beán-scealas
BEAN-SHELLS ⬩ siliquæ ⬩ quisquiliæ
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BEAN-SHELLS; siliquæ, quisquiliæ, Cot. 200
pín-beám
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A pine-tree Se hálga wolde áheáwan ǽnne pín-beám, Homl. Th. ii. 508, 24
laur-beám
Laurel
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Lauwer [lawer] beám laurus, Wrt. Voc. 79, 78. Laurbeáme gelíce similes lauro, Nar. 36, 30
cild-bearn
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a child Ǽghwýlc wǽpned cildbearn ( = cild ł bearn), Nap. 12. (?)
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gliw-beám
A glee-beam ⬩ timbrel ⬩ tabret ⬩ tympanum
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A glee-beam, timbrel, tabret; tympanum, Ps. Spl. 149, 3
glig-beám
A glee-beam ⬩ timbrel ⬩ tabret ⬩ tympanum
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A glee-beam, timbrel, tabret; tympanum, Ps. Spl. 80, 2: 150, 4
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sunne-beám
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A sun-beam Hér æteówede cometa se steorra, and scán iii móuðas swilce sunnebeám, Chr. 678; Erl. 41, 5
Linked entry: sunn-beám
mór-beám
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See next word, and múr-beám
sýl-beám
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Tó sýlbeáme; of sýl-beáme, C. D. iii. 79, 36
beard-leás
BEARDLEss ⬩ imberbis ⬩ those without a beard ⬩ a youth ⬩ stripling ⬩ a hawk ⬩ buzzard ⬩ ephebus ⬩ buteo
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Used as a noun, it denotes those without a beard, as a youth, stripling, also a hawk or buzzard; ephebus, buteo Beardleás ephebus, vel buteo, Ælfc. Gl. 87; Som. 74, 55; Wrt. Voc. 50, 33
web-beám
a weaver's beam ⬩ the treadle of a loom
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a weaver's beam Lorh vel webbeám liciatorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 19: 281, 73. the treadle of a loom Webbeámas insubula, 59, 43: insubuli, ii. 49, 56. [A webbemne laciatorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 218, 3 (15th cent.).]
fíc-beám
A fig-tree ⬩ fīcus
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[beám a tree, v. I]
beáh-gifa
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M. 22, 35 under beáh (3)) Ædelst. 2. Ꝥ him God forgyue . . . and eác swá his beáhgifan, ꝥ is se sélesða sinces brytta Ælfryd, Gr. D. 2, 14
cyne-bearn
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Siððan ríxadon West-Seaxna cyne*-*barn (-béarn, v. l. ) of þám dæge, Chr. 519; P. 17, 3. Hér Óswiu ofslóh Penda and .xxx. cynebearna ( duces regii xxx interfecti, Bd. 3, 24) mid him, 654; P. 29, 4.
sunn-beám
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A sun-beam:?-Ealle ða niht stód swylce beorht sunnbeám tota ea nocte columna lucis stabat, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 24: Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 184. Him gǽþ of se leóma swylce óðer sunnbeám, Lchdm. iii. 272, 5. Hwæt fremaþ ðam blindan seó beorhta sunbeám?
Linked entries: sunne-beám beám
bearn-eácen
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Witan on bearneácenum wífe hwæþeres cynnes bearn heó cennan sceal, 6. Bearneácnum, ii. 330, 6. Wíf þe bearneácne (-ene, v. l.) (praegnantes) wǽron, Past. 366, 3. Ðá bearneácnan wíf, 367, 14. Add
den-bera
Swine-pastures, places yielding mast for the fattening of hogs ⬩ pascua porcōrum
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[bearo a grove, wood] Swine-pastures, places yielding mast for the fattening of hogs; pascua porcōrum Pascua porcōrum quæ nostra lingua Saxonĭca denbera nomināmus, Cod. Dipl. 288; A. D. 863; Kmbl. ii. 75, 27: 281; A. D. 858; Kmbl. ii. 65, 6.
mearc-béce
A beech-tree which forms part of a boundary
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A beech-tree which forms part of a boundary Ðis synd ðæra viii. hída landgeméra ... tó ðære mearcbécean; of ðære bécean, Cod. Dip. B. i. 295, 9. On ða ealdan mearce bécan, 296, 26
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bedd-rest
A bed-rest ⬩ a bed ⬩ lectus
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A bed-rest, a bed; lectus Me Sarran bedd-reste gestáh Sarah ascended my bed, Cd. 129; Th. 164, 16; Gen. 2715 : 102; Th. 135, 25; Gen. 2248
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ám-ber
a dry measure of four bushels ⬩ mensura continens quatuor modios sive bussellos ⬩ a liquid measure ⬩ batus ⬩ cadus ⬩ a vessel with one handle ⬩ a tankard ⬩ pitcher ⬩ pail ⬩ lagena ⬩ urceus ⬩ amphora ⬩ situla ⬩ hydria
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a dry measure of four bushels; mensura continens quatuor modios sive bussellos. v. Registri Honoris de Richm. App. p. 44, where, in an extent of the manors of Crowhurst and Fylesham, in Sussex, 8 Edw. I, we read, 'xxiii ambræ salis, quæ faciunt xii quarteria