byrd-dæg
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A birth-day; natalis dies
byrd-tíd
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Birth-tide, time of birth; natale tempus
byri-weard
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A city-guardian; urbis custos, ædilis, Wrt. Voc. 18, 54
Linked entries: burg-weard byri
byrn-wígende
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Clothed in armour, mailed; loricatus Swá hire weoruda helm byrnwiggendra beboden hæfde as the prince of the mailed armies had commanded her, Elen. Kmbl. 447; El. 224. Gehlódon byrnwígendum werum wǽghengestas they loaded the ships with men covered with
byrn-wíggend
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A soldier clothed in armour, a mailed warrior; loricatus miles vel bellator Bealde byrnwíggende bold warriors, Judth. 9; Thw. 21, 13; Jud. 17
ende-byrd
An arranging, arrangement, order ⬩ ordo
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An arranging, arrangement, order; ordo Se Ælmihtiga ealra gesceafta endebyrd wundorlíce gemetgaþ the Almighty wonderfully regulates the arrangement of all creatures, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 8; Met. 13, 4
Linked entry: ende-byrdes
for-byrd
A forbearing ⬩ an abstaining from ⬩ abstĭnentia
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A forbearing, an abstaining from; abstĭnentia Ðæt nán forbyrd nǽre æt geligere betwuh nánre sibbe that there should be no abstaining from concubinage between any kindred, Ors. 1. 2; Bos. 27, 15
Linked entries: for-byrdig fore-byrd
frum-byrd
Birth ⬩ nativity
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Birth, nativity On mínre frumbyrde dæiæge on the day of my birth, Th. Chart. 369, 9
læt-byrd
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A lateor slow birth Se wífman se hire cild áfédan ne mæg gange tó gewitenes mannes birgenne ... and cweþe ðás word ðis mé tó bóte ðære láþan lætbyrde let the woman who cannot nourish her [unborn] child go to the grave of a dead man ... and say these
Linked entry: lam-byrd
lam-byrd
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A lame, weak, imperfect birth, Lchdm. iii. 66, 22
lár-bysn
An example ⬩ proof ⬩ specimen
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An example, proof, specimen Lárbysn documentum vel specimen, Ælfc. Gl. 80; Som. 72, 104; Wrt. Voc. 46, 61
mis-byrd
A mis-birth ⬩ abortion
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A mis-birth, abortion Misbyrd abortus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 13: 98, 17: Ep. Gl. 2 f, 4
Linked entry: mis-boren
mund-byrd
protection ⬩ patronage ⬩ aid ⬩ the fine paid for a violation of mund
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protection, patronage, aid Mundbyrd suffragium, Ep. Gl. 24b, 32 : patrocinium, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 59 : ii. 66, 53 : 116, 3 : Hpt. 497, 59. Hé þancaþ Gode his mundbyrde, ðonne hé hine of hwylcum earfoþum álysed hæfþ, Ps. Th. 17, arg. Se ðe him écean Godes
ge-byrd
Bearded ⬩ barbātus
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Bearded; barbātus Gebyrd barbātus, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 45, 11. Gebyrdne hine he gesihþ he sees himself bearded, Lchdm. iii. 200, 4
ge-byrd
Burdened
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Burdened Gebyrde sindun onerati estis, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 11, 28
stefn-byrd
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Regulation, direction Sceoldon eal beran stíþe stefnbyrd swá him se steóra bibeád missenlíce gemetu all creatures had to submit to firm direction, as the guide ordered them, various modes, Exon. Th. 349, 12; Sch. 45
teám-byrst
The failure to produce a geteáma in a suit.
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The failure to produce a geteáma in a suit. Ðá týmde Wulfstán hine ( the stolen slave about whom the case had arisen) tó Æðelstáne; ða cende hé tém and lét ðone forberstan (he admitted having sold the slave to Wulfstan, but would not declare from whom
un-býed
Uninhabited ⬩ desert
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Uninhabited, desert Unbýed is styd disertus est locus, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 6, 35. Wéstig ł unbýed deserta, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 38. In unbýedum londæ in deserto, p. 9, 14
Linked entry: býed
byrn-sweord
Similar entry: birn-sweord
byrþ-þignenu
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A midwife Byrððínenu obstetrix, Germ. 392, 97. Gif wífmen hwæt swylces derige, dó hyre man fram hyre byrþþínene þone sylfan lǽcedóm, Lch. i. 236, 4
Linked entry: beorþor-þínen