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A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

ANGLO-SAXON DICTIONARY (continued 2)

Reading edition

anbærnes = onbærnes

anbestingan3 to thrust in, insert, CP.

anbid (= on-) n. waiting, expectation, hope; AO, CP: interval, AO.

±an-bidian (on-) intr. to wait, stay: tr. w. g. wait for, expect.

anbidstōw (on-) f. place of meeting, LL.

anbidung m. waiting for, expectation: delay, OEG 3396.

anbiht = ambiht

anbindan = onbindan

anbiscopod = unbiscopod

ānboren † ptc. only-begotten.

anbringelle = onbringelle

anbrōce (El 1029) = unbrǣce?

anbrucol (= on-) rugged, GPH 402.

anbryrd- = onbryrd-

ānbūend m. hermit, anchorite, Gu 59.

anbūgan (AO, CP) = onbūgan

anbyhtscealc = ambihtscealc

ānbȳme made of one trunk, dug-out (ship), WW 18133.

±anbyrdan (and-) to strive against, resist, oppose, attack.

anbyrdnes f. resistance, LL 214[14].

anbyrignes (= on-) f. tasting, taste, WW.

ān-cenned (æ2), -cend, only-begotten, Æ.

ancer == ancor

an-clēow n., -clēowe f. ‘ankle,’ Lcd, Æ.

ancnāwan = oncnāwan

ancor m. ‘anchor,’ B, Bo; CP. [L. ancora; from Gk.]

ān-cor, -cora m. anchorite, hermit, Æ. [L. anachoreta; from Gk.]

ancorbend (oncer-) m. cable, B 1918.

āncorlic like a hermit, WW 4637.

āncorlīf n. solitary life, BH.

ancorman m. man in charge of the anchor, WW 1667.

ancorrāp m. anchor rope, cable.

ancorsetl n. prow of a ship.

āncorsetl n. hermitage, Æ.

āncorsetla m. hermit, Æ.

āncorstōw f. solitary place, BH 42412.

ancorstreng (ancer-) m. cable.

ancra = ancor

āncra (a1?) m. anchorite, hermit, monk, WW; Æ. [‘anchor’]

ancsum == angsum

ancuman4 to arrive, Gen 1884.

āncummum one by one, singly, NG.

āncyn adj. only, A 2·358; LPs 2121.

and conj. ‘and,’ but. gelīce and... like as if... AO.

and- = an-, on-, ond- (opposition, negation. Ger. ent-): and occasionally a-.

anda m. grudge, enmity, envy, anger, vexation, Mt; Æ: zeal, Æ, CP: injury, mischief: fear, horror, NG. [‘ande,’ ‘onde’]

āndæge † for one day, lasting a day.

andæt- = andet-

āndaga m. appointed day, Æ.

±āndagian to fix a day for appearance: adjourn, EC 163.

andb- = anb-, onb-

andbēcnian to make signs to, WW.

andbita m. feast (of unleavened bread).

andclēow = anclēow

andcweðan ‘contradicere, frustrari,’ HGl 491.

andcwiss f. answer, Gu 992.

andcȳðnes f. evidence, BH 1585.

andd- = and-, ond-

ande == ende

andēages (æ) eye to eye, in the face, openly? B 1935.

andēaw arrogant, ostentatious, Sc.

andefn, -efen f. measure, quantity, amount, AO: capacity, nature, CP.

andel-bær, -bǣre reversed, OEG.

andergilde at little cost? (BT).

andet- = andett-

andetla m. declaration, confession, LL 18[22].

±andetnes (ond- CP) f. confession, Æ: thanksgiving, praise.

andetta m. one who confesses. a. bēon to acknowledge.

±andettan to confess, acknowledge, Æ, CP: give thanks or praise: promise, vow. [and, hātan]

andett-end, -ere m. confessor.

andettian = andettan

andettung m. confession, profession, CP.

andfang m. acceptance.

andfangol ‘susceptor,’ LPs 4512.

āndfealdlīce = ānfealdlīce

andfeax bald, W 461.

andfeng (on-) m. seizing, receiving, taking, Æ, RB: defence: defender: attack, assault: revenue, means, Lk 1428, Bk 10: illegal occupation of (land).

andfenga m. receiver, defender, undertaker, Ps.

andfenge I. acceptable, agreeable, approved, fit, suitable, Æ, CP: that can receive: taken.

II. m. undertaker: receptacle.

andfengend m. defender, Ps: receiver. gafoles a. tax collector.

andfengestōw f. receptacle, WW 21343.

andfengnes f. acceptance, receiving: receptacle: acceptableness, W 25321.

andfex = andfeax

andgelōman = andlōman

andget == andgit

andgete † adj. plain, manifest. [andgiete]

andgiet (ond-; e, i, y) n., andgiete f. understanding, intellect, Mt; Æ, CP: knowledge, perception, CP: sense, meaning, Æ, CP: one of the five senses: plan, purpose. [‘angit’]

andgiet- = andgit-

andgitful intelligent, sensible.

andgitfullic intelligible, clear. adv. -līce.

andgitlēas foolish, senseless, Æ.

andgitlēast f. want of understanding, Æ.

andgitlic = andgitfullic

andgitol intelligent, sensible.

andgittācen ‡ (ie2) n. sensible token, sign.

andgyt = andgiet

andgyt- = andgit-

Printed on one line: andgyt == andgiet, -git

andhēafod n. heading, unploughed headland of a field, EC.

andhetan, andhettan = andettan

andhweorfan3 to move against, blow against, B 548. [or ? onhweorfan]

andian to be envious or jealous.

andig envious, jealous, OEG.

andlāman = andlōman

andlang (o1, o2) I. adj. entire, continuous, extended. andlangne dæg, niht all day (night) long, An, Gu. [‘along’]

II. prep. w. g. ‘along,’ by the side of, Æ, Chr, KC; AO.

andlangcempa (anl-) soldier fighting in line, WW 45018.

andlata (Cr 1436) = andwlita

andlēan † n. retribution, retaliation.

and-leofen (ie, i, y) f., -leofa m. sustenance, nourishment, food: money, wages. [libban]

andlīcnes = onlīcnes

andliefen (AO, CP), andlifen = andleofen

andlōman (ā2, u2) m. pl. utensils, implements, vessels.

andlong = andlang

andlyfen = andleofen

andmitta = anmitta

andrecefæt? n. wine or oil press, WW 12337.

andriesne = ondrysne

an-drysen-, -drysn- = ondrys(e)n-

and-rysno f. respect, reverence: etiquette.

andsaca m. adversary: denier, apostate.

andsacian to dispute, deny, CP.

andsæc m. denial, oath of purgation, El, LL: refusal: strife, resistance. [‘andsech’]

andsǣte adj. hateful, odious, repugnant, Æ: hostile. [‘andsete’]

andslyht † m. blow.

andspeornan3 to stumble against, NG.

andspyrnes f. offence, MtR 1623.

āndstreces = ānstreces

and-sumnes, -sundnes (= on-) f. purity, chastity, virginity. v. OEG 1696.

±andswarian to ‘answer,’ Lk; Æ, CP.

andswaru f. ‘answer,’ reply, B, Jn; CP.

and-swerian (VPs), -sworian = andswarian

andsȳn = ansīen

and-timber, -tymber = ontimber

andðracian = onðracian

andðræce = onðræce

andung f. jealousy, LPs 7758.

andūstrian ‘detestari,’ MtR 2674.

andūstrung f. ‘abominatio,’ MtR 2415.

andwǣscan = ādwǣscan

andwǣt moist.

andward- = andweard-

andweal- = onweal-

andweard (+ at AS 6314) present, actual, existing, Æ, CP: opposite to.

