be-hóf
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Hé sende æfter pallium tó arꝥ. behóue ( ad opus ), Chr. 780; P. 52, 14. ꝥ need, want Tó behófe ad indigentiam, An. Ox. 27, 34. Cf. Lk. p. 8, 18 where behófe glosses prodigi
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níd-behóf
Necessary ⬩ needful
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Necessary, needful Án þing is nýdbehóf, Homl. Th. ii. 440, 9
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behát
A promise ⬩ vow ⬩ promissum ⬩ votum
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A promise, vow; promissum, votum Ic sende on eów mínes fæder behát ego mitto promissum Parris mei in vos Lk. Bos. 24, 49. Ðonne ðú behát behǽtst Drihtene cum votum voveris Domino Deut. 23, 21
béhþ
A token ⬩ sign ⬩ proof ⬩ signum ⬩ testimonium
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A token, sign, proof; signum, testimonium Heó hét hyre þínenne ðæs herewǽðan heáfod to béhþe blódig ætýwan ðám burhleódum she ordered, her servant to shew the bloody head of the leader of the army to the citizens as a token Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 6; Jud
béron
might bear ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ for bǽren
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might bear, carry, bring, for bǽren, Byrht. Th. 133, 49; By. 67
beóm
am
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am Exon. 30 a; Th. 91, 13; Cri. 1491
BEÓN
To BE ⬩ exist ⬩ become ⬩ esse ⬩ fieri
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To BE, exist, become; esse, fieri Hí ne tweódon férende beón to ðam écan lífe non dubitabant esse transituros ad vitam perpetuam Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 38, 18. Ðe ðǽr beón noldon who would not be there Byrht. Th. 137, 13; By. 185 : Exon. 100 a; Th. 376,
beón
bees
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bees Ps. Spl. 117, 12 : L. R. S. 5; Th. i. 434, 35
BEÓT
a threatening ⬩ threat ⬩ command ⬩ menace ⬩ comminatio ⬩ minæ ⬩ peril ⬩ periculum ⬩ a boasting ⬩ boasting promise ⬩ promise ⬩ jactantia ⬩ promissio gloriosa ⬩ promissum
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a threatening, threat, command, menace; comminatio, minæ He ne wæs ondredende ða beótunge [beót, MSS. B. C.] ðæs ealdormannes minas principis non metuit, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477. 23 : Exon. 68 a; Th. 253, 7; Jul. 176. peril; periculum Ðenden [ðen, MS.] in
beót
beat ⬩ hurt
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beat, hurt Cd. 187; Th. 232, 24; Dan. 265;
beón
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Add: to be Wesan and beón fore, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 61. absolute, to exist, (of life) to last Ðú eart éce and á byst, Shrn. 199, 21. Þá hwíle þe mín líf byð, Cht. E. 230, 7. Gif ic lengc beó þonne heó, Shrn. 159, 27. ꝥ Án is þú woldest beón; óðer ꝥ þú
beór
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For translation of Icelandic quotation substitute: Ale is it called among men, but among the gods beer, and add Beór ydromel-lum vel mulsum, Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 34. Æppelwín, beór idromelum, ii. 49. 57. Leóht beór melle dulci, 56, 49. Beóres tácen is þæt
beór
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Ofgeót mid strangan beóre oþþe mid strangum ealað, Lch. ii. 314, 14. Add
beaf
a gad-fly ⬩ œstrus ⬩ οίστροs
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a gad-fly; œstrus = οίστροs,Leo 118
BEÓD
A table ⬩ mensa
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A table; mensa Ðá ða gebróðru æt beóde sǽton sedentibus ad mensam fratribus Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 9. Ðú gearcodest befóran mínre gesihþe beód vel beódwyste vel mýsan parasti in conspectu meo mensam Ps. Lamb. 22, 5. Beódas lances Cot. 123
beóm
a beam
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a beam, Chr. 1137; Erl. 262, 13
beón
commanded ⬩ assembled
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commanded, assembled;
BEÓR
BEER ⬩ nourishing or strong drink ⬩ cerevisia ⬩ sicera ⬩ a beverage made of honey and water ⬩ mead ⬩ metheglin ⬩ hydromeli ⬩ ĭtis ⬩ ydromellum ⬩ mulsum
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BEER, nourishing or strong drink; cerevisia, sicera. Beer, made from malted barley, was the favourite drink of the Anglo-Saxons. In their drinking parties, they pledged each other in large cups, round at the bottom, which must be emptied before they could
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beód
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Add: I. a table, at which a meal is taken Beód mensa, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 19. Biód, Ps. Srt. 68, 23. Bútan cræfte mínon ( the baker's ) ǽlc beód ǽmtig byþ gesewen, Coll. M. 28, 33. Be abbodes beódes gereorde de mensa abbatis, R. Ben. 93, 2. Críst gehál-gode