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byre

(n.)
Grammar
byre, gen. byres; dat. byre; acc. byre: pl. nom. acc. byras, byre; gen. byra; dat. byrum; m.

A son, child, descendant ⬩ natus, filius, soboles, proles

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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.

Linked entry: ge-byre

byrig

(n.)
Grammar
byrig, e; f: acc. s. byrig, byrige

A city ⬩ urbs, civitas

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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

BYRLE

(n.)
Grammar
BYRLE, byrele, es; m.

A cup-bearer, butler ⬩ pocillator, calicum magister, pincerna

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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

Linked entry: byrele

byrst

(n.)
Grammar
byrst, es; n.

A bristle ⬩ seta

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A bristle; seta Byrst seta, Wrt. Voc. 286, 57: Glos. Epnl. Recd. 162, 49. Hyre twigu beóþ swylce swínene [MS. swinen] byrst its twigs are like swine bristles, Herb. 52, 2; Lchdm. i. 156, 3

Linked entries: bryst berst bristl

býre

(n.)
Grammar
býre, es; m.

An event, the time at which anything happens, a favourable time, an opportunity ⬩ eventus, tempus quo accidit aliquid, opportunitas, occasio

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An event, the time at which anything happens, a favourable time, an opportunity; eventus, tempus quo accidit aliquid, opportunitas, occasio, = καιρός Wæs ðǽr mid him óþ ðone býre ðæt Swegen wearþ deád was there with him until the time that Sweyn was

Linked entry: býrian

byrc

(n.)
Grammar
byrc, e; f.

A birch-tree ⬩ betula

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A birch-tree; betula Byre betula [MS. betulus], Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 20; Wrt. Voc. 33, 20

byrne

(n.)
Grammar
byrne, es; m.

A burning ⬩ incendium

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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

byrig

(n.)
Grammar
byrig, es; n.

A mulberry-tree ⬩ morus

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A mulberry-tree; morus He ofslóh byrig heora on hagule occidit moros eorum in pruina, Ps. Spl. 77, 52: L. M. 2, 53; Lchdm. ii. 274, 17

BYRNE

(n.)
Grammar
BYRNE, an; f.

A corslet, coat of mail ⬩ lorica, thorax

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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.

byrst

(n.)
Grammar
byrst, berst, es; m.

A loss, defect ⬩ damnum, calamitas

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A loss, defect; damnum, calamitas Gylde ðone byrst, ðe ðæt fýr ontende reddet damnum, qui ignem succenderit, Ex. 22, 6, 12: Ps. Th. 108, 18. We habbaþ fela byrsta gebiden multas calamitates sumus perpessi, Lupi Serm. i. 2; Hick. Thes. ii. 99, 21

byri

(n.)
Grammar
byri, = byrig

to a city

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to a city

byrde

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Add: v. búr-, efen-, in-, þeów-, unge-byrde

byres

(n.)
Grammar
byres, e; f.
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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

Linked entries: byris byrs

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

byrig-

(prefix)

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byrne

(n.)
Grammar
byrne, a corslet.
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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

-býran

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-býran

-byrde

(suffix)

Similar entry: þole-byrde

byrga

(n.)

a pledger, creditor

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a pledger, creditor, Cot. 37

byrga

(n.)
Grammar
byrga, gen. pl. of burh,

of cities ⬩ inclosed dwellings

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of cities or inclosed dwellings, for Similar entries burga; Runic pm. 8; Kmbl. 341, 3