a-berd
Sagacious ⬩ crafty ⬩ cunning ⬩ callidus
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Sagacious, crafty, cunning; callidus.Wrt. Voc. 47, 36: Lchdm. iii. 192, 10; 188, 26: 186, 17
bér
A bed ⬩ lectus ⬩ grabatus
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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
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
beód-gereordu
A table-meal ⬩ a feast ⬩ convivium
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A table-meal, a feast; convivium Cd. 74; Th. 91, 27; Gen. 1518
beód-fers
A song or hymn sung during meal-time ⬩ ad mensam carmen ⬩ hymnus
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A song or hymn sung during meal-time; ad mensam carmen, hymnusDial. 1, 19
Linked entry: fers
beód-ern
A refectory ⬩ a dining-room ⬩ refectorium
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A refectory, a dining-room; refectorium, Ælfc. Gl. 107; Som. 78, 94; Wrt. Voc. 58, 9
Bedan heáfod
Beda's head ⬩ Bedwin? in Wiltshire
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Beda's head, Bedwin? in Wiltshire,Chr. 675; Erl. 37, 6
beðen
A fomentation, embrocation ⬩ fomentum
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A fomentation, embrocation; fomentum Mid beðenum with fomentation, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 20
Linked entry: beðing
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.
fearn-bed
A fern-bed ⬩ fĭlĭcētum
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A fern-bed; fĭlĭcētum, R. 85, Lye
bed-gemána
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
bed-búr
A bedchamber
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A bedchamber Bedbúres (bec-, MS.) thalami, Hpt. Gl. 481, 49
Linked entry: búr
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
bere-ærn
A barley-place ⬩ a corn-place ⬩ a barn ⬩ horreum
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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
hyge-bend
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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
A chamberlain ⬩ a servant who has the care of a chamber ⬩ lecti minister ⬩ camerarius
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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-bedda
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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 . . .
ge-béd
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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.
bed-stede
A BEDSTEAD ⬩ sponda
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A BEDSTEAD; sponda