±andweardian to present, bring before one. (+andweardian also = andwyrdian.)

andweardlic present, actual. adv. -līce.

andweardnes f. presence, CP: present time.

andwendednes = onwendednes

andweorc n. matter, substance, material, CP: cause.

andwerd == and-weard, -wyrd

andwīg m. resistance, Gu 147.

andwille = ānwille

andwirdan = andwyrdan

andwīs expert, skilful, Jul 244.

andwīsnes f. experience, WW 205.

andwist f. support? station? An 1542.

andwlata = andwlita

+andwlatod ‘frontosus,’ OEG 8365.

andwlita (a, eo) m. face, forehead, countenance, form, B, MtR; AO, CP. [‘anleth’]

andwlite n. = andwlita

andwliteful ‘vultuosus,’ GPH 393.

andwrāð hostile, enraged, Pa 17.

and-wurd, -wyrd == andweard

±and-wyrdan, -wyrdian (e, i) to answer, Æ, Mt; AO, CP: (+an-) ‘conspirare,’ WW 20942. [‘andwurde’]

andwyrde n. answer, AO.

andwyrding f. ‘conspiratio,’ WW 37311.

andȳde pret. of andōn (ondōn).

andytt- = andett-

āne (1) = ǣne, (2) heonu.

ān-ēage, -ē(a)gede (ÆL) ‘one-eyed,’ blind of one eye.

ānecge adj. having one edge, Æ.

+āned v. ānian.

ānēge, ānēgede = ānēage

ānēhst = ānīhst

ānemnan to announce, declare, Gu. [‘aname’]

ānerian to deliver, rescue, LPs 2415; EPs 4922.

ānes = ǣnes

ānescian = āhnescian

ānett mn., ānetnes f. solitude, seclusion, CP.

anf- = onf-

ān-feald, -fald, -fealdlic single, unmixed, singular, unique, superior, Æ; CP: simple, modest, honest, sincere, Mt; CP: fixed, invariable. ā. gerecednes or sprǣc prose. [‘afald’] adv. -līce.

ānfealdnes f. unity, concord, AO: simplicity, CP.

anfealt f. anvil, OEG 1167 and n. [cp. anfilte]

anfeng == andfeng

ānfēte one-footed, Rd 591.

an-filt (Æ), -filte (Gl), n. ‘anvil.’

anfindan = onfindan

ānfloga m. lonely flier, Seaf 62.

anfōn (AO) == onfōn

anforht fearful, Cross 117.

ānforlǣtan7 to let go, lose, relinquish, abandon, surrender, CP: omit, neglect.

ānforlǣtnes f. loss, desertion, Bl 8531: intermission.

anforngean in front of, MF (Vesp. D xiv).

anga (o) m. stimulus, sting, goad, CP.

ānga (ǣ, ē) sole, only: solitary.

angbrēost n. tightness of the chest, asthma, Lcd.

ange = enge

angeald pret. 3 sg. of angildan.

angēan == ongēan

angel I. m. ‘angle,’ hook, fish-hook, Bo, MtL (ongul).

II. m. = engel

Angel n. Anglen, a district in Schleswig, from which the Angles came, AO.

Angelcynn n. the English people: England, AO.

āngeld = āngilde

angelic like, similar, Bo 4418.

angeltwicce fm. a certain worm used as bait, earthworm? WW, Lcd. [‘angletwitch’]

Angelðeod f. the English people: England.

āngenga I. solitary, isolated, Æ.

II. m. solitary goer, isolated one, B.

angerǣd = ungerād

āngetrum n. illustrious company, Ex 334.

angeweald = onweald

±angian to be in anguish, RPs 603; 1424.

angien = anginn

angil = angel I.

angildan = ongieldan

āngilde (e, y) I. n. single payment or rate of compensation for damage, LL: the fixed price at which cattle and other goods were received as currency, LL. [‘angild’]

II. adj. to be compensated for.

III. adv. simply, only, LL.

āngildes = āngilde III.

anginn n. beginning, Æ; AO, CP: intention, design, enterprise, undertaking, CP: action, onset, attack: rising (of sun). [‘angin’]

anginnan (AO) = onginnan

angitan = ongietan

angitful = andgitful

Angle mp. the Angles or English (who came from Anglen; v. Angel, Engle).

angmōd sad, sorrowful.

angmōdnes f. sadness, sorrow, W 1886.

angnægl m. corn, ‘agnail,’ Lcd 30b.

angnere (on-) m. corner of the eye, WW 42334.

angnes f. anxiety, uneasiness, trouble, pain, anguish, fear.

angol- = angel-, ongol-

angrisla (y) m. terror, Bl 2037.

angrislic (y2) grisly, terrible. adv. -(en)līce.

ang-set, -seta m. eruption, pustule, carbuncle, WW.

angsum narrow, hard, difficult.

±angsumian to vex, afflict, Æ.

angsumlic troublesome, anxious, painful. adv. -līce Æ.

angsumnes f. pain, Æ: sorrow, trouble: difficulty, perplexity.

āngum = ǣnigum dat. of ǣnig.

āngyld, āngylde = āngilde

angyn = onginn

angytan = ongietan

anh- = onh-

ānhaga (o2) † m. solitary being, recluse.

anhende (= on-) on hand, requiring attention, AO 8824.

ānhende one-handed, lame, weak, Æ.

ānhīwe ‘uniformis,’ OEG 1046.

anhoga m. care, anxiety, Gu 970.

ānhoga = ānhaga

ānhorn, ānhorna m. unicorn, Ps.

ānhrǣdlīce = ānrǣdlīce

ānhundwintre a hundred years old.

ānhȳdig † resolute, firm, constant, stubborn, brave.

ānhyrne I. one-horned, having one horn.

II. m. unicorn.

ānhyrn-ed, -e(n)de having one horn, Ps.

+ānian to unite, BH 214. [‘one’ vb.]

ānīdan (ē, ȳ) to restrain, repel: force. ūt a. expel, drive out. [nīed]

ānig = ǣnig

ān-īge, -īgge = ānēage

anihst † last, in the last place.

āniman4 (y) to take, GD: take away or from, deprive of, Mt (y); CP. [‘anim’]

āninga = ānunga

āniðrian to cast down, Chr 675e.

anl- = andl-, onl-

anlǣc = anlēc

±ānlǣcan to unite, Æ.

ānlaga acting alone, WW 49123.

anlang- = andlang-

ānlāp- (NG) = ānlīp-

anlēc m. respect, regard.

ānlegere consorting with one man, WW 17115.

ān-lēp- = ānlīp-

ānlic only, unique: solitary: catholic: beautiful. [cp. ǣnlic]

ānlīepig = ānlīpig

ān-līpe (CP), -līpig (Chr), -līpie (æn-; ē, ȳ) I. adj. single, separate, solitary, private, individual, special, PPs 132, BH, MtR. [‘anlepi’]

II. adv. alone, only, severally.

ānlīpnes f. loneliness.

ānlīpum (ēp) singly, MtR 2622.

ānlȳp- = ānlīp-

ānmēde n. unanimity, concord, PPs 5413.

anmēdla m. pomp, glory: pride, presumption, arrogance: courage. [mōd]

+anmettan to encourage, AO. [mōd]

anmitta m. weight, balance, scales, Gl. [and, mitta]

anmōd steadfast, resolute, eager, bold, brave, fierce, proud, CP. adv. -līce.

ānmōd of one mind, unanimous, El; Æ. [‘anmod’] adv. -līce.

anmōdnes f. steadfastness, resolution, Lcd 3·17022.

ānmōdnes f. unity, unanimity, CP.

ann pres. 3 sg. of unnan.

anna = heonu

ānne (AO, CP) v. ān.

ānnes f. oneness, unity, BH; Æ: agreement, covenant, Chr: solitude, Gu. [‘annesse’]

ānnihte adv. one day old, Lcd.

anoða = anda

ānpæð † m. narrow path.

anpolle f. (Æ) = ampella

anr- = onr-

ānrǣd of one mind, unanimous: constant, firm, persevering, resolute, Æ. [‘anred’]

ānrǣdlic constant, resolute: undoubting, Bl 1313. adv. -līce unanimously: resolutely, persistently, constantly, earnestly, Æ: definitely, decidedly.

ānrǣdnes f. unanimity, agreement: constancy, firmness, diligence, AO; Æ. [‘anrednesse’]

ānreces (Chr 1010cde) = ānstreces

ānrēd- = ānrǣd-

ans- = ands-, ons-, uns-

an-scēatan (Cp), -scēotan (Erf) = onscēotan

ānseld m. lonely dwelling, hermitage, Gu 1214.

