be-swingan
To scourge, beat ⬩ flagellare, verberare
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Ic eom be-swungen I am beaten; vapulo, 19; Som. 23, 3
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bere-brytta
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The guardian of a granary Be berebryttan (-e,MS. ). Berebryttan gebyreð corngebrot on hærfæste æt bernes dure, Ll. Th. i. 440, 2
beg-beám
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Morarius begbeám morarius etiam celsa vocatur, mora haec commune nomen est bergena (cf. heorot-berge), Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, I. Cf. beger. Add
bén-tíðe
having obtained a prayer ⬩ benefitted ⬩ favoured ⬩ successful ⬩ precum vel supplications compos ⬩ fortunatus ⬩ accepting a prayer ⬩ exorable ⬩ gracious ⬩ deprecabilis
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very successful after that vow Chr. 883; Th. 152, 9, col. 3. accepting a prayer, exorable, gracious; deprecabilis Beó ðú béntýðe vel gehlystfull ofer ðíne þeówan deprecabilis esto super servos tuos Ps.
Linked entry: tíþe
béd-ríp
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D. bed-rip: Andrews' Old English Manor. P. 159.]
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
BEARG
A castrated boar ⬩ a barrow pig ⬩ majālis
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A castrated boar, a barrow pig; majālis Amæsted swín, bearg bellende on bóc-wuda a fattened swine, a barrow pig [castrated boar] grunting in beech woods, Exon. 111 b ; Th. 428, 10 ; Rä. 41, 106. Bearh majalis, Ælfc. Gl. 20; Som. 59, 31; Wrt.
be-swícian
To go from, evade, escape, be without, be free from ⬩ evadere, carere
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To go from, evade, escape, be without, be free from; evadere, carere Ða ðe ðone deáþ beswícian myhton [myhtan MS.] qui mortem evadere poterant, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 1.
bærs
A perch ⬩ perca ⬩ lupus
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A perch; perca, lupus Bærs lupus vel scardo, Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som. 77, 58; Wrt. Voc. 55, 63
Linked entry: bears
be-werigend
a protector
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Hé sceal been be-wergend wydewena, O. E. Hml. i. 302, 34. Paulus wæs bewerigend þǽre ealdan ǽ, Hml. Th. i. 388, 32: Hml. S. 7, 127. Ðæt gé sýn beweriendras Crtstes landáre, C. D. iii. 350, 27. Add
bearg
saved ⬩ secured
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saved, secured,Exon. 55 a; Th. 195, 21; Az. 159;
ǽ-bær
Brought to light (of the criminal or the crime where guilt is manifest), notorious, proved
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Ǽbǽre (-bére) manswican, Wlfst. 46, 27. Ǽbére apostatan, 165, 28.
be-fóran
in the presence of ⬩ in front of an object ⬩ a-head of ⬩ over against ⬩ before ⬩ in advance of: ⬩ into the presence of ⬩ before ⬩ in advance
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Iohannes gǽþ be-foran (takes precedence of) eallum óþrum wítgan, Bl. H. 167, 22. Ðæs menniscan lífes gecynd is ꝥ hí sién beforan eallum óþrum gesceaftum humanae naturae conditio est, ut ceteris rebus excellat, Bt. 14, 3; F. 46, 4.
bere-healm
Barley-straw
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Barley-straw Genim æscrinde and berehalm. Lch. iii. 28, 7
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béc-treów
A beech-tree
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A beech-tree Béctreów[um] fagis, An. Ox. 23, 30
béc-rǽding
Reading of books
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Reading of books Se biscop in bécrǽdinge (bóca rǽdinge,v. l. lectioni) geornfull wæs, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 354, 15
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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
feorh-ben
A life-wound ⬩ mortal wound ⬩ lētāle vulnus
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A life-wound, mortal wound; lētāle vulnus Feorhbennum seóc sick with mortal wounds, Beo. Th. 5473; B. 2740
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ge-bær
bare ⬩ bore
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bare, bore,Gen. 39, 19;
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.