byre
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A son, child, descendant; natus, filius, soboles, proles Ðonne ǽfre byre monnes hýrde under heofonum than ever child of man heard under heaven, Exon. 57b; Th. 206, 18; Ph. 128: Beo. Th. 4113; B. 3053. Ðǽr hyre byre wǽron where her sons were, 2381; B.
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byrig
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A city; urbs, civitas Hér Cúþa gefeaht wið Brytwalas æt Biedcan forda, and genam Lygeanbyrig and Ægles byrig in this year Cutha fought against the Brito-Welsh at Bedford, and took Lenbury and Aylesbury, Chr. 571; Th. 33, 28. Cantwara byrig forbarn ðý
byri
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to a city
byrst
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2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of beran
byrga
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of burh, Runic pm. 8; Kmbl. 341, 3
byrga
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a pledger, creditor, Cot. 37
byrht
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bright, clear, lucid, loud; clarus, splendidus, clarisonus, Beo. Th. 2402; B. 1199: Cd. 217; Th. 275, 15; Sat. 172
byris
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A graving-iron, file; scalprum, scalpellum Byris scalprum, Glos. Epnl. Reed. 162, 36: scalpellum, 162, 51
BYRLE
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A cup-bearer, butler; pocillator, calicum magister, pincerna Byrle pincerna, Ælfc. Gl. 113; Som. 80, l; Wrt. Voc. 60, 37: 74, 16. Egipta cynges byrle pincerna regis Ægypti, Gen. 40, 1. Byrele pincerna. Wrt. Voc. 290, 51. Þurh byreles hond through the
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BYRNE
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A corslet, coat of mail; lorica, thorax Mót he gesellan monnan and byrnan and sweord he may give a man a corslet and a sword, L. In. 54; Th. i. 138, 1. Ðǽr wæs on eorle brogden byrne there was on the man the twisted coat of mail, Elen. Kmbl. 513; El.
byrne
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A burning; incendium Ǽr ðam ðe ðæt mynster mid byrne fornumen wǽre priusquam monasterium esset incendio consumptum, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 18
byrde
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Add: v. búr-, efen-, in-, þeów-, unge-byrde
byres
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A borer, chisel Buiris foratorium, Txts. 35, 11. Byris, byrs scalprum, scalpellum, 94, 891, 907. Byres foratorium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 47: boratorium, 11, 60: i. 287, 8. Byre[s] baratorium, ii. 125, 26. Hé sceal habban adsan, bil, byrse, scafan, Angl
byrga
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Substitute: A surety, bail, and add Byrga (-ea) presetuas, Txts. 89, 1652: sequester, 97, 1840. Byrgea sequestra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 42: 83, 40. Byrga creditor, 15, 50
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byrne
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Byrne lorica vel torax vel squama, Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 6: thoraca, ii. 86, 81. Hringedu byrne lorica hamata (anata, MS.), 51, 37. Byrne gileáfes lorica fidei, Rtl. 28, 31. Byrnan thoracis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 25. Bið se Pater Noster on heofonlicre byrnan
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byrde
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Born, well-born, noble, rich; natus, natu vel genere præstans, nobilis, opulentus Se byrdesta sceall gyldan the richest must pay, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 36
byren
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Belonging to a bear; ursinus, Som. Ben. Lye