byrc-holt
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A birch holt or grove; betuletum, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 21
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byrd-dæg
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A birth-day; natalis dies
byrgen-song
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A burial song; cantus sepulcralis, Leo 116
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byrgere
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A burier, corpse-bearer; vespillo, Cot. 155
byrhtm
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Noise, tumult; fragor, tumultus, Apstls. Kmbl. 42; Ap. 21
byrig
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A mulberry-tree; morus He ofslóh byrig heora on hagule occidit moros eorum in pruina, Ps. Spl. 77, 52: L. M. 2, 53; Lchdm. ii. 274, 17
Byríne
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Birinus, the first bishop of Wessex, Chr. 649; Th. 50, 3, col. 2, 3; 51, 2, col. 1
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
byrst
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A bristle; seta Byrst seta, Wrt. Voc. 286, 57: Glos. Epnl. Recd. 162, 49. Hyre twigu beóþ swylce swínene [MS. swinen] byrst its twigs are like swine bristles, Herb. 52, 2; Lchdm. i. 156, 3
býsting
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BIESTINGS, the first milk of a cow after calving; colostrum Býsting, þicce meolc biestings, thick milk, Ælfc. Gl. 33; Som. 62, 20; Wrt. Voc. 28, 3
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cæder-beám
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A cedar-tree; cedrus Hériaþ Drihten, muntas and ealle beorgas, treówu wæstmbǽru, and ealle cæder-beám laudate Dominum, montes et omnes colles, ligna fructifera, el omnes cedri, Ps. Spl. 148, 9
cæn-ryn
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A generation, Ps. Spl. 47, 12
cál
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A herb, wild cole-wort; arboracia, lapsana? — Cál arboracia vel lapsana? Ælfc. Gl. 44; Som. 64, 73; Wrt. Voc. 32, 9
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calc
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A shoe, little shoe, sandal; calceus, sandalium Gesceóde mid calcum calceatos sandaliis, Mk. Bos. 6, 9: Cot. 209
cald
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Cold, coldness, Exon. 81b; Th. 306, 16; Seef. 8. v. ceald frigus
camp
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A bond, fetter, chain; compes Hió bindan þenceaþ cyningas on campum ad alligandos reges eorum in compedibus, Ps. Th. 149, 8
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camp-dóm
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Warfare; militia, Scint. 29, 1
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camp-hád
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Warfare; militia Hí synd bigongende woruld-lícne camphád they are exercising worldly warfare, Bd. 5, 24; S. 647, 9
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canceler
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A chancellor; cancellarius Se cyng Willelm betǽhte Rodbeard his cancelere ðæt biscopríce on Lincolne the king William transferred the bishopric of Lincoln to Robert his chancellor, Chr. 1093; Ing. 306, 7
candel-stæf
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A candle-staff or stick; candelabrum Ne hí ne ælaþ hyra leóhtfæt, and hit under cyfe settaþ, ac ofer candelstæf neque accendunt lucernam, et ponunt eam sub modio, sed super candelabrum, Mt. Bos. 5, 15
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