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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

(adj.)
Grammar
bén-tíðe, bén-tigðe, bén-tiðige; adj. [bén a prayer; tíða, tíðe possessing, having obtained; compos] .

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-rǽden

Grammar
béd-rǽden, l. bed-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

be-swingan

(v.)
Grammar
be-swingan, p. -swang, pl. -swungon; pp. -swungen

To scourge, beat ⬩ flagellare, verberare

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Ic eom be-swungen I am beaten; vapulo, 19; Som. 23, 3

Linked entries: be-swungen swingan

bere-brytta

(n.)
Grammar
bere-brytta, an; m.
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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

be-werigend

Grammar
be-werigend, -wergend

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

béd-ríp

(n.)
Grammar
béd-ríp, l. bed-ríp, es; n. , and add
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D. bed-rip: Andrews' Old English Manor. P. 159.]

bærs

(n.)
Grammar
bærs, bears, es; m.

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

BEARG

(n.)
Grammar
BEARG, bearh, es; m.

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.

Linked entries: bearug berg

be-swícian

(v.)
Grammar
be-swícian, p. ode, ede, ade; pp. od, ed, ad [be, swícian to wander]

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.

be-fóran

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
be-fóran, l. be-foran, and add:

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.

bearg

(v.; part.)
Grammar
bearg, bearh

saved ⬩ secured

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saved, secured,Exon. 55 a; Th. 195, 21; Az. 159;

feorh-ben

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-ben, -benn, e; f. [ben a wound]

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

Linked entry: ben

ǽ-bær

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-bær, ǽ-bǽre (-bére); adj.

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.

bere-healm

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

Barley-straw

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Barley-straw Genim æscrinde and berehalm. Lch. iii. 28, 7

Linked entry: healm

béc-rǽding

(n.)
Grammar
béc-rǽding, e; f.

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

Linked entry: bóc-rǽding

béc-treów

(n.)
Grammar
béc-treów, es; n.

A beech-tree

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A beech-tree Béctreów[um] fagis, An. Ox. 23, 30

bed-streáw

(n.)
Grammar
bed-streáw, es; n.

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

ge-bær

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-bær, p. of ge-beran to bear, bring forth.

bare ⬩ bore

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bare, bore,Gen. 39, 19;

be-récan

(v.)
Grammar
be-récan, -rǽcan [récan to smoke]

To cause to smoke ⬩ facere ut fumet aliquid

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To cause to smoke; facere ut fumet aliquid Beréc hit on hátum ahsum make it smoke on hot ashes, Herb. 14, 2; Lchdm. i. 106, 17

Linked entries: be-reócan be-rǽcan