ānsetl n. hermitage, RB 1359.

ansetla m. anchorite, hermit, GD, RB.

ansīen I. (on-; ē, ī, ȳ) fn. countenance, face, CP, Lk: form, figure, presence: view, aspect, sight, thing seen, AO: surface. [‘onsene’]

II. † f. lack, want.

anspel n. conjecture.

anspilde salutary, Lcd 11b.

ānsprǣce speaking as one, PPs 407.

ānstandende ptc. standing alone, RB 97. as sb. hermit, Æ.

ānstapa m. lonely wanderer, Pa 15.

ānstelede one-stalked, having one stem, Lcd.

ānstīg f. narrow path? Gl.

ānstonde = ānstandende

ānstræc (ǣ?) resolute, determined, CP.

ānstreces (ē?) at one stretch, continuously, continually, Chr 894a.

ansund sound, whole, entire, perfect, healthy, Æ (on-).

an-sundnes, -sumnes f. soundness, wholeness, integrity.

ānsunu m. only son.

ānswēge harmonious, accordant.

ansȳn = ansīen

ant- = and-, ont-, unt-

Antecrist m. Antichrist. [L.]

antefn m. antiphon, ‘anthem,’ BH; Æ.

antefnere m. book of antiphons, antiphonary, CM.

antemnere, antifonere (ÆP 1546) = antefnere

āntīd f. similar time (i.e. the corresponding time of a following day)? B 219.

antre f. radish, Lcd.

ānum alone, solely, Æ.

anunder = onunder

anung f. zeal, NG.

ānunga at once, forthwith: entirely, altogether, throughout, by all means, uninterruptedly, B: necessarily, certainly.

anw- = andw-, onw-, unw-

ānwedd n. security, pledge, TC 20116.

ānwīg n. single combat, duel, Æ, AO.

ānwīglīce in single combat, WW 51221.

ānwiht = āwuht

ānwille I. adj. wilful, obstinate, CP, WW; Æ. [‘onwill’]

II. adv. wilfully, obstinately.

ānwillīce obstinately, CP.

ānwilnes f. self-will, obstinacy, persistence, CP. mid ānwilnesse wantonly, wilfully.

ānwintre adj. one year old, yearling.

ānwīte n. single fine, LL 64, 31, 1.

anwlōh (Dan 585) = onwealg?

ānwuht = āwuht

ānwunung f. solitary abode, RB 13412.

ānwylnes = ānwilnes

anxsum- = angsum-

ānȳdan = ānīdan

anȳhst = anīhst

ānyman = āniman

anȳwan = onȳwan

apa m. ‘ape,’ Gl, Lcd.

āpǣcan to seduce, lead astray.

āpǣran to avert, pervert.

āparian to discover, apprehend, EC 164.

apelder- = apuldor-

āpinsian to weigh, estimate, ponder, recount, CP. [L. pensare]

āpinsung f. weighing, OEG 1757.

apl = appel

āplantian to plant, Æ.

āplatod plated with metal? resplendent? OEG. [v. ‘plate’]

āpluccian to pluck off, ÆGr 17014.

apostata m. apostate, LL (32214).

apostol (Chr), apostel m. ‘apostle,’ MtR: disciple, ÆH 1520. [L. apostolus; from Gk.]

apostolhād m. apostleship.

apostolic apostolic, BH; Æ. [‘apostly’]

appel, apple == æppel

Aprelis m. April, Men 56.

āpriccan to prick, W 14621.

aprotane f. southernwood, wormwood, Lcd 22a. [L. abrotonum; from Gk.]

apulder, apuldor fm. apple-tree.

apuldorrind f. bark of apple-tree, Lcd.

apuldortūn m. apple-orchard, WW (e3).

apuldre, apuldur = apulder

āpullian to pull, Lcd 1·36210.

āpundrian? to measure out, requite? El 580 (GK).

āpyffan to exhale, breathe out, Gl.

āpyndrian to weigh, HGl 51278? (BT).

āpȳtan to put out (eyes), NC 338.

ār m. I. † messenger, servant, herald, apostle, angel. [Got. airus]

II. f. ‘oar,’ Chr, Gn.

III. f. honour, worth, dignity, glory, respect, reverence, BH, Gen, JnLR, Ph; AO, CP: grace, favour, prosperity, benefit, help, B: mercy, pity, An: landed property, possessions, revenue, Æ, AO: ecclesiastical living, benefice: ownership, LL: privilege, LL, 76, 42, 2. [‘are,’ ‘ore’]

IV. n. ore, brass, copper, Æ, AO, CP.

V. (NG) = ǣr

āracsian = ārāsian

ārǣcan wv. to reach, get at, Chr: hold forth, reach out, Æ: get (a thing for a person), Æ, Gr. [‘areach’]

ārǣd I. (ē) m. welfare, LL 184n.

II. prepared?, resolute? Wa 5; GnE 192?

III. = ānrǣd

āræda (Bo 4622) = āroda? v. ārod.

ārǣdan1 (but usu. wk.) to appoint, prepare: arrange, settle, decide, BH: guess, prophesy, interpret, utter, Lk, Bo, Da, CP: read, read out, read to (any one), CP. [‘aread’]

ārǣdnes f. condition, stipulation, BH.

ārǣfan to set free, unwrap, WW.

āræfnan, -ian to carry out, accomplish: endure, suffer, Æ, AO: keep in mind, ponder, Æ. [æfnan]

āræfniendlic endurable, possible.

ārǣman to raise, elevate (oneself), Æ: (†) rise, stand up.

āræpsan (*-ræf-) to intercept, Gl.

ārǣran to lift up, raise, set up, create, establish, Chr, An, Jn: build, erect, Jn: rear (swine), LL 449: spread, disseminate: disturb, upset. ūp ā. bring up, raise up, exalt. [‘arear’]

ārǣrend m. one who arouses.

ārǣrnes f. raising, elevation, AO.

ārǣsan to rush, ÆH 14013.

ārāfian to unravel, disentangle, CP.

ārāsian to lay open, search out, test, detect, discover: reprove, correct, CP. ārāsod skilled.

ārblæd n. oar-blade, Æ.

arblast m. cross-bow, Chr 1079d. [OFr. arbaleste]

arc mf. (also earc, earce) ark, coffer, chest, box, Æ. [L. arca]

arce (æ, e) m. archiepiscopal pallium.

arcebisceop (æ1, e1, y3, eo4) m. ‘archbishop,’ CP, Chr, KC.

arcebiscopdōm m. post of archbishop.

arcebiscophād (eo) m. post of archbishop, BH 4923.

arcebiscoprīce n. post of archbishop, Chr.

arcebiscopstōl m. archiepiscopal see.

arcedīacon m. ‘archdeacon,’ WW.

arcehād (e) m. post of archbishop.

arcerīce n. archbishopric.

arcestōl (æ1) m. archiepiscopal see, Chr.

ārcræftig respected, honourable, Da 551.

ārdǣde merciful, Bl 1312.

ārdagas mp. festival days, WW 20631.

ardlic = arodlic

āre f. = ār III.

ārēafian to separate, divide, Ex 290.

āreccan to spread out, put forth, stretch out: lift up, erect, build up: say, relate, declare, speak out, explain, expound, translate, MtR; CP: astonish: adorn? deck? Rim 10. [‘arecche’]

ārēcelēasian to be negligent, A 9·10268.

ared = arod

ārēd I. = ārǣd I.

II. (strong) pret. 3 sg. of ārǣdan.

āreddan = āhreddan

ārēdian to make ready, devise, provide, arrange, carry out, CP: find, find one’s way, reach: find out, understand. [rǣde]

ārēdnes = ārǣdnes

ārēfnan = ārǣfnan

ārencan to make proud, exalt, A 11·11732? (BT).

ārendan to tear off, Lcd 101a.

ārēodian to redden, blush, BPs.

ārēosan = āhrēosan

ārēran = ārǣran

ārētan to cheer, gladden, Æ. [rot]

arewe = arwe

ārfæst respected, honest, pious, virtuous, Æ, CP: merciful, gracious, compassionate, Æ: respectful.

ārfæstlic pious. adv. -līce.

ārfæstnes f. virtue, honour, grace, goodness, piety: pity, mercy, Æ.

ārfæt nap. -fatu, n. brazen vessel, Æ.

