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beód-gereordu

(n.)
Grammar
beód-gereordu, pl. n. [beód a table, gereord a feast]

A table-meala feastconvivium

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A table-meal, a feast; convivium Cd. 74; Th. 91, 27; Gen. 1518

beód-ern

(n.)
Grammar
beód-ern, es; n. [beód a table, ern a place]

A refectorya dining-roomrefectorium

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A refectory, a dining-room; refectorium, Ælfc. Gl. 107; Som. 78, 94; Wrt. Voc. 58, 9

Bedan heáfod

(n.)
Grammar
Bedan heáfod, es; m.

Beda's headBedwin? in Wiltshire

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Beda's head, Bedwin? in Wiltshire,Chr. 675; Erl. 37, 6

a-berd

(adj.)
Grammar
a-berd, -bered; adj.

Sagaciouscraftycunningcallidus

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Sagacious, crafty, cunning; callidus.Wrt. Voc. 47, 36: Lchdm. iii. 192, 10; 188, 26: 186, 17

béd-rǽden

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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

bér

(n.)
Grammar
bér, beer, e; acc. bé, bére ; f.

A bedlectusgrabatus

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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

beód-fers

(n.)
Grammar
beód-fers, es; m. [beód a table, fers a verse]

A song or hymn sung during meal-timead mensam carmenhymnus

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A song or hymn sung during meal-time; ad mensam carmen, hymnusDial. 1, 19

Linked entry: fers

wíg-bed

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-bed, wí-bed, wió-bed, -bud, wié-bed, weó-bed, -bud, weófod (-ed, -ud), wéfod, es, also -beddes; n. (generally, but se weóbud, Past. 33; Swt. 217, 21, and pl. wíbedas, Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 42)

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.

beðen

(n.)
Grammar
beðen, e; f?

A fomentation, embrocationfomentum

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A fomentation, embrocation; fomentum Mid beðenum with fomentation, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 20

Linked entry: beðing

bed-búr

(n.)
Grammar
bed-búr, es; m.

A bedchamber

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A bedchamber Bedbúres (bec-, MS.) thalami, Hpt. Gl. 481, 49

Linked entry: búr

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

fearn-bed

(n.)
Grammar
fearn-bed, es; n.

A fern-bed fĭlĭcētum

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A fern-bed; fĭlĭcētum, R. 85, Lye

bere-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
bere-ærn, ber-ern, beren, bern, bearn, es; n.

A barley-placea corn-placea barnhorreum

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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

(n.)
Grammar
bed-gemána, an; m.

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

hyge-bend

(n.)
Grammar
hyge-bend, es; m: e; f.
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A tie or bond which is furnished by the mind Hygebendum fæst fixed firm by the mind's chains, Beo. Th. 3761; B. 1878

ge-beod

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Dele, and see ge-bed

bed-þén

(n.)
Grammar
bed-þén, es; m. [bed a bed, þén for þegn a servant]

A chamberlaina servant who has the care of a chamberlecti ministercamerarius

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A chamberlain, a servant who has the care of a chamber; lecti minister, camerarius, Ælfc. Gl. 27; Som. 60, 101

ge-beded

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-beded, Hpt. Gl. 503, 75. l.
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ge-beden

ge-béd

Grammar
ge-béd, l. ge-bed, dele <b>II,</b> where for gebed l. gebod,
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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.

ge-bedda

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bedda, . . . an ; f.
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Cf. ge-maca, [ ge-mæcca for gender], and add: one who lies in bed with another, a bedfellow. of a married woman Migdonia leng nolde cuman tó hire weres bedde . . .