Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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beóce

(n.)

a beech-tree

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a beech-tree

bell

Grammar
bell, (more usual form belle, q. v.).
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Add Þǽr nǽron ǽr búton upphangene bella, and nú þá sind upphangene, Cht. Th. 430, 4. v. hand-, mót-bell

belt

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Substitute Belt baltheus, i. cingulum, An. Ox. 486. Gyrdel oððe belt baltheum, Wrt. Voc. ii. II, 51: baltheum, cingulum, 125, 15. Helmstán þá undǽde gedyde þæt hé Æðerédes belt forstæl, Cht. Th. 169, 20

béna

(n.)
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Add:, béne (?); f. Hé áforhtode for ðǽre geornfullan bénan (for hire hálsiendlican béne, v. l.) and wolde ꝥ wíf forbúgan expavit petitionis illius juramentum, declinare mulierem voluit, Gr. D. 17, 30

bend

(n.)
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Bend columbar, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 44; lunula, 62: vincula vel ligamen, 86, 36. Ic geann mínum feówer cnihtum ánes bendes on twéntegum mancussum goldes, Cht, Th. 531, 3. Bende repagulo, freno, An. Ox. 2399. Gewriðen mid ðǽm bende (ligamine), Past. 123, 14

beám

Similar entry: ciris-beám

bearn

Similar entry: cild-bearn

belg

Grammar
belg, v. herþ-belg, smiþ-belg.

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bend

Grammar
bend, v. cyne-bend, ge-bend, hose-bend, leoþu-bend, orþanc-bend.

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béne

Similar entry: eáþ-béne

beonot

(n.)
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bent, coarse grass, in local names, C. D. vi. 258

bece

(n.)

a brook.

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a brook

bedd-

(prefix)

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beig-beám

(n.)
Grammar
beig-beám, es; m.

A bramble ⬩ rubus

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A bramble; rubus Moyses ætýwde wið ǽnne beigbeám Moyses ostendit secus rubum Lk. Bos. 20, 37

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

hundes beó

(n.)
Grammar
hundes beó, etc.

dolg-ben

(n.)
Grammar
dolg-ben, -benn,e ; f. [ben a wound]
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A wound; vulnus Dolgbennum þurhdrifen pierced through with wounds, Andr. Kmbl. 2793; An. 1399

Linked entry: dolh-ben

beód-hrægl

(n.)
Grammar
beód-hrægl, beód-rægl [beód a table, hrægl clothing]

A table-cloth ⬩ gausape

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A table-cloth; gausape = γαυσάπηs, Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 61; Wrt. Voc. 26, 60

Bedan ford-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Bedan ford-scír, Bæda-ford-scír, Beada-ford-scír, Bede-ford-scír, e ; f.

BEDFORDSHIRE ⬩ comitatus nomen

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BEDFORDSHIRE; comitatus nomen Hí hæfdon ofergán Bedan fordscíre they had subjugated Bedfordshire, Chr. 1011; Th. 266, 5, col. 2. Wende him út into Bedan fordscíre egressus est in Bedanfordsciram, 1016; Th. 278, 16, col. 1

Linked entries: Bæda-ford-scír Beada ford-scír Bede-ford-scír

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