ge-bird
Birth ⬩ origin
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Birth, origin Forðam sín ealle men ánra gebirda because all men are of one origin, L. Edg. C. 13; Th. ii. 246, 22
stán-bill
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An implement of stone, or one used in working stone Bill marra, stánbill mastellas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 71
Linked entry: stán-æx
þrág-bisig
Occupied for a time(?) ⬩ periodically employed(?)
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Occupied for a time(?), periodically employed(?) Ic sceal þrágbysig þegne mínnm hýran georne, Exon. Th. 387, 6; Rä. 5, 1. The subject of the riddle is a millstone, and the Latin riddles on which the English one is based seem to suggest that the epithet
yrse-binn
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An iron box Yrse-binne (cf. hunigbinna, 264, 15), Anglia ix. 265, 1
án-bíme
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Made out of a single trunk Ánbýme scip trabaria, Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 28
Linked entry: -bíme
and-bita
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Substitute Andbita, beorma azyma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 5. Andbida, beorma (v. Mk. 14, 1), 74, 26. [Cf. O. H. Ger. int-pizzun refecerunt: im-piz refectio, prandium.] Cf. on-bítan
case-bill
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a sceptre? Casebill clauam i. gestam̄ (for ? cáserbill gestamen; gestamen sceptrum, Migne: billus baculus, claua oblonga, ib.: so cáser-bill might be compared with cyne-gird), Germ. 394, 285
cweorn-bill
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For Cot. 125 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 43
ge-bild
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Substitute: ge-bildan, ge-byldan; p. de; pp. ge-bild, ge-bilded. I. to embolden, encourage, give confidence to [Take here ge-byld,ge-bylded in Dict.] Mid þý mægne hé wæs gebælded (gestrangod, v. l.) of ðæs ælmihtigan Godes fultume qua virtute fretus
ge-bird
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bearded. Take here ge-byrd in Dict. grown up; pubes Gebierdne, þone æþelan geongan indolem (perhaps the passage glossed is: Pulcherrimam pubertatis indolem, Aid. 63, 25), Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 80. v. un-gebeard[e]
grist-bite
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Gnashing of teeth In tóða gristbitum, Wlfst. 188, 5
wudu-bill
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Sume dæge sealde hé him írengelóman, ꝥ is háten wudubill quadam die ei dari ferramentum jussit, quod ad falcis similitudinem falcastrum vocatur, Gr. D. 113, 18. Add
bile-wit
Similar entry: un-bilewit
big-standan
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gúþ-bil
A war-bill, a sword
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A war-bill, a sword, Beo. Th. 5162; B. 2584: 1610; B. 803
big-leofan
Similar entry: bí-leofian
big-hydiglíce
Carefully ⬩ sollicite, sollerter
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Carefully; sollicite, sollerter Ðe he bighydiglíce heóld which he carefully held, Bd. 4, 31; S. 611, 2. Heó hine bighydilíce [bighydlice, Whel. 324, 8] sóhte she carefully sought him, 4, 23; S. 595, 4. Bighidiglíce sollicite, 1, 27; S. 489, note 39
big-spell
A by-history, a parable, fable, example, proverb, story ⬩ parabola, fabula, exemplum, proverbium, narratio
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Ðeáh we sculon manega and mistlíce bísna and bíspell reccan though we should relate many and various examples and fables, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 166, 13, 19. Gehýr sum bíspell hear an example, 37, 3; Fox 190, 21: 39, 6; Fox 220, 21.
bíg-nes
A bending, bowing ⬩ flexio
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A bending, bowing; flexio Se earm nǽnige bígnesse on ðam elnbogan hæfde brachium nihil prorsus in cubito flexionis habuit, xBd. 5, 3; S. 616, 23
Linked entry: býgnes
big-spæc
A by-speech, deceiving ⬩ supplantatio
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A by-speech, deceiving; supplantatio