beg-beám
The mulberry-tree ⬩ the blackberry-bush ⬩ a tree bearing berries ⬩ a bramble ⬩ morus ⬩ rubus
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The mulberry-tree, the blackberry-bush, a tree bearing berries, a bramble; morus, rubus Moyses æt-ýwde wið ǽnne beigbeám Moyses ostendit secus rubum Mωσήs έμήνυσεν έπί τήs βάτου Lk. Bos. 20, 37
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beáw-hyrnet
A bee-hornet ⬩ gad-fly ⬩ horse-fly ⬩ œstrus ⬩ oίττρos
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A bee-hornet, gad-fly, horse-fly; œstrus = oίττρos Beáw-hyrnet œstrus [MS. beáw-hyrnette œstrum, acc? ], Ælfc. Gl. 22; Som. 59, 108; Wrt. Voc. 23, 64
bere-wíc
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Mid allen ðám bere-wícan ðe ic habbe intó ðáre hálagen stówe gegifen, C. D. iv. 211, 27: 192, 7. Medeshámstede and tá berewícan þa þár tó héren, and Anláf-estún and þá(m) berewícan þár tó . . . Undelum and tó berewícum þár tó gebyreð, C. D. B. iii. 367
bere-ærn
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Bereern (her-, L. ) horreum, Lk. R. 12, 24. Þ á feówer hyrnan þ æs berenes, Lch. iii. 290, 28. Bernes flór (berern,L.) area. Lk. 3, 17. Æt bernes dure, Ll. Th. i. 440, 2. On hláfordes berne . . . of his áganum berne, Ll. Th. i. 434, 16, 19 : Cht. E. 377
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
beáh-hroden
Crown-adorned ⬩ adorned with bracelets ⬩ armillis vel diademate ornatus
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Crown-adorned, adorned with bracelets; armillis vel diademate ornatus Beáh-hroden [MS. beághroden] cwén a queen adorned with bracelets, Beo. Th. 1251; B. 623
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bend-feorm
A feast for the reaping [binding] of corn ⬩ a harvest-feast ⬩ firma ad congregandas segetes ⬩ firma messis
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A feast for the reaping [binding] of corn, a harvest-feast; firma ad congregandas segetes, firma messis On sumere þeóde gebyreþ bend-feorm [bén-feorm] for rípe in some one province a harvest-feast is due for reaping the corn L. R. S. 21; Th. i. 440,
bere-gafol
Barley-rent ⬩ a tribute of barley ⬩ hordei tributum
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Barley-rent, a tribute of barley; hordei tributum. One of the rents paid in kind, which, by the following enactment, is fixed at the rate of six pounds weight for every labourer employed in the barley harvest Mon sceal simle to bere-gafole agifan æt
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cisten-beám
A chesnut-tree ⬩ castanea = κάστανον
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A chesnut-tree; castanea = κάστανον Cisten-beám [MS. cistenbean] castanea, Wrt. Voc. 285, 46
eáþ-béne
Exorable ⬩ deprĕcābĭlis
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Exorable; deprĕcābĭlis Eáþ-béne deprĕcābĭlis, Som. Ben. Lye; Ps. Grn. ii. 200, 15, note
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a-bet
Better ⬩ melius
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Better; melius Hwæðer ðé se ende abet lícian wille whether the end will better please thee. Bt. 35, 5; Fox 166, 23
á-bet
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fǽr-béna
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Substitute: one that has to ask leave to go (faran) from his lord (? v. fær; I 2), a person of the churl class Gif ǽni man ágiten wurðe ꝥ ǽnige hǽðenscipe dreóge . . . gif hé sí cynges þegn . . . Gif hit sí elles landágende man . . . Gif hit sí færbéna
be-lagen beón
to be oppressed ⬩ opprimi
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to be oppressed; opprimi Past. 58, 1; Hat. MS
hnut-beám
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Hnutbeám nux Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 4. Hnut-beám oððe walhhnutu, 60, 23. Add
beód-hrægl
A table-cloth ⬩ gausape
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A table-cloth; gausape = γαυσάπηs, Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 61; Wrt. Voc. 26, 60
ge-byrelíc beón
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Ne sint gebyrelíco Iudea to Samaritaniscum non coutuntur Iudæi Samaritanis, Jn. Skt. Lind. 4. 9
eáþ-béde
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gleó-beám
A glee-beam ⬩ harp ⬩ musicum lignum ⬩ harpa
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A glee-beam, harp; musicum lignum, harpa Nis hearpan wyn, gomen gleóbeámes there is no joy of harp, the mirth of the glee-beam, Beo. Th. 4518; B. 2263. Sum mæg hearpan stirgan, gleóbeám grétan one can awake the harp, touch the glee-beam, Exon. 17 b;
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BEÓ
A BEE ⬩ apis
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A BEE; apis. The keeping of bees was an object of much care in the economy of the Anglo-Saxons. The great variety of expressions, taken from the flavour of honey, sufficiently account for the value they placed upon it. While the bee-masters [beó-ceorlas
Linked entries: beáw-hyrnet beón bió