ārfest = ārfæst

ārful respected, venerable: favourable, kind, merciful: respectful. adv. -līce graciously, Æ.

arg (NG) = earg

argang = earsgang

ārgeblond m. tumult of the sea, An 383.

argentille f. argentilla (plant), Gl. [L.]

ārgēotere m. brass-founder, AO 5420.

ārgesweorf n. brass filings, Lcd 30b.

ārgeweorc n. brass-work, WW 39824.

ārgifa m. giver of benefits, Cra 11.

arhlīce = earhlīce

ārhwæt eager for glory, †Chr 937a.

±ārian to honour, respect, Æ, CP: endow: regard, care for, favour, be merciful to, spare, pardon, Æ; CP. [‘are’]

ārīdan1 to ride, AO 11833.

āriddan = āhreddan

ārigend mf. benefactor, benefactress.

āriht ‘aright,’ properly, LL.

ārīman to number, count, enumerate, CP; AO: relate. [‘arime’]

ārinnan3 to run out, pass away, Sol 479.

ārīsan I. (sv1) to ‘arise,’ get up, CP, Æ, MtL: rise, Mk: spring from, originate: spring up, ascend, El.

II. = +rīsan I.

ārist = ǣrist

ārlēas dishonourable, base, impious, wicked, Æ, CP: cruel, Jul 4. [Ger. ehrlos] adv. -līce Æ.

ārlēasnes f. wickedness, BH, Bo.

ārlēast f. disgraceful deed, Met.

ārlic honourable: fitting, agreeable, proper, AO: delicious.

ārlīce adv. I. honourably, becomingly, graciously, kindly, pleasantly, mercifully, CP.

II. (N) = ǣrlīce

ārloc n. ‘oarlock,’ rowlock, WW 2886.

arm = earm

armelu ‘harmala,’ wild rue, Lcd.

ārmorgen = ǣrmorgen

arn pret. 3 sg. of iernan.

arnian = earnian

+arnung = +earnung

arod I. quick, bold, ready, CP.

II. m? a kind of plant, arum?

ārod pp. of ārian.

arodlic quick. adv. -līce quickly: vigorously, Æ, CP.

arodnes f. spirit, boldness, CP 4117.

arodscipe m. energy, dexterity, CP.

aron (NG) used as pres. pl. of wesan.

ārsāpe f. verdigris. [sāpe]

ārscamu f. shame, modesty, PPs 6819.

ārsmið m. coppersmith.

ārstæf † m. (often in pl.) support, assistance, kindness, benefit, grace.

art, arð (NG) = eart, pres. 2 sg. of wesan.

ārðegn m. servant, BH 37811.

ārðing n. a thing of value, LkR 211.

arud == arod

ārung f. honour, respect, reverence, AO: pardon.

ārunnen = āurnen, pp. of ārinnan.

arwe (rew-, ruw-) f. ‘arrow,’ LL, Chr.

ārwela † m. watery realm, An 855. [ēar]

ār-weorð, -weorðe honourable, venerable, revering, pious, CP. adv. -weorðe.

ārweorðful honourable, Æ (u2).

±ārweorðian to honour, reverence, worship, extol.

ārweorðlic venerable, honourable. adv. -līce honourably, reverentially, solemnly, kindly, Æ. [‘arworthly’]

ārweorðnes f. reverence, honour, CP.

ārweorðung f. honour. Ps.

ārwesa respected, RB 11520.

ārwierðe == ārweorð

ārwiððe f. oar-thong, rowlock, Æ.

arwunga, arwunge (A) = earwunga

ārwurð, -wyrð == ārweorð

āryddan, -rydran, -rytran to strip, plunder, Gl, WW.

ārȳderian to blush, BRPs 694.

ārȳpan to tear off, strip, Rd 767.

ārȳð f. wave of the sea, An 532. [ēar]

āsadian to satiate, surfeit, MF (Vesp. D xiv).

āsæcgan = āsecgan

āsægdnes = onsægednes

āsǣlan † to bind, fetter, ensnare.

āsændan = āsendan

asal, asald (NG) = esol

āsānian to droop, flag, Gu 1148, LV 57.

āsāwan7 to sow, sow with, Æ.

asca (NG) m. = asce

āscacan = āsceacan

āscādan = āscēadan

āscæcan = āsceacan

āscæfen pp. of āsceafan.

āscǣre = ǣscǣre

āscafan = āsceafan

āscamelic shameful, HGl 500.

āscamian (ea) to feel shame, Ps, Cr. [‘ashame’]

ascas nap. of æsc.

ascbacen (ax-) baked on ashes, GD 8630.

asce (æ, cs, x) f. (burnt) ‘ash,’ Lcd: dust (of the ground), MtL.

āsceacan6 (a) to shake off, remove, Mt: depart, flee, desert, forsake, Æ: shake, brandish. [‘ashake’]

āscēadan7 (ā) to separate, hold aloof or asunder, exclude, CP: make clear, cleanse, purify.

āsceafan (a) to shave off, Lcd.

āscealian to peel off, WW.

āsceamian = āscamian

āscearpan = āscirpan

āscellan = āscillan, āscilian

āscēofan = āscūfan

āsceon- = onscun-

āsceortian = āscortian

āscēotan2 to shoot, shoot out, Æ, AO: drop out, fall, Æ: lance (surgery), ÆL 2063: eviscerate, OEG 4647.

āsceppan = āscieppan

āsceran = āsciran

āscerian = āscirian

āscerpan (VPs) = āscirpan

āscian (ācs-, āhs-, āx-) to ‘ask,’ inquire, seek for, demand, Æ, KC, WG, etc.; CP: call, summon, B, Gen: (+) learn by inquiry, discover, hear of, Chr: (†) announce.

āsciendlic (āx-) interrogative, ÆGr 26014.

āscieppan6 to make, create, Ex: appoint, determine, assign, AO. [‘ashape’]

āscihhan = āscyhhan

ascildan to protect, DR.

āscilian to separate, divide, v. OEG 1367n.; FM 100.

āscīmian to shine, Lcd 2·232.

āscīnan1 to flash or shine forth, beam, radiate, be clear, GD.

āsciran † to cut off, cut away.

āscirian to cut off, separate, divide, remove, Æ: set free, deprive of: arrange, destine.

āscirigendlic disjunctive, ÆGr 25914 (y2).

āscirpan to sharpen, make acute, CP.

āscortian (eo) to become short, fail, Æ: pass away, elapse.

āscrēadian to prune, lop.

āscrencan to displace, trip up, cause to stumble, CP. [‘aschrench’]

āscrepan5 to scrape, clear away.

āscrincan3 to shrink up.

āscrūdnian (ūtn) to investigate, examine.

āscūfan2 to drive out, remove, expel, banish, Æ: push (away), give up (to).

ascun- = onscun-

±āscung f. ‘asking,’ questioning, inquiring, question, Met, Bo; Æ, CP.

āscyhhan to scare away, reject, RPs 5013.

āscylfan to destroy, GPH 39349.

āscylian, āscyllan = āscilian

āscyndan to separate, part (from): drive away (from), Æ.

āscyr- = āscir-

āscȳran to make clear, Æ. [scīr]

āsealcan (Gen 2167) = āseolcan

āsēarian to wither, dry up, Lcd; CP. [‘asear’]

āsēcan to seek out, select: search out, examine, explore: seek for, require, ask, PPs: search through, penetrate. [‘aseek’]

āsecgan I. to say out, express, tell, utter, narrate, explain, announce, AO.

II. = onsecgan

āsecgendlic utterable, Æ.

āsēdan (œ̄) to satiate, Gl. [sæd]

āsegendnes f. an offering, Nar 2417.

āsellan to give up, hand over, deliver: expel, banish.

āsencan to sink, immerse, OEG 829.

āsendan to send away, send off, send, give up, Mt; Æ. [‘asend’]

āsengan (Jul 313) = āsecgan

āseolcan3 to become slack, remiss, relaxed, weak, Æ, CP.

āsēon I. sv5 to look upon, behold, HL 16255.

II. sv1 to strain, Lcd.

āseonod relaxed, WW 22825. [seonu]

āsēoðan2 to seethe, boil, CP: refine, purify: examine.

āsēowan to sew, Cp 421p (io).

