Bedan heáfod
Beda's head ⬩ Bedwin? in Wiltshire
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Beda's head, Bedwin? in Wiltshire,Chr. 675; Erl. 37, 6
gærs-bed
A grass-bed ⬩ grave ⬩ sub cæspĭte lectus ⬩ sepulcrum
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A grass-bed, grave; sub cæspĭte lectus, sepulcrum Ðonne he gást ofgifeþ, syððan hine (?) gærsbedd sceal wunian when he gives up his spirit, then must he inhabit a grave, Ps. Th. 102, 15
béd-rǽden
Prayers
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and substitute: Prayers Bist ðú on úre bedrǽdene we will pray for you, Wlfst. 290, 17. Wé habbaþ heom geunnen þá bedrǽddene for lífe and for déþe we have promised to pray for them while alive and after death, Cht. Th. 436, 15
bér
A bed ⬩ lectus ⬩ grabatus
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A bed; lectus, grabatus Nim bér ðín tolle grabatum tuum, Jn. Lind. War. 5, 12. Nim bére ðíne, Jn. Rush. War. 5, 12
Linked entry: bǽr
beðen
A fomentation, embrocation ⬩ fomentum
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A fomentation, embrocation; fomentum Mid beðenum with fomentation, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 20
Linked entry: beðing
bed-streáw
Straw used for bedding
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Straw used for bedding Of his bedstréwe man band on ánne wódne; þá gewát se deófol him of, Hml. S. 31, 572. (Cf. streáw tó his beddinga,) 849
hreód-bedd
A reed-bed
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A reed-bed Ðá wæs ðǽr on middan ðam mere sum hreódbed there was in the middle of the mere a reed-bed, Guthl. 9; Gdwin. 50, 15. Heó ásette hyne on ánum hreódbedde be ðæs flódes ófre exposuit eum in carecto ripæ fluminis, Ex. 2, 3.
fearn-bed
A fern-bed ⬩ fĭlĭcētum
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A fern-bed; fĭlĭcētum, R. 85, Lye
wíg-bed
An altar
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An altar [from wíg (wíh) and beód; some forms, e.g. wígbeddes, weóbedd, suggest that the word was thought to be derived from bed] Weófod altar vel ara, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 51.
bere-ærn
A barley-place ⬩ a corn-place ⬩ a barn ⬩ horreum
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A barley-place, a corn-place, a barn; horreum He gegaderaþ his hwǽte on his bern congregabit triticum suum in horreum, Mt. Bos. 3, 12 : 13, 30. He feormaþ hys berenes flóre purgabit aream suam, Lk. Jun. 3, 17. Ic towurpe míne berenu destruam horrea mea
bed-gemána
Cohabitation
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Cohabitation Ðone ymbhogan hé ne forlét ðæs flǽsclican beddgemánan nec stratum carnalium sollicitudine deserit, Past. 99, 25
Linked entry: ge-mána
beód-wist
Food placed on a table ⬩ board ⬩ a table ⬩ mensa
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Food placed on a table, board, a table; mensa Ðú gearcodest befóran mínre gesihþe beód vel beód-wyste vel mýsan parasti in conspectu meo mensam Ps. Lamb. 22, 5
bedd-reáf
bed-clothes
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bed-clothes
bedd-clýfa
a bed-chamber ⬩ cubiculum
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a bed-chamber; cubiculum, Gen. 43, 30
æsc-bedd
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an ash-bed, C. D. v. 120, 27
ge-béd
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On þám twám formum wordum ne synd náne gebedu, ac sind herunga. . . þæt forme gebed (-béd, MS.) is, ' Sý ðín nama gehálgod '. . . þæt óðer gebed (-béd, MS.) is . . . Hml. Th. i. 262, 21-32. Gebed (-bed, MS. ), 264, 16, 29: 266, 19: 268, 5: 270, 7.
rysc-bedd
A bed of rushes
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A bed of rushes On ðæt riscbed, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 428, 31
morþor-bedd
The bed of death ⬩ the bed where a murdered man lies
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The bed of death, the bed where a murdered man lies Wæs ðam yldestan mǽges dǽdum morþorbed stréd (of a man shot by his brother), Beo. Th. 4864; B. 2436
leger-bedd
A sick-bed ⬩ grave
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A sick-bed, bed of death, grave Sum mǽden hé gehǽlde ðæt ðe langlíce læg on legerbedde seóc a maiden he healed that had long been confined to her bed by sickness, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 25. Árís nú and ber hám ðín legerbed, i. 472, 25.
ros-bedd
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a rose-bed Rosbeddum rosetis, An. Ox. 23, 8