wyrde

(n.)
Grammar
bí-wyrde, es; n.

A proverb ⬩ saying

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A proverb, saying Bíwyrde proverbium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 56. Bíwyrda proverbiorum, An. Ox. 5232

Linked entry: bí-word

bed-gemána

(n.)
Grammar
bed-gemána, an; m.

Cohabitation

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Cohabitation Ðone ymbhogan hé ne forlét ðæs flǽsclican beddgemánan nec stratum carnalium sollicitudine deserit, Past. 99, 25

Linked entry: ge-mána