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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

bi-geonan

Similar entry: be-geonan

bí-lihþ

Similar entry: be-leán

bí-genged

Similar entry: heofon-bígenged

bí-swæc

(n.)
Grammar
bí-swæc, bí-swec
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treachery Bygswæc (-swec, v. l., bygspæc, Ps. Spl.) supplantationem, Ps. Rdr. 40, 10

Linked entries: big-spæc byg-spæc

bi-scær

(v.; part.)

sheared or cut off

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sheared or cut off, Reim. 26; p. of bi-sceran

bi-cowen

(v.; part.)

gnawed

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gnawed, Exon. 99 b; Th. 373, 20; Seel. 111; Similar entries pp. of bi-ceówan

bi-eóde

(v.; part.)

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

(v.; part.)

deprived

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deprived, Exon. 45 b; Th. 156, 10; Gú. 872; Similar entries pp. of bi-neótan

bi-droren

(v.; part.)

deprivedorbatus

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deprived; orbatus, Exon. 77 b; Th. 291, 8; Wand. 79; Similar entries pp. of bi-dreósan

bi-folen

(v.; part.)

committed, commended

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committed, commended, Exon. 71 b; Th. 267, 18; Jul. 417; Similar entries pp. of bi-feolan

bi-hongen

(v.; part.)

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

(n.)
Grammar
bí-word, -wyrd, es; n.

A BYEWORD, proverbproverbium

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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

(adj.)
Grammar
bí-swícol, adj.

Deceitfuldolosus

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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

(n.)

a proverb

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a proverb, Prov. 22

bi-deáglian

(v.)

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

(prep.)
Grammar
bi-fóran, prep. dat.

Beforeante, 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

(v.)

to go round, go to, attend, commit, practise, exercise, worshipexercere, 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