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beado-hrægl

(n.)
Grammar
beado-hrægl, es; n.

A war-garment ⬩ coat of mail ⬩ bellica vestis ⬩ lorica

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A war-garment, coat of mail; bellica vestis, lorica Beadohrægl on breóstum læg the coat of mail lay on my breast, Beo. Th. 1108; B. 552

Linked entry: beadu-hrægl

beado-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
beado-weorc, es; n.

A war-work ⬩ warlike operation ⬩ bellicum opus

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A war-work, warlike operation; bellicum opus Ic eom beadoweorca sæd I am tired of war-works, Exon. 102b; Th. 388, 4; Rä. 6, 2: Chr. 937; Th. 205, 40, col. 1, 2; Æðelst. 47

Linked entry: beadu-weorc

beadu-hrægl

(n.)
Grammar
beadu-hrægl, es; n.

A war-garment ⬩ bellica vestis ⬩ lorica

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A war-garment; bellica vestis, lorica

Linked entry: beado-hrægl

bed-wahrift

(n.)
Grammar
bed-wahrift, es; n.

A curtain ⬩ cortina

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A curtain; cortina, Cod. Dipl. A. D. 995 ; Kmbl. vi. 133, 9

Linked entry: wág-rift

atol

(n.)
Grammar
atol, es; n.

Terribleness ⬩ terror ⬩ horror ⬩ wretchedness ⬩ diritas ⬩ terror ⬩ horror ⬩ miseria

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Terribleness, terror, horror, wretchedness; diritas, terror, horror, miseria Sceal atol þrówian must suffer terror, Cd. 222; Th. 289, 10; Sat. 395. Is ðes windiga sele atole gefylled this windy hall is filled with horror, 216 ; Th. 273, 16 ; Sat. 137

Linked entry: atelíc

átor-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
átor-cyn, es; n.

The poison-kind ⬩ veneni genus

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The poison-kind; veneni genus, Salm. Kmbl. 437; Sal. 219

átor-spere

(n.)
Grammar
átor-spere, es; n.

A poisoned spear ⬩ telum venenatum

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A poisoned spear; telum venenatum. Exon. 105 a; Th. 399, to; Rä. 18, 9

Linked entry: spere

bearn-gestreón

(n.)
Grammar
bearn-gestreón, es; n.

Child procreation ⬩ liberorum procreatio

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Child procreation; liberorum procreatio Ðæt ic þolian sceal bearngestreóna : ic wið brýde ne mót hǽmed habban that I shall lack child-procreation : with a bride I may not have intercourse, Exon. 105 b; Th. 402, 9; Rä. 21, 27

bécn

(n.)
Grammar
bécn, es; n.

A sign ⬩ beacon ⬩ signum

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A sign, beacon; signum Mín gebéd nú gyt bécnum standeþ ðæt him on wísum is wel lýcendlíce adhuc est oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum, Ps. Th. 140, 8 : Beo. Kmbl. 6314; B. 3161

bǽte

(n.)
Grammar
bǽte, es; n.

A BIT of a bridle ⬩ a bridle ⬩ trappings ⬩ harness ⬩ lupatum ⬩ frenum

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A BIT of a bridle, a bridle, trappings, harness; lupatum, frenum

bæþ-hús

(n.)
Grammar
bæþ-hús, es; n.

A BATH-HOUSE ⬩ thermarum domus

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A BATH-HOUSE; thermarum domus Bæþhús balnearium vel thermarium, Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 79, 13; Wrt. Voc. 58, 54. Bæþhús vel bæþstów thermæ, Ælfc. Gl. 107; Som. 78, 75; Wrt. Voc. 57, 53

Linked entry: bæþ-stów

baldsamum

(n.)
Grammar
baldsamum, i; n.

Balsam ⬩ balm ⬩ balsamum

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Balsam, balm; balsamum Swá swá mon héddern ontýnde ða baldsami quasi opobalsami cellaria esse viderentur aperta, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 19

bán-gebrec

(n.)
Grammar
bán-gebrec, es; n.

A bone-breaking ⬩ ossium fractio

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A bone-breaking; ossium fractio, Andr. Kmbl. 2882; An. 1444

bǽl-fýr

(n.)
Grammar
bǽl-fýr, es ; n.

A funeral fire ⬩ rogi ignis

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A funeral fire; rogi ignis Bǽlfýra mǽst greatest of funeral fires, Beo. Th. 6278; B. 3143: Exon. 74a; Th. 277, 12; Jul. 579

beón-broþ

(n.)
Grammar
beón-broþ, es; n.

mead ⬩ a drink of water and honey mingled and boiled together ⬩ melicratum

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Perhaps mead, a drink of water and honey mingled and boiled together; melicratum L. M. 2, 24; Lchdm. ii. 216, 12

Linked entry: broþ

beorg-hleoþ

(n.)
Grammar
beorg-hleoþ, es; n.

A mountain-brow ⬩ montis fastigium

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A mountain-brow; montis fastigium Ofer beorghleoða over the mountain-brows Exon. 114 a; Th. 438, 27; Rä, 58, 2

beorg-seðel

(n.)
Grammar
beorg-seðel, es; n.

A mountain-dwelling ⬩ habitaculum in monte

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A mountain-dwelling; habitaculum in monte He ongan beorgseðel búgan he began to inhabit a mountain-dwelling Exon. 34 a; Th. 108, 15; Gú. 73

beorht

(n.)
Grammar
beorht, es; n.

Brightness ⬩ a glistening ⬩ light ⬩ sight ⬩ glance ⬩ twinkling ⬩ splendor ⬩ lumen ⬩ lux

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Brightness, a glistening, light, sight, glance, twinkling; splendor, lumen, lux Ðis leóhte beorht cymeþ morgna gehwám this pure brightness cometh each morn Exon. 93 a; Th. 350, 6; Sch. 59. Onféng ðam beorhte hire eágena received the sight [full sight

beór-setl

(n.)
Grammar
beór-setl, es; n.

A BEER-SETTLE ⬩ bench ⬩ scamnum cerevisiam bibentium

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A BEER-SETTLE or bench; scamnum cerevisiam bibentium Ofer beórsetle [MS. -sele] on the beer-bench Exon. 75 b; Th. 283, 28; Jul. 687

bere-gafol

(n.)
Grammar
bere-gafol, es; n.

Barley-rent ⬩ a tribute of barley ⬩ hordei tributum

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Barley-rent, a tribute of barley; hordei tributum. One of the rents paid in kind, which, by the following enactment, is fixed at the rate of six pounds weight for every labourer employed in the barley harvest Mon sceal simle to bere-gafole agifan æt

Linked entry: gafol-bere