āsetnes f. institute, law, LL.

asettan = onsettan

āsettan to set, put, place, fix, establish, appoint, set up or in, erect, build, plant, AO, Mt; Æ: transport oneself over, cross (the sea, etc.): take away, LL 11[12]. sīð or sīðas ā. to perform a journey, travel.

āsēðan to affirm, confirm, Æ. [sōð]

āsīcan I. sv1 to sigh, Sc.

II. to wean, CPs 1302.

āsiftan to sift, Lcd 13b.

āsīgan1 to sink, sink down, decline, fall down, Chr; CP. [‘asye’]

āsincan3 to sink down, fall to pieces, Æ.

āsingan3 to sing out, sing, deliver (a speech), compose (verse), BH.

āsittan5 to dwell together, settle, El: apprehend, fear: run aground. ūt a. starve out. [‘asit’]

āslacian to become slack, decline, diminish, Æ, CP: grow tired: make slack, loosen, relax, dissolve.

āslacigendlic remissive, ÆGr 2285.

āslæccan to slacken, loosen, WW.

āslæcian = āslacian

āslǣpan7 (ā) to slumber, dream: be paralysed, Lcd.

āslǣwan to blunt, weaken, make dull, OEG 18b, 65.

āslāpan = āslǣpan

āslāwian to become sluggish, be torpid, CP. [slāw]

āslēan6 to strike, beat, cut, Æ: erect: make way: paralyse. of ā. strike off, behead, MtL; AO. [‘aslay’]

āslēpen = āslēopen pret. opt. 3 pl. of āslūpan.

āslīdan1 to slide, slip, fall, Ps; Æ, CP. [‘aslide’]

āslīding f. slipping, GPH 38862.

āslītan1 (ȳ) to slit, cleave, cut off, destroy, CP.

āslūpan2 to slip off, escape, disappear (of), Ps. [‘aslip’]

āslȳtan = āslītan

āsmēagan to consider, examine, investigate, devise, elicit, treat of, think, Æ: look for, demand.

āsmēagung f. scrutiny, consideration.

āsmēan = āsmēagan

±āsmir-ian, -wan to smear, anoint.

āsmiðian to do smith’s work, fashion, forge, fabricate, Æ.

āsmorian to smother, strangle, AO, CP.

āsmorung f. choking, suffocation, Lcd 18a.

āsmūgan = āsmēagan

āsnǣsan (ā2) to spit, impale, stab, LL 68, 36. [‘asnese’]

asnīðan1 to cut off, Lcd.

āsoden (WW 2044) pp. of āsēoðan.

āsolcen (pp. of āseolcan) sluggish, idle, indifferent, dissolute, Æ.

āsolcennes f. sleepiness, sloth, laziness, W; Æ. [‘aswolkeness’]

āsolian to become dirty, A 2·374.

āspanan6 to allure, seduce, persuade, urge, insinuate, AO.

āspannan7 to unbind, unclasp, GD 21424.

āsparian to preserve, GD 15924.

āspeaft (JnL 96) = āspeoft

āspēdan to survive, escape, An 1628.

āspelian to be substitute for, represent, take the place of, LL, RB. ā. fram be exempt from.

āspendan to spend (money), expend, distribute, squander, consume, AO; Æ. [‘aspend’]

āspeoft pret. 3 sg. spit out, JnR 96. [v. speoft]

āsperian = āspyrian

aspide m. asp, adder, serpent, viper, Ps; Æ. [‘aspide’]

āspillan to destroy, JnL 1210.

āspinnan3 to spin, WW.

āspirian = āspyrian

āspīwan1 (ȳ) to spew up, vomit, Æ, CP.

āsplǣtan ?to split. v. ES 49·156.

āspornan to cast down, EPs 1457. [spurnan]

āsprēadan to stretch out, extend, EPs 3511.

āsprecan to speak out, speak, PPs.

āsprengan to cause to spring, fling out, ÆL 8213.

āsprettan = āspryttan

āsprindlad ripped up, Lcd 80b.

āspringan3 (y) to spring up or forth, break forth, spread, Æ; AO: arise, originate, be born, Æ: dwindle, diminish, fail, cease. āsprungen dead. [‘aspring’]

āspringung f. failing, VPs 1414.

āspritan = āspryttan

āsproten pp. of āsprūtan.

ā-sprungennes, -sprungnes f. failing, exhaustion, death: eclipse.

āsprūtan2 (= ēo) to sprout forth, PPs 1409.

āspryngan = āspringan

āspryttan1 (e, i) to sprout out, bring forth, Æ.

āspylian to wash oneself, Bo 1157.

āspyrgend m. tracker, investigator, VHy.

āspyrging f. ‘adinventio,’ WW 51315.

āspyrian (i) to track, trace out, investigate, explore, discover.

āspȳwan = āspīwan

assa m. he-ass, Mt, Jn, Æ; CP. [‘ass’]

assen f. she-ass.

assmyre f. she-ass, Æ.

āst f. kiln, WW 18530; A 9·265. [‘oast’]

āstǣgan to go up, embark, MkR 632.

āstǣlan to lay to one’s charge, LL (26415).

āstǣnan1 to adorn with precious stones.

āstærfan (MtR) = āstyrfan

āstandan6 to stand up, stand forth, rise up, arise, B; Æ: continue, endure, Lk; CP. [‘astand’]

āstandennes f. perseverance, ÆL 23b272: existence, subsistence.

āstēapan = āstȳpan

āstellan I. to set forth, set, put, afford, supply, display, appoint, AO, CP: set up, establish, confirm, institute, ordain, undertake, start, AO; Æ: undergo, Æ.

II. to fly off, rush.

āstemnian to build.

āstemped engraved, stamped, WW 20327.

āstencan to scatter, GD 4233.

āstēopan = āstȳpan

āsteorfan3 to die, MH 6227.

āstēp- = āstȳp-

āsterian = āstyrian

asterion ‘asterion,’ pellitory, Lcd 1·164.

āstīfian to become stiff, Æ.

āstīfician = āstȳfecian

āstīgan1 to proceed, go, Æ: (usu. w. ūp, niðer, etc.) rise, mount, ascend, descend, Jn; Æ, CP: be puffed up, AO 2648. [‘astye’]

āstīgend m. rider.

āstigian to ascend, mount.

āstīgnes f. ascent, EPs 1034.

āstihtan to determine on, decree, Chr 998.

āstihting (OEG) = ātihting

āstillian to still, quiet, MF (Vesp. D xiv).

āstingan3 to bore out, pierce out, Chr: stab.

āstintan = āstyntan

āstirian = āstyrian

āstīðian to become hard, dry tip, wither: grow up, come of age, TC 20320.

āstondnes = āstandennes

āstrǣlian to cast forth, RPs 759.

āstreccan to stretch out, stretch forth, extend, lay low, Æ: prostrate oneself, bow down, CP. [‘astretch’]

āstregdan to sprinkle.

āstregdnes? f. sprinkling, DR.

āstrenged (made strong), malleable, WW.

āstrīenan (ēo, ȳ) to beget.

āstrogden pp. of āstregdan.

āstrowenes f. length, HGl 443.

āstrȳnan = āstrīenan

āstundian to take upon oneself, Æ.

āstȳfecian to suppress, eradicate, CP.

āstyllan = āstellan

āstyltan to be astonished, LkLR.

āstyntan (i) to blunt, repress, restrain, stop, overcome, Gl. [‘astint’]

āstȳpan (ē, ēa, ēo) to deprive, bereave, GD. āstȳpte orphans. [stēop]

Printed as shown, but reference may be to “stēop-” as word element.

āstȳp(ed)nes (ē2) f. privation, bereavement.

āstȳran to guide, control, AS 916.

āstyrfan (æ, e) to kill, destroy, Cr, Mt (e). [‘asterve’]

āstyrian to stir up, excite, move, move forward, raise, Jn, Mk; Æ: be roused, become angry, Æ. āstyred weorðan be or become anxious, Æ. [‘astir’]

āstyriendlic v. un-ā.

āstyrigend m. ‘ventilator,’ GPH 39378.

āstyrred starry, Sc.

āstyrung f. motion, Lcd.

ā-sūcan2 -sūgan to suck, suck out, drain.

ā-sundran, -sundron = onsundran

āsundrian = āsyndrian

āsūrian to be or become sour, WW.

āswǣman to roam, wander about: pine, grieve, Æ.

