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beód-gæst

(n.)
Grammar
beód-gæst, es; m.

A guest at tablemensæ consorsconvictor

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A guest at table; mensæ consors, convictor, Andr. Kmbl. 2177; An. 1090

beód-geneát

(n.)
Grammar
beód-geneát, es; m.

A table-companionmensæ sociusconvictor

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A table-companion; mensæ socius, convictor Beo. Th. 691; B. 343 : 3431; B. 1713

beód-hrægl

(n.)
Grammar
beód-hrægl, beód-rægl [beód a table, hrægl clothing]

A table-clothgausape

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A table-cloth; gausape = γαυσάπηs, Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 61; Wrt. Voc. 26, 60

beód-sceát

(n.)
Grammar
beód-sceát, es; m : beód-scýte, es; m.

A table-clothtable-napkinhand-towelmantilemappa

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A table-cloth, table-napkin, hand-towel; mantile, mappa Cot, 136

Linked entry: sceát

Beofer-lic

(n.)
Grammar
Beofer-lic, Beofor-lic, es; m. [beofer, lic ? = lie, leá, leáh, q. v. Ric. A. D. 1184, Beverli : Brom. 1330, Beverlith]

BEVERLEYYorkshireBeverlea in agro Eboracensi

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D. 721, the holy bishop John died, and his body resteth at Beverley Chr. 721; Erl. 45, 25; Th. 73, 15, col. 2; Beoforlic, col. 1

Linked entry: Befor-leág

beofian

(v.)
Grammar
beofian, p. ode; pp. od

To tremblequakebe movedtremerecontremerecommoveri

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Beofaþ middangeard the mid-earth shall quake 20 b; Th. 55, 12; Cri. 882. For his ansýne sceal eorþe beofian commoveatur a facie ejus universa terra Ps. Th. 95, 9 : 103, 30

Linked entries: a-beofian beaftan

beóm

(n.)
Grammar
beóm,

a beam

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a beam, Chr. 1137; Erl. 262, 13

beó-móder

(n.)
Grammar
beó-móder, f.

A BEE-MOTHERqueen-beechosdrus?vel castros?

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A BEE-MOTHER, queen-bee; chosdrus? vel castros? Ælfc. Gl. 22; Som. 59,104; Wrt. Voc. 23, 61

beón

(v.)
Grammar
beón, beónn p. of bannan.

commandedassembled

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commanded, assembled;

beón-broþ

(n.)
Grammar
beón-broþ, es; n.

meada drink of water and honey mingled and boiled togethermelicratum

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Perhaps mead, a drink of water and honey mingled and boiled together; melicratum L. M. 2, 24; Lchdm. ii. 216, 12

Linked entry: broþ

BEÓR

(n.)
Grammar
BEÓR, es; m.

BEERnourishing or strong drinkcerevisiasiceraa beverage made of honey and watermeadmetheglinhydromeliĭtisydromellummulsum

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Th. 965; B. 480. Æt beóre at the beer, 4088; B. 2041. drunk with beer Beo. Th. 1066; B. 531 : Exon. 72 b; Th. 271, 22; Jul. 486. He ne drincþ wín ne beór vinum et siceram non bibet Lk. Bos. 1, 15 : Deut. 14, 26.

Linked entry: biór

beora

(n.)
Grammar
beora, an; m.

A grovelucus vel nemus

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A grove; lucus vel nemus Ælfc. Gl. 110; Som. 79, 39; Wrt. Voc. 59, 11

beoran

(v.)

to bear

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to bear Ic sceal beoran I shall bear Cd. 216; Th. 274, 22; Sat. 158 : 217; Th. 277, 17; Sat. 206

Beordan íg

(n.)
Grammar
Beordan íg, e; f. [íg an island, beordan = bridan = bridum with the young of birds]

BARDNEY in Lincolnshirecœnobii locus in agro Lincolniensi

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BARDNEY in Lincolnshire; cœnobii locus in agro Lincolniensi Som

Beorg-ford

(n.)
Grammar
Beorg-ford, Beorh-ford, es; m. [beorg a hill, ford a ford; collis ad vadum]

BURFORD in Oxfordshire

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Beorhforda], wið Æðelbald, Myrcena cing, and hine geflýmde here, in 752 Cuthred, king of the West-Saxons, fought in the twenty-second year of his reign, at Burford, with Æthelbald, king of the Mercians, and conquered him Chr. 752; Erl. 49, 13

beorg-hleoþ

(n.)
Grammar
beorg-hleoþ, es; n.

A mountain-browmontis fastigium

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A mountain-brow; montis fastigium Ofer beorghleoða over the mountain-brows Exon. 114 a; Th. 438, 27; , 58, 2

beorg-seðel

(n.)
Grammar
beorg-seðel, es; n.

A mountain-dwellinghabitaculum in monte

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A mountain-dwelling; habitaculum in monte He ongan beorgseðel búgan he began to inhabit a mountain-dwelling Exon. 34 a; Th. 108, 15; . 73

beorh

Grammar
beorh, impert. of beorgan.
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save Ps. Th. 16, 8;

beorh-hliþ

(n.)
Grammar
beorh-hliþ, -hleoþ, es; n.

A mountain-heightmountain-browmontis clivus vel fastigium

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Wǽron beorhhliðu blóde bestémed the mountain-brows were besteamed with blood Cd. 166; Th. 206, 7; Exod. 448. Under beorhhleoðum among the mountain-heights 98; Th. 130, 13; Gen. 2159

beorh-stede

(n.)
Grammar
beorh-stede, es; m.

A mountain-placeplace on a mountaina mountainmoundlocus in montemonscollis

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A mountain-place, place on a mountain, a mountain, mound; locus in monte, mons, collis On beorhstede on the mound Exon. 60 a; Th. 217, 22; Ph. 284