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bett

(adv.)

better

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better, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 34

begne

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Dele, and see blegen

belg

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Add: a bag Bælge oððe bylge bulga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 27. Tóbersteþ þá belgas ( utres ) and þá belgas tó lore weorðaþ. Mt. R. 9, 17. bellows Swégincga bláwendra byliga (follium), Coll. M. 31, 7. Ðeáh man þone gársecg embsette mid byligeon . . and tó

bétl

Similar entry: bítel

beón

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Add: to be Wesan and beón fore, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 61. absolute, to exist, (of life) to last Ðú eart éce and á byst, Shrn. 199, 21. Þá hwíle þe mín líf byð, Cht. E. 230, 7. Gif ic lengc beó þonne heó, Shrn. 159, 27. ꝥ Án is þú woldest beón; óðer ꝥ þú

beór

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For translation of Icelandic quotation substitute: Ale is it called among men, but among the gods beer, and add Beór ydromel-lum vel mulsum, Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 34. Æppelwín, beór idromelum, ii. 49. 57. Leóht beór melle dulci, 56, 49. Beóres tácen is þæt

-béte

(suffix)

Similar entry: twi-béte

berg

(n.)

a swine

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a swine

beáh

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Add Ðæs écan beáges (bíges, v. i.), Bd. 5, 22; Sch. 682, 7

-beát

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-beát

beór

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Ofgeót mid strangan beóre oþþe mid strangum ealað, Lch. ii. 314, 14. Add

-bera

(suffix)

Similar entry: wróht-bera

beám

(n.)

a trumpet.

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a trumpet

beád

(n.)

a prayer,

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a prayer, l. bead

dolh-ben

(n.)
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dolh-ben, -benn

a wound.

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a wound

feorh-ben

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-ben, -benn, e; f. [ben a wound]

A life-woundmortal woundlētāle vulnus

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A life-wound, mortal wound; lētāle vulnus Feorhbennum seóc sick with mortal wounds, Beo. Th. 5473; B. 2740

Linked entry: ben

friþ-béna

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-béna, an; m. [béna a petitioner]

A peace-petitionerrefugeepācis supplex

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A peace-petitioner, refugee; pācis supplex Bútan hit friþbéna sý unless it be a peace-petitioner, L. Eth. v. 29; Th. i. 312, 1. Bútan friþbénan sindan unless they are peace-petitioners, vi. 36;Th. i. 324, 15

wǽl-ben

(n.)
Grammar
wǽl-ben, wǽl-benn, e; f.

A wound inflicted by the sea,

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A wound inflicted by the sea, Gársecg wédde ... egesan stódon, weóllon wǽlbenna (wæl- ?) (the reference is to the death of the Egyptians in the Red Sea), Cd. Th. 208, 30; Exod. 491

fǽr-béna

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-béna, an; m.

A husbandman, peasant, churlrustĭcus

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A husbandman, peasant, churl; rustĭcus Gif hit sífǽrbéna gilde xii ór if it be a churl, let him pay twelve ores, L. N. P. L. 50; Th. ii. 298, 6

sár-benn

(n.)
Grammar
sár-benn, e; f.

A painful wound

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A painful wound Wæs ðæs hálgan líc sárbennum soden, swáte bestémed, bánhús ábrocen, blód ýþum weóll, Andr. Kmbl. 2479; An. 1241. Sárbennum gesóht, Exon. Th. 163, 11; Gú. 992