āswǣrn- = āswarn-

āswǣtan to burst out in perspiration, MH 2012.

āswāmian to die away, Gen 376: cease.

āswāpan7 (but pp. āswōpen) to sweep away, remove, clean, CP.

āswārcan to languish, LPs 3812.

āswārcian to confound, BSPs 7024.

āswārnian to be confounded, Ps.

āswārnung f. shame, confusion, LPs 4316.

āswaðian to investigate, OEG 511.

āsweartian to turn livid, become ashy or black, CP.

āswebban † to lull, soothe, set at rest: put to death, destroy, Jud. [‘asweve’]

āswellan3 to swell, CP.

āsweltan3 to die, Chr.

āswencan to afflict, DR.

āswengan to swing off, shake off, cast forth.

āsweorcan3 to droop, Æ.

āsweorfan3 to file off, polish, GPH.

āswēpa = ǣswǣpe

āswerian6 to swear, PPs.

āswīcan1 to desert, abandon, betray, deceive, Mt: offend, irritate, provoke. [‘aswike’]

±āswician to offend.

āswicung f. scandal, offence.

āswīfan1 to wander, stray, WW.

āswind = ǣswind

āswindan3 to become weak, shrink, fade away, perish, decay, dissolve, Bo; Æ, CP. [‘aswind’]

āswingan3 to scourge, DR.

āswōgan7 to cover over, choke, CP 41117.

āsworettan to sigh, grieve, GD.

āswornian (NC 271) = āswarnian

āswundennes f. idleness, BH 16025.

āsynderlic remote, OEG 2514.

±āsynd-ran, -rian to separate, divide, disjoin, sever, CP, Æ: distinguish, except. [‘asunder’]

āsyndrung f. division, WW.

at == æt

ātǣfran (CP 46719) = ātīefran

ātǣsan to wear out, injure, strike, smite, Æ: wound, CP 29618.

atāwian = ætīewan

āte (æ) f. ‘oats,’ Lcd: wild oats, tares, Gl, WW.

āteallan = ātellan

ātēfran = ātīefran

ategār = ætgār

atel == atol

ātellan to reckon up, count, Bo; AO. ā. wið balance against: tell, enumerate, CP: explain, interpret. [‘atell’]

ātemian to tame, subdue, render quiet, CP.

ātendan to set on fire, kindle, inflame, Chr: trouble, perplex, A 8·31248. [‘atend’]

ātending f. incentive, Sc 22117.

ātēon2 to draw up, out, off or from, remove, pull out, lead out, draw, B, BH; AO, CP. ūp ā. draw up, move away: protract, Æ: move, journey, roam: deal with, dispose of, apply, use, Mt; Æ, CP. [‘atee’]

ātēorian to fail, become exhausted, weary, cease, Ps; Æ: be defective, ÆGr. [‘atire’]

ātēori(g)endlic transitory, perishable, Æ: failing: defective, ÆGr.

ātēorodnes f. cessation, exhaustion, HL 3495; BPs 11853.

ātēorung f. failing, weariness, Æ.

ātēowan = ōðīewan

āter == ātor

ātēran4 to tear away, CP 35920.

āteriendlic = āteoriendlic

āterima (ētr-) oat-bran, Lcd 3·292´.

ātertānum dp. with poisoned twigs (or? -tearum with poison drops) B 1460.

āteshwōn adv. at all, CM 987. [āwiht]

athēd (Gl) = æthȳd

ātīdrian to grow weak, GD 5926 (ydd).

ātīefran (ǣ, ē, ī, ȳ) to draw, depict, CP.

atīewan = ōðīewan

ātiht- = ātyht-

ātillan to touch, reach.

ātimbr-an, -ian to erect, build, AO, CP.

ātimplian to provide with spikes, NC 271.

ātīwan = ōðīewan

ātlēag m. oat-field?, EC 4489.

atol I. dire, terrible, ugly, deformed, repulsive, unchaste, B. [‘atel’]

II. † n. horror, evil.

atolic, atollic dire, terrible, deformed, repulsive, Æ. adv. -līce.

atoliende disfiguring, WW 22026.

ātor, āt(to)r, (ǣ) n. poison, venom, Lcd; AO, CP: gall, Gl. [‘atter’]

ātorbǣre poisonous, ÆH 1·7222.

ātorberende poisonous, venomous.

ātorcoppe f. spider, Lcd. [‘attercop’]

ātorcræft (āttor-) m. art of poisoning, W.

ātorcyn (ǣ) n. poison, Sol 219.

ātordrinca m. poisonous draught, MH.

ātorgeblǣd n. swelling caused by poison, Lcd 162b.

ātorlāðe f. plant used as antidote to poison, betonica? Lcd, WW. [‘atterlothe’]

ātorlic poison-like, bitter, WW. [‘atterlich’]

ātorsceaða † m. poisonous enemy.

ātorspere n. poisoned spear, Rd 189.

ātorðigen (ātt-) f. taking of poison, Lcd 1·45.

ātr = ātor

ātrahtnian to treat, discuss.

ātredan5 to extract, extort, LL.

ātreddan to search out, examine, investigate, PPs.

ātrendlian to roll, Met 517. [v. ‘trendle’]

ātres gs. of ātor.

atrum n. ink, A 13·2815. [L. atramentum]

atter, attor == ātor

attres gs. of attor, ātor.

attrum = atrum

atul = atol

ātur = ātor

ātwēonian to cause doubt, A 8·3336.

ātyddrian = ātīdrian

ātȳdran to beget, create, El 1279. [tūdor]

ātȳfran = ātīefran

ātyhtan (i) to entice, allure, incite: be attentive: produce, Rd 513: stretch, extend, turn.

ātyhting (i) f. intention, aim: instigation, OEG 2304.

ātymbran = ātimbran

ātȳnan I. to shut off, exclude. [tūn]

II. = ontȳnan

ātyndan = ātendan

ātȳrian = ātēorian

atȳwan = oðīewan

āð m. ‘oath,’ B, Mt; AO.

āð- = ōð-

aðamans m. adamant, CP 2712. [L.]

āðbryce m. perjury, W 1647.

āðecgan to take food, consume?: oppress? (Tupper) Rd 12,7.

āðegehāt = āðgehāt

āðegen distended, WW.

āðencan to think out, devise, contrive, invent, AO: intend.

āðenenes f. extension, VHy.

ā-ðennan, -ðenian to stretch out, extend, draw out, expand, AO: apply (the mind) CP: prostrate.

āðenung f. extension, distension.

āðēodan = āðīedan

āðēostrian (ē, īe, ī) to become dark, obscured, eclipsed, Bo; CP, VPs. [‘athester’]

āðer = āhwæðer

āðerscan to thresh out, ÆL 311217.

āðēstrian = āðēostrian

āðēwan = āðȳwan

āðexe f. lizard, OET.

āðfultum m. confirmation (confirmers) of an oath, LL.

āðgehāt (āðe-) n. promise on oath, oath, WW.

āðiddan to thrust, push, OEG 503.

āðīedan to separate, CP.

āðierran to clean, CP.

āðīestrian (CP) = āðēostrian

āðindan3 to swell, puff up, inflate, increase, CP: melt, pass away. (cp. ðindan)

āðindung f. swelling, Lcd 93a.

ā-ðīstrian, -ðisðrigan (CP) = āðēostrian

āðl (VPs) = ādl

āðloga m. perjurer, Cr 165.

āðol = ādl

āðollan to hold out, endure, suffer, Æ.

āðolware mp. citizens, GnE 201.

āðor = āhwæðer

āðrācian to dread: frighten.

āðrǣstan to twist out, wrest out, Gl.

āðrāwan7 to curl, twist, twine, Æ.

āðrēatian to weary, be irksome: force away, CP 29310.

āðrēotan2 (pers. and impers.) to tire of, weary, be tiresome to, displease, disgust, Æ, AO, CP.

āðrescan = āðerscan

āðrīetan to weary, Æ, AO (ȳ); Bo.

āðringan3 to crowd or press out: rush forth, break out. ūt ā. emboss.

āðrīstian to be bold, presume, GD 7030.

āðrotennes f. wearisomeness, WW 40922.

āðrotsum irksome, WW 51012.

āðrōwian to suffer, Lcd 68b.

