burg-spræc
Entry preview:
Substitute: <b>burg-sprǽc,</b> -spǽc, e; f. Elegant speech Gleáwnesse burhsprǽce dissertudinem urbanitatis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 52. Burhspǽce urbanitatis, eloquentiae loquela, Hpt. Gl. 404, 40: An. Ox. 9, 13
rand-burh
Entry preview:
Or are the walls formed by the water compared to the arrangement of the line of battle when the shields overlapped, called scild-burh q. v. ? v. next word
wín-burh
a town where wine is drunk, where there is feasting, where a prince feasts his followers, ⬩ a chief town ⬩ a walled vineyard
Entry preview:
Cf. medu-burh, wín-ærn, III. Wínburge cyning (the king of Babylon; cf. Belshazzar's feast) Cd. Th. 255, 11; Dan. 622. Wuna in ðære wínbyrig salu sinchroden, Andr. Kmbl. 3340; An. 1674. Wínburh wera (Jerusalem), 219, 21; Dan. 58.
beór
Entry preview:
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.
burg-bryce
Entry preview:
N.E.D. burgh-breche
burg-geréfa
Entry preview:
Se burhgeréfa (cf. ðǽre burge geréfa, 12), 120, 14. Ðæs burhgeréfan (cf. Rómeburge geréfa, 6) sunu ( praefecti filius, Ald. 60, 5), 56, 10: Hml. S. 23, 770. Ðá cwæþ Neron tó his burhgeréfan, Bl. H. 189, 28. [A burhrene urbis prefectus, Kath. 1904.]
burg-waru
Entry preview:
., and Pictauienscisce ... bútú ðá burhwara (-waru, -waræ, Hml. S. 31, 1469) besǽton ðone hálgan, Hml. Th. ii. 518, 18-24. Burware gefeoht civile bellum, Wrt Voc. i. 35, 17. Hreám þǽre burhware of Gomorra clamor Gomorrhae, Gen. 18, 20.
bed
a bed ⬩ couch ⬩ a surface on which something rests?
Entry preview:
Bed æfter búrum, B. 140. On bed stígan, 676. On ðæt hnesce bed gesinscipes, Past. 397, 22. Reced geondbrǽded wearð beddum and bolstrum, B. 1240.
ǽ-ber
Clear and evident by proof ⬩ manifest ⬩ apparent ⬩ notorious ⬩ apricus ⬩ manifestus
Entry preview:
Clear and evident by proof, manifest, apparent, notorious; apricus, manifestus Se ǽbera þeóf the notorious thief, L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 22. Ǽbære manslagan notorious homicides, L. Eth. vi. 36; Th. i. 324, 11
Linked entry: ǽ-bær
ám-ber
a dry measure of four bushels ⬩ mensura continens quatuor modios sive bussellos ⬩ a liquid measure ⬩ batus ⬩ cadus ⬩ a vessel with one handle ⬩ a tankard ⬩ pitcher ⬩ pail ⬩ lagena ⬩ urceus ⬩ amphora ⬩ situla ⬩ hydria
Entry preview:
a dry measure of four bushels; mensura continens quatuor modios sive bussellos. v. Registri Honoris de Richm. App. p. 44, where, in an extent of the manors of Crowhurst and Fylesham, in Sussex, 8 Edw. I, we read, 'xxiii ambræ salis, quæ faciunt xii quarteria
am-byr
Favourable ⬩ fair ⬩ æquus ⬩ secundus
Entry preview:
Favourable, fair; æquus, secundus Gyf man hæfde ambyrne wind if a man had a favourable wind, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 21, 20
aldor-burh
metropolis
Entry preview:
metropolis, Bd. 1, 26; S. 488, 20
Bæbba-burh
Bamborough
Entry preview:
Bamborough, Chr. 1093; Th. 360, 6: 1095; Th. 362, 12
Bebba-burh
Bamborough
Entry preview:
Bamborough, Chr. 1095 ; Th. 361, 39, 40 : 362, 1
bár-spreót
A boar spear ⬩ venabulum
Entry preview:
A boar spear; venabulum
ber-ern
a barley place ⬩ a barn ⬩ horreum
Entry preview:
a barley place, a barn; horreum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 3, 12
burg-geat
Entry preview:
a city-gate, Andr. Kmbl. 1679; An. 842
burg-hleoþ
Entry preview:
A fortress-height, Exon. 107b; Th. 409, 17; Rä. 28, 2
burg-loca
Entry preview:
A city-inclosure, city-barrier, Andr. Kmbl. 2075; An. 1040: 2132; An. 1067: 1879; An. 942