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ge-bealg

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bealg, -bealh [ge, and bealg was angry, p. of belgan to be angry]

made angryirritatedenraged

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made angry, irritated, enraged, Bt. 27, 1; Fox 94, 32 : Lk. Bos. 15, 28

fóster-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
fóster-bearn, féster-bearn, es; n.

A FOSTER-BEARN or childălumnus

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A FOSTER-BEARN or child; ălumnus, Cot. 9

Linked entry: féster-bearn

beán-scealas

(n.)

BEAN-SHELLSsiliquæquisquiliæ

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BEAN-SHELLS; siliquæ, quisquiliæ, Cot. 200

beado-wrǽd

(n.)

A war-company

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Grammar beado-wrǽd, es; m. A war-company (? v. wrǽd, The epithet applies to a collection of plants to be used against a disease, and occurs in a charm) Ic binne (benne ?) áwrát betest beadowrǽda swá benne ne burnon ne burston I have written out the best

Linked entry: wrǽd

bearn-lest

Grammar
bearn-lest, bearn-leást.
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Bearnleás(t)e orbitatis, An. Ox. 4873. Add

bealo-ware

(adj.)
Grammar
bealo-ware, bealu-ware.
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Dele and see bealo; adj

bearn-eácen

(adj.)
Grammar
bearn-eácen, [bearn a child, eácen increased]

Increasedpregnantauctusgravidus

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Increased, pregnant; auctus, gravidus Bearneácen wíf þrówaþ micel earfoðu a pregnant woman suffers much trouble, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 2, note 2, Cott: L. Alf. pol. 9; Th. i. 66, 23

bealo-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
bealo-ful, -full ; def. se bealo-fulla ; adj.

BALEFULdirecursedwickedpestiferusfacinorosusscelestusmalitiosus

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BALEFUL, dire, cursed, wicked; pestiferus, facinorosus, scelestus, malitiosus Bealofull baleful, Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 15; Jud. 63. Se bealofulla hýneþ heardlíce the baleful one hardly oppresseth, Exon, 11 b; Th. 16, 27; Cri. 259. Heó ðone bealofullan

bealo-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
bealo-síþ, bealu-síþ, es ; m.

an evil fortunemisfortunecalamitycalamitasadversa fortunaa destructive or deadly pathdeathfatale itermors

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an evil fortune, misfortune, calamity; calamitas, adversa fortuna Bealosíþa hwón few [of] misfortunes, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 24; Seef. 28. a destructive or deadly path, death; fatale iter, mors, Cd. 143; Th. 178, 1 ; Exod. 5

Linked entry: bealu-síþ

wudu-bearu

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-bearu, (-o), wes; m.

A grove of treesa wood

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A grove of trees, a wood Wudubearwes weard (the Phenix), Exon. Th. 208, 7 ; Ph. 152. On wudubearwe Similar entries (cf. on holtwuda, 1. 16), 209, 11 ; Ph. 169. Ðæt treów, ðe wexeþ on ðam wudubearwe, Wulfst. 262, 6. Wǽrun wudubearwas on wyndagum exultabunt

beald-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
beald-líce, bald-líce, bal-líce ; adv.

BOLDLYinstantlyearnestlysaucilyaudenterstatim

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BOLDLY, instantly, earnestly, saucily; audenter, statim Ic bealdlíce mínum hondum slóg I boldly slew with my hands, Exon. 73 a ; Th. 272, 1; Jul. 492. Aoth bleów bealdlíce his horn Aod statim insonuit buccina, Jud. 3, 27 : 3, 21

Linked entries: bald-líce bald-lícost

beard-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
beard-leás, adj.

BEARDLEssimberbisthose without a bearda youthstriplinga hawkbuzzardephebusbuteo

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BEARDLEss; imberbis. Used as a noun, it denotes those without a beard, as a youth, stripling, also a hawk or buzzard; ephebus, buteo Beardleás ephebus, vel buteo, Ælfc. Gl. 87; Som. 74, 55; Wrt. Voc. 50, 33

un-beald

(adj.)
Grammar
un-beald, adj.

Not boldnot confidentirresolute

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Not bold, not confident, irresolute Oft gebyreþ ðæm manðwǽran, ðonne hé wierð ríce ofer óðre men, ðæt hé for his manðwǽrnesse ásláwaþ and wierð tó unbald (-beald, Hatt. MS.), forðæm sió unbieldo and sió manðwǽrnes bióð swíðe anlíce nonnunquam mansueti

wang-beard

(n.)
Grammar
wang-beard, es; m.
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A whisker Teóh him ða loccas, and wringe ða eáran, and ðone wangbeard twiccige, Lchdm. ii. 196, 13

Linked entry: beard

ge-beard

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-beard, gebearde.

Similar entry: un-gebeard

heáfod-beald

(adj.)
Grammar
heáfod-beald, adj.
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Bold-faced, shameless Mid heáfodbaldre frontosa (cf. sió balde frontosa [moecharum impudentia, Ald. 60, 16], 85, 27), Wrt. Voc. 34, 44

Linked entry: beald

beard-leás

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Add:: For buteo = a young man, cf. Du Cange, buteo = juvenis; and see glossary in Hpt. 31, 16, 446, probum buteonem gódne geongan

beald-wyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
beald-wyrde, adj.

Bold in speechsaucy

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Bold in speech, saucy Se biscop him andwyrde: 'Ðú earming, . . .' Se cwellere mid gebolgenum móde cwaeð: 'Gif ðes bealdwyrda (this saticy priest) biscop ácweald ne bið, siððan ne bið úre ege ondrǽdendlic,' Hml. Th. i. 420, 2

Linked entry: -wyrde

beard-leás

hawkbuzzard'

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Dele: 'also a hawk or buzzard'; and add Beardleás inpubis, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 56, 2. Beardleáses effebi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 54. Beardleásum rince effebo hircitallo, An. Ox. 4, 57. Beardleásne effebum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 16. Beardleáse inuestes, An. Ox. 16, 2

bealo-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
bealo-dǽd, bealu-dǽd, e; f.

A wicked, evil, or sinful deedpeccatum

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A wicked, evil, or sinful deed; peccatum Ðæt hý bealodǽde gescomeden that they felt shame for a sinful deed, Exon. 27 a; Th. 80, 4; Cri. 1302

Linked entry: bealu-dǽd