āðroxen pp. of āðerscan.

āðrunten (pp. of *āðrintan) swollen, Rd 382. (or ? aðrūten)

āðrūten pp. (of *āðrūtan) swollen, Lcd.

āðryccan to press, oppress.

āðrȳn to rob? drive out? Gl, (ES 43·331).

ā-ðrysemian, -ðrysman (AO) to suffocate, smother. [‘athrysm’]

āðrytnes f. weariness.

āðstæf m. oath, CPs 1049.

āðswara m? = āðswaru

āðswaring = āðswerung

āðswaru f. oath-swearing, oath, Æ.

āðswerian? to vow with an oath, WW 3879.

āðswerung f. oath-swearing, Chr, RSPs 1049.

āðswyrd (eo) n. oath-swearing, EPs 1049 (ǣ1); B 2064.

āðum m. son-in-law, Æ; AO: brother-in-law. [‘odam’]

āðumswerian mp. son-in-law and father-in-law, B 84.

āðundennes f. swelling, tumour, Lcd: contumacy, WW 8717.

āðwǣnan to diminish, soften, Lcd.

āðwēan6 to wash, wash off, cleanse, baptize, anoint, Æ, CP.

āðwedd n. promise on oath, WW 11516.

āðweran4 to stir up, churn, Lcd.

āðwīnan to vanish, NC 338.

āðwītan1 to disappoint, SPs 13111.

āðwyrðe worthy of credit. v. LL 2·376.

āðȳan = āðȳwan

āðylgian to bear up, ARSPs.

āðȳn = āðȳwan

āðynnian (i) to make thin, DHy 810.

āðȳstrian (Æ) = āðīestrian

āðȳtan I. ‡ to sound, blow (a horn).

II. to expel, WW 1912.

āðȳwan to drive away, AO: press out or into, squeeze out.

āuht = āwiht

āuðer = āhwæðer

āw = ǣ

āwa = ā

āwacan6 (on-) to awake, Æ: arise, originate, spring forth, be born. [‘awake(n)’]

āwacian to awake, Æ.

āwācian to grow weak, decline, fall, belittle, Æ, CP: fall away, lapse, desist from, abstain, Æ.

āwacnian = āwæcnian

āwæc- = āwec-

āwǣcan to weaken, weary.

āwæc-nian, -nan (on-; a, e) to awaken, revive, Æ: arise, originate, spring from, AO. [‘awake(n)’]

āwǣgan to deceive: destroy, annul, make nugatory, Æ.

āwǣlan to roll, roll from: harass, afflict, NG.

āwæltan = āwyltan

āwæmmian = āwemman

āwænd- = āwend-, onwend-

āwænian = āwenian

āwærd pp. of āwierdan.

āwærged = āwierged

āwærian to avoid, DR 3913.

āwæscan = āwascan

āwǣstan = āwēstan

āwandian to fear, hesitate, ÆGr 1622.

āwanian to diminish, lessen.

āwannian to become livid or black and blue, GD 2032 (v. NC 332).

āwansian to diminish, KC 4·2436.

āwār = āhwǣr

āwārnian (APs) = āswārnian

Entry before author’s corrections: āwārnian to be confounded, SPs.

āwascan6 (æ) to wash, bathe, immerse, Lcd.

āweallan7 to well up, flow out, break forth, issue, swarm, CP: be hot, burn.

āweardian to guard, defend.

āweaxan6 to grow, grow up, arise, come forth, CP.

āweb = ōweb

āwec- = āwæc-

āweccan to awake, rouse, incite, excite, Mk, Lk; Æ, CP: raise up, beget. [‘awecche’]

āwecenes (æ) f. incitement, GD 1997.

āwecgan to undermine, shake, move, Æ.

āwēdan to be or become mad, rage, Æ; AO. [‘awede’; wōd]

āwefan5 to weave, weave together, Æ.

āweg (= on-) ‘away,’ forth, out, Chr, Mt; CP.

āwegan5 to lift up, carry away: weigh, weigh out, Æ: estimate, consider. [‘aweigh’]

āwegāworpnes f. abortion, LL (15434).

āwegcuman4 to escape, Æ.

āwegēade went away, JnL 450 [v. ‘away’; ēode]

āwegflēon2 to fly or flee away, OEG 2169.

āweggān to go away, BH 32610.

āweggewītan1 to depart, AO 7426.

āweggewitenes f. departure, Æ: aberration (of mind), JPs 11511.

āwehtnes f. arousing, BH 42220.

āwel m. hook, fork, Gl.

āwellan = āwyllan

āwemman to disfigure, corrupt.

āwemmendnes f. corruption.

āwēnan to consider.

āwendan (= on-) to avert, turn aside, remove, upset, Ps: change, exchange, alter, pervert, Æ; CP: translate, Æ, CP: turn from, go, depart, Ps; AO: return: subdue. [‘awend’]

āwendedlic = āwendendlic

āwendednes f. change, alteration, Æ.

āwendendlic that can be changed, changeable, Æ.

āwendendlīcnes f. mutability, Æ.

āwendennes f. change, OEG 191.

āwending f. subversion, change, ES 39·322.

āwen-nan, -ian to disaccustom, wean.

āwēodian to root out, extirpate.

āweorpan3 to throw, throw away, cast down, cast out, cast aside, degrade, depose, Mt; Æ, AO, CP. āworpen divorced, rejected, destroyed, apostate. of, ūt ā. to throw out. [‘awarp’]

āweorpnes = āworpennes

āweorðan3 to pass away, vanish, become worthless, Mt; (NG) = +weorðan. [‘aworth’]

āweosung f. ‘subsistentia,’ WW 5164.

āwer = āhwǣr

āwerdan = āwierdan

āwerde (æ2) m. worthless fellow, WW 11129.

āwerg- = āwierg-, āweri-

āwerian I. to defend, AO: hinder, restrain, Chr: protect, cover, surround, enclose: ward off from oneself, spurn from oneself.

II. to wear, wear out (clothes), RB.

āwerpan = āweorpan

āwescnes (VPs) = ǣwiscnes

āwēstan to lay waste, ravage, destroy, AO; Æ. [‘awest’]

āwēst(ed)nes f. desolation, destruction.

āwēstend m. devastator, W 20019.

āwexen = āweaxen pp. of āweaxan.

+āwian (AS 429) = +ēawian

āwīdlian to profane, defile.

āwierdan (e, y) to spoil, injure, hurt, corrupt, seduce, destroy, kill, CP.

āwierding (y) f. corruption, blemish, HGl 42157.

āwierg-an, -ian (æ, e, i, y) I. to curse, damn, denounce, outlaw, Æ, Mt, CP; VPs. sē āwier(ge)da fiend, devil. [‘awarie’]

II. = āwyrgan

āwiht I. n. ‘aught,’ anything, something, Ps.

II. adv. at all, by any means. tō āhte at all.

III. good, of value, Æ.

āwildian to become wild, Æ, LL.

āwillan = āwyllan

āwille (WW) = ānwille II.

āwindan3 to wind, bend, plait: slip from, withdraw, escape, CP: become relaxed? W 1483.

āwindwian (y) to winnow, blow away, disperse, Ps.

āwinnan3 to labour, strive, JnL: gain, overcome, endure, Da. [‘awin’]

āwirgan = I. āwyrgan.

II. āwyrgian

āwirgnes = āwyrgednes

āwisc- = ǣwisc-

āwisnian to become dry, wither.

āwistlian to hiss, W 14737. [hwistlian]

āwlacian to be or become lukewarm.

āwlǣtan to befoul, make loathsome, defile, Æ.

āwlancian to exult, to be proud, OEG 1159.

āwlencan to make proud, enrich, DR 591.

āwlyspian to ‘lisp,’ MLN 4·279 (NC 338).

āwo = ā (āwa)

āwoffian to become proud, insolent: rave, be delirious, insane, Æ.

āwōgian to woo, Æ.

āwōh (crookedly), wrongfully, unjustly, LL. [= on wōh]

āwol = āwel

āwolfigan = āwoffian

āwonian (DR) = āwanian

āwor = āfor

āwordennes f. degeneration, WW 8721.

āworpednes (EPs 217) = āworpennes

āworpenlic worthy of condemnation, CP. adv. -līce vilely.

