bí-spell
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Bíspel paradigma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 3. Þreó ðúsend bigspella Salomon gesette locutus est Salomon tria millia parabolas (1 Kings 4, 32), Hml. Th. ii. 578, 3. Ídele býspelln forbúh inanes fabulas devita, Scint. 213, 5. Add
bí-word
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Hig ǽrest ápinsiað þá naman and þá bínaman, . . . syððan hig þá word (verbs) áginnad tó áweganne mid þám bíwordum, Angl. viii. 313, 7. Dele: -wyrd, and second passage, and add: An adverb
bí-genged
Similar entry: heofon-bígenged
bí-swæc
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treachery Bygswæc (-swec, v. l., bygspæc, Ps. Spl.) supplantationem, Ps. Rdr. 40, 10
bi-scær
sheared or cut off
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sheared or cut off, Reim. 26; p. of bi-sceran
bi-cowen
gnawed
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gnawed, Exon. 99 b; Th. 373, 20; Seel. 111; Similar entries pp. of bi-ceówan
bi-eóde
venerated
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venerated, Exon. 68 b; Th. 255, 3; Jul. 208; Similar entries p. of bi-gán
bi-gǽþ
commits
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commits, Exon. 27 a; Th. 80, 18; Cri. 1308; Similar entries pres. of bi-gán
bi-noten
deprived
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deprived, Exon. 45 b; Th. 156, 10; Gú. 872; Similar entries pp. of bi-neótan
bi-droren
deprived ⬩ orbatus
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deprived; orbatus, Exon. 77 b; Th. 291, 8; Wand. 79; Similar entries pp. of bi-dreósan
bi-folen
committed, commended
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committed, commended, Exon. 71 b; Th. 267, 18; Jul. 417; Similar entries pp. of bi-feolan
bi-hongen
behung, hung round
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behung, hung round, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 1; Seef. 17; Similar entries pp. of bi-hón
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
bí-swícol
Deceitful ⬩ dolosus
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[bí-swíc deceit; dolus] Deceitful; dolosus We sculon geþencean ðæt ðís líf, ðæt we nú onlibbaþ, is bíswícol eallum ðǽm ðe hit lufiaþ we ought to think that this life, in which we now live, is deceitful to all those who love it, L. E. I. prm; Th. ii.
Linked entry: be-swicol
bí-cwide
a proverb
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a proverb, Prov. 22
bi-deáglian
to hide, cover, conceal, keep close or secret
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to hide, cover, conceal, keep close or secret, Exon. 51 a; Th. 177, 12; Gú. 1226
bi-fóran
Before ⬩ ante, coram
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Before; ante, coram Wineleás guma gesihþ him bifóran fealwe wegas the friendless mortal sees before him seared ways, Exon. 77 a; Th. 289, 10; Wand. 46: 47 a; Th. 160, 22; Gú. 947
bi-gangan
to go round, go to, attend, commit, practise, exercise, worship ⬩ exercere, incumbere, colere
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to go round, go to, attend, commit, practise, exercise, worship; exercere, incumbere, colere,Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 33