bed
asked
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asked Ic bed petii, Ps. Spl. 26, 7
beel
A pile ⬩ rogus
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A pile; rogus, Gl. E. 6, Lye
balw
Miserable ⬩ wicked ⬩ malus
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Miserable, wicked; malus, Beo. Th. 1958; B. 977
ban
A command ⬩ edict ⬩ interdict ⬩ mandatum ⬩ edictum ⬩ interdictum
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A command, edict, interdict; mandatum, edictum, interdictum, Grm. 3rd edit. i. 359, 8
beld
boldness ⬩ rashness ⬩ audacia
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boldness, rashness; audacia
bell
a bellowing ⬩ roar ⬩ cry
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a bellowing, roar, cry ? Cd. 148; Th. 185,12; Exod. 121
BÉN
A praying ⬩ prayer ⬩ petition ⬩ an entreaty ⬩ a deprecation ⬩ supplication ⬩ demand ⬩ bone ⬩ BOON ⬩ ⬩ deprecatio ⬩ oratio ⬩ preces ⬩ postulatio
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A praying, prayer, petition, an entreaty, a deprecation, supplication, demand. Hence in Chaucer bone and our BOON; precatio, deprecatio, oratio, preces, postulatio Ðeáh ðe ðæs cyninges béne mid hine swíðode and genge wǽren [wæren, MS. T : wære, MSS.
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BEÓ
A BEE ⬩ apis
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A BEE; apis. The keeping of bees was an object of much care in the economy of the Anglo-Saxons. The great variety of expressions, taken from the flavour of honey, sufficiently account for the value they placed upon it. While the bee-masters [beó-ceorlas
Linked entries: beáw-hyrnet beón bió
beó
I am or shall be ⬩ be thou ⬩ sum ⬩ ero ⬩ sis
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I am or shall be, be thou; sum, ero, sis Gefultuma me fæste, ðonne beó ic fægere hál adjuva me, et salvus ero Ps. Th. 118, 117. Ic beó ero Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 29. Beó ðú sis: Beó he sit 32; Som. 36, 30 : Beo. Th. 777; B. 386
béh
a crown
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a crown On ðone béh in coronam Bd. 5, 21; S. 643, 28
bíd
Delay, abiding ⬩ mora
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Delay, abiding; mora Wearþ on bíd wrecen was driven to delay [on delay], Beo. Th. 5917; B. 2962. On bíd wriceþ drives on delay, Exon. 101 b; Th, 382, 29; Rä. 4, 3
big
Of, about, concerning ⬩ de, quoad
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Of, about, concerning; de, quoad Big ðam ðe ic ðé ǽr sægde de qua tibi ante dixi, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 35
BIN
A manger, crib, BIN, hutch ⬩ præsepe, præsepium
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A manger, crib, BIN, hutch; præsepe, præsepium Binn præsepe, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 2; Som. 8, 27. Heó hine on binne aléde reclinavit eum in præsepio, Lk. Bos. 2, 7, 12, 16: Exon. 18 b; Th. 45, 25; Cri. 724. On heora assena binne in the manger of their asses,
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bill
a bill, falchion ⬩ falcatus ensis
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a bill, falchion; falcatus ensis Bill falcastrum, Ælfc. Gl. 51; Som. 66, 1; Wrt. Voc, 34, 61: Beo. Th. 5548; B. 2777
bítl
a mallet, hammer
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a mallet, hammer, Past. 36, 5; Cott. MS
bit
asks, prays
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asks, prays, Lk. Bos. 11, 12; 3rd pers. pres. of biddan
BÓC
A beech-tree ⬩ fagus silvatica, fagus ⬩ æsculus
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A beech-tree; fagus silvatica, fagus = φηγός, æsculus Bóc fagus; bóc æsculus, Ælfc. Gl. 45; Som. 64, 99, 100
bóc
baked ⬩ coxit, coxerunt
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baked; coxit, coxerunt, Ex. 12, 39; p. of bacan
BOD
A command, commandment, precept, mandate, an edict, order, message ⬩ jussum, mandatum, edictum ⬩ a commandment
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A command, commandment, precept, mandate, an edict, order, message; jussum, mandatum, edictum Hwæt is ðæt bod micle [MS. micla] in ǽ quod est mandatum magnum to lege? Mt. Lind. Stv. 22, 36: Mk. Lind. Stv. 12, 28, 29, 30, 31: Lk. Lind. Stv. 2, 1. Bod
bog
the arm, shoulder
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the arm, shoulder, Ælfc. Gl. 73; Som. 71, 16; Wrt. Voc. 44, 2