ā-worpennes, -worpnes f. rejection, what is cast away: exposure (of children).

āwrǣnan to make wanton, Lcd 54b.

āwrǣstan to wrest from, extort, WW 39737.

āwrecan5 to thrust out, drive away: strike, pierce: utter, sing, relate, recite: punish, avenge, LL, ChrL. [‘awreak’]

āwreccan to arouse, awake, Æ.

āwregennes = onwrigenes

āwrēon1,2 (= on-) to disclose, discover, reveal: cover, NG.

āwreðian to support, uphold, CP.

āwrīdian to originate, spring from.

āwrigenes = onwrigennes

āwringan3 to wring, squeeze out, Æ.

āwrit n. a writing.

āwrītan1 to write, write down, describe, compose, CP; Æ, AO, Chr: mark, inscribe, draw, carve, copy. [‘awrite’]

āwrīðan1 I. to turn, wind, bind up, bind, wreathe.

II. = onwrīðan

awrygenes = onwrigenes

āwðer, āwðor = āhwæðer

āwuht = āwiht

āwul = āwel

āwuldrian to glorify (N).

āwundrian to wonder, wonder at, admire.

āwunian to remain, continue, BH.

āwunigende ptc. continual.

āwurt-walian, -warian = āwyrtwalian

āwurðan = āweorðan

āwyht = āwiht

āwylian to roll, Æ.

āwyllan to bring into commotion, boil, Æ.

āwylm = ǣwielm

āwyltan, āwylwan to roll, roll away, Æ: harass, DR (æ).

āwyndwian = āwindwian

āwyrcan to do.

āwyrd- (Æ) = āwierd-

āwyrdla = æfwyrdla

āwyrdnes hurt, harm, destruction, Æ: defilement.

āwyrg- = āwierg-

āwyrgan (i, ie) to strangle, suffocate, AO (i), Æ. [‘aworry’]

āwyrgedlic, āwyrgendlic detestable, shameful, abominable.

āwyrgednes f. wickedness, Æ: curse, cursing. [wearg]

āwyrgodnes = āwyrgednes

āwyrigende accursed, Æ.

āwyrigung f. a curse, Æ.

āwyrn (Men 101) = āhwærgen

āwyrpan (= ie) to recover (from illness), ÆH 1·53428.

āwyrtlian = āwyrtwalian

āwyrtwalian to root out, CP.

āwyrðung f. stain, aspersion, HGl 421.

ax- = asc-, ox-

āx- = āsc-

axe = æcs

āȳdan (OEG 8108) = āīdan

āȳdlian = āīdlian

āyldan to delay, GD 2122. [ieldan]

āyrnan = āiernan

āȳtan to drive out. [ūt]

āyttan = āettan

B

bā nafn. and am. of bēgen both.

bac- v. bæc.

bacan6 to ‘bake,’ Æ.

bacas nap. of bæc II.

bacca m. ridge, BC (bacce f. Mdf).

bacu nap. of bæc I.

bād I. f. forced contribution, impost, pledge, LL: expectation. [bīdan]

II. (±) pret. 3 sg. of bīdan.

-bādere v. nīed-b.

bādian to take a pledge or fine, LL.

bæ- = ba-, be-, bea-

bæc I. n. ‘back,’ Bo, MtL, Ps; CP. on b. backwards, behind, ‘aback.’ on b. settan, lǣtan to neglect. ofer b. backwards, back. under b. behind, backwards, back. ofer b. būgan to turn back, flee. clǣne b. habban to be straightforward, honest, LL 128[5].

II. mfn. beck, brook. v. ES 29·411.

bæcbord n. left side of a ship, larboard, AO.

bæce = bæc II.

bǣce = bēce

bǣcen- = bēacen-

bæcere I. m. ‘baker,’ Æ.

II. = bæzere

bæcering m. gridiron, WW.

bæcern n. bakery, bakehouse, Æ.

bæcestre fm. baker, Æ. [‘baxter’]

bæceð, bæcð, pres. 3 sg. of bacan.

bæcistre = bæcestre

bæcling, bæclinga (on) adv. backwards, behind. on b. gewend having one’s back turned, Æ.

bæcslitol adj. backbiting, W 7216.

bæcðearm m. rectum; pl. bowels, entrails, Æ.

+bæcu np. back parts, LPs.

bæd I. pret. 3 sg. of biddan.

II. = bed

bǣdan to urge on, impel, CP: solicit, require: afflict, oppress.

bædan to defile, EPs 781.

bædd == bedd

bæddæg ‘epiphania,’ DR.

bǣddel m. effeminate person, hermaphrodite, WW. [v. ‘bad’]

bæddryda = bedrida

bædend m. inciter, WW.

bǣdewēg n. drinking vessel. [wǣge]

bǣdling m. effeminate or impure male person, WW. [‘badling’]

bǣdon pret. pl. of biddan.

bædryda = bedrida

bædzere = bæzere

bæfta, bæftan (Mt; Æ) = beæftan

bæftansittende idle, ÆGr 522.

-bæftian (ea1, a2) v. hand-b.

bǣg = bēag

bǣgen = bēgen

bǣh = bēag

bǣl n. fire, flame, B: funeral pyre, bonfire. [‘bale’]

bǣlblys, -blyse, -blæse † f. blaze of a fire, funereal blaze.

bælc I. † m. pride, arrogance.

II. m. covering, cloud? Ex 73.

bælcan † to cry out.

+bælcan to root up, CPs 7914.

bældan = bieldan

bældo (CP), bældu = bieldo

bǣlegsa m. terror of fire, Ex 121.

bǣlfȳr n. ‘bale-fire,’ funeral or sacrificial fire, B.

bælg, bælig (NG) == belg

bǣlstede m. place of a funeral pile, B 3097.

bǣl-ðracu f. (ds. -ðræce) violence of fire, Ph 270.

bǣlwudu m. wood for a funeral pile, B 3112.

bǣlwylm m. flames of a funeral-fire, Jul 336.

bǣm = bām (v. bēgen)

bænd == bend

+bǣne? bones, NC 292.

bǣnen made of bone, Æ.

bær I. gsmn. bares ‘bare,’ uncovered, Bo: naked, unclothed, Gen.

II. pret. 3 sg. of beran.

bǣr I. f. ‘bier,’ El; Æ: handbarrow, litter, bed, BH, JnR. [beran]

II. a pasture? KC (BT).

III. = bār (AB 14·233).

+bǣran to behave, conduct oneself, CP: fare, B 2824: ‘exultare,’ PPs. [‘i-bere’]

bærbær barbarous, EPs 1131.

bǣrdisc m. tray, WW. [beran]

bære = bere pres. 1 sing. of beran.

bære- = bere-

-bǣre suffix (from beran); forms derivatives from substantives, as in cwealmbǣre. [Ger. -bar]

bǣre == bǣr

+bǣre n. manner, behaviour, El: gesture, cry: action. [‘i-bere’; beran]

bærfōt barefoot.

bærhtm (A) = bearhtm

bærlic I. adj. of barley, KC 6·7910.

II. open, clear, public. adv. -līce.

bǣrmann m. bearer, porter, Æ. [‘berman’]

bærn = bereærn

±bærnan (e) to cause to burn, kindle, burn, consume, Sol; AO, VPs. [v. ‘burn’]

bærnelāc (e) n. burnt-offering, PPs.

+bǣrnes f. bearing, manner, WW 52913.

bærnett (y2) n. burning, burn, cautery, Æ: arson, LL.

bærning f. burning: burnt offering, BPs 5018.

bærnīsen n. branding-iron, OEG 7113.

bærnnes, bærnes f. burning.

bæro = bearu

bǣron pret. pl. of beran.

bærs m. a fish, perch, Gl. [Ger. barsch]

+bǣrscipe (LkL) = +bēorscipe

bærst pret. 3 sg. of berstan.

bærstl- = brastl-

bærsynnig m. notoriously wicked person, publican, NG.

+bǣru v. +bǣre.

bærwe = bearwe

bæst mn.? inner bark of trees, ‘bast,’ Æ, OET.

bæsten made of bast.

bæstere = bæzere

bǣtan I. to bait, hunt, worry, Æ. [v. ‘bait’]: (BT) make fast? (Sedgef. