betre
better
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better Hit is betre it is better, Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 5
bétan
put right ⬩ to mend ⬩ repair ⬩ restore ⬩ cure ⬩ to correct ⬩ to amend ⬩ make amends ⬩ reparation for
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Add: to make good, put right, to mend, repair, restore Hí béttan heora scipa, Chr. 1009; P. 140, 4. Wyrcan wé brycge and þá bétan (cf. brycg-bót), Wlfst. 239, 9. Uton bétan úre cyrcean, 303, 5. of a fire or light (v. beet in D. D.), to attend to a fire
beren
a barn
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a barn
beorc
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Beta berc arbor dicitur, Txts. 44, 133. Berc bitulus, 45, 298. Byrc populus Wrt. Voc. i. 33, 2: 80, 13. Byric populus betulus, An. Ox. 56, 364, 365. Add
beorc
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a bark Wiþ hundes beorc (gebeorc, v. l. ). Lch. i. 28, 20
Linked entry: birce
beald
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Tó beald (bald, v.l.) and tó scomleás presumptione percussus, Past. 61, 2. Add
-beámen
Similar entry: ele-beámen
-bearde
beorg
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Beran burh
BANBURY ⬩ Oxfordshire
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BANBURY, Oxfordshire Hér Cynríc and Ceawlin fuhton wið Brettas æt Beran byrig here, A. D. 556, Cynric and Ceawlin fought with Britons at Banbury, Chr. 556; Th. 30, 9, col. 1, 2, 3
Linked entry: Bearan burh
æppel-bearo
An orchard ⬩ pomarium
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An orchard; pomarium, Ps. Th. 78, 2
beán-belgas
Bean-pods ⬩ husks ⬩ cods ⬩ shells ⬩ fabarum sacculi ⬩ siliquæ
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Bean-pods, husks, cods or shells; fabarum sacculi, siliquæ Of ðám beáncoddum de siliquis, Lk. Bos. 15, 56: Cot. 200
Linked entry: bién-codd
beán-cynn
A kind of bean
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A kind of bean Beáncyn cicer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 39
beán-land
Land on which beans are grown
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Land on which beans are grown Ðone þriddan æcer beánlandes, C. D. iii. 366, 20
fugeles beán
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vetch Fuglaes beán, flugles beán vicium, Txts. 106, 1085. Fugles beáne viciam, pisas agrestes, 112, 35
Beard-sǽtan
The people (or district) of Bardney
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The people (or district) of Bardney Æþel-réde, se wæs ǽr cyning, wæs ðá Beardsǽtena abbud, Bd. 5, 19; S. 641, 5
wudu-bearu
A grove of trees ⬩ a wood
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A grove of trees, a wood Wudubearwes weard (the Phenix), Exon. Th. 208, 7 ; Ph. 152. On wudubearwe Similar entries (cf. on holtwuda, 1. 16), 209, 11 ; Ph. 169. Ðæt treów, ðe wexeþ on ðam wudubearwe, Wulfst. 262, 6. Wǽrun wudubearwas on wyndagum exultabunt
ealdor-bealu
Vital evil ⬩ malum vitæ affĭciens
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Vital evil; malum vitæ affĭciens Fá þrówiaþ ealdor-bealu egeslíc the hostile shall suffer terrific vital evil, Exon. 31 b; Th. 98, 31; Cri. 1616
Linked entry: aldor-bealu
beán-stede
A place where beans are grown?
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A place where beans are grown? Tó beánstede . . . of beánstede, C. D. iii. 425, 19
beán-melu
Bean-meal
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Bean-meal Genim beánmela, Lch. ii. 84, 4