feotod
Entry preview:
of fetian
bii
By, near to ⬩ juxta, prope
Entry preview:
By, near to; juxta, prope Se eádiga ærcebiscop Sanctus Laurentius bii his fóregengan Sancte Agustine bebyrged wæs beatus archiepiscopus Laurentius juxta prædecessorem suum Augustinum sepultus est, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 6
Beran burh
BANBURY ⬩ Oxfordshire
Entry preview:
BANBURY, Oxfordshire Hér Cynríc and Ceawlin fuhton wið Brettas æt Beran byrig here, A. D. 556, Cynric and Ceawlin fought with Britons at Banbury, Chr. 556; Th. 30, 9, col. 1, 2, 3
Linked entry: Bearan burh
bere-gafol
Barley-rent ⬩ a tribute of barley ⬩ hordei tributum
Entry preview:
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 ánum wyrhtan six púnd-wǽga a man shall always give
Linked entry: gafol-bere
beren
Barley ⬩ made of barley ⬩ hordeaceus
Entry preview:
Barley, made of barley; hordeaceus Genim smæl beren mela take fine barley-meal, L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 24. Hæfþ fíf berene hláfas habet quinque hordeaceos, Jn. Bos. 6, 9 : 6, 13
hand-gemǽne
Entry preview:
Germ. handgemein werden to fight hand lo hand) Ðǽr unc hwíle wæs handgemǽne there for a time it was for the two of us hand-to-hand fighting, B. 2137
gleó-beám
A glee-beam ⬩ harp ⬩ musicum lignum ⬩ harpa
Entry preview:
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.
Linked entries: gleó-gamen glig-beám glig-gamen
prýtian
Entry preview:
make proud, shew pride Prítigeaþ pipant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 80
ge-swíþrian
Entry preview:
become strong Bliss engla sangum geswíþerod. Verc. Forst. 135, 29
Linked entry: swíþrian
héfli
useful ⬩ commodum
Entry preview:
useful; commodum, An. Ox. 56, 190
Linked entry: be-héflic
lífian
BERE
Barley ⬩ hordeum
Entry preview:
Barley; hordeum Ðá hét he him bere sǽd bringan inde hordeum jussit afferri, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 36 : Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 63. Hira flex and hira beras [MS. bernas] wǽron fordóne eorum linum et hordea læsa sunt, Ex. 9, 31
beren
Entry preview:
Beren gebered corn tipsane. Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 27. Cruman berenes hláfes, Lch. ii. 134, 8. Fasten tó berenan hláfe, Wlfst. 173, 10. Genim beren mela gód, Lch. ii. 50, 3. Beren eár 54, 11. þá hlafas wǽron berene, Hml. Th. i. 188, 4. Add:
helle-cǽge
Entry preview:
Hé bereð helleciégan (cf. seó cǽge, 20) on handa, Verc. Först. l 28, 5
Linked entry: cæg
DUGAN
To avail, to be of use, able, fit, strong, vigorous, good, virtuous, honest, bountiful, kind, liberal ⬩ valēre, prōdesse, frūgi ease, bŏnum esse, munĭfĭcum, vel libĕrālem se præbēre
Entry preview:
Ða sceolon eall dugende beón swá swá hit gedafenaþ ðam háde they shall all be virtuous so as is befitting the order, L. Ælf. C. 16; Th. ii. 348, 16.
Linked entry: dugunde
bégian
To crown ⬩ coronare
Entry preview:
To crown; coronare Ðú bégodest us coronasti nos Ps. Spl. C. 5, 15
Linked entry: beágian
BEÓT
a threatening ⬩ threat ⬩ command ⬩ menace ⬩ comminatio ⬩ minæ ⬩ peril ⬩ periculum ⬩ a boasting ⬩ boasting promise ⬩ promise ⬩ jactantia ⬩ promissio gloriosa ⬩ promissum
Entry preview:
He beót eal wið ðé sóðe gelǽste he truly fulfilled all his promise to thee Beo. Th. 1051; B. 523 : 160; B. 80
fór-beran
To fore-bear ⬩ to bear or carry before ⬩ to prefer ⬩ præferre
Entry preview:
To fore-bear, to bear or carry before, to prefer; præferre Ðæt ic fórbær rúme regulas and réðe mód geongra monna that I preferred the lax rules and rough minds of young men, Exon. 39 b; Th. 131, 22; Gú. 459.
Linked entry: fóre-beran
hnut-beám
Entry preview:
Hnut-beám oððe walhhnutu, 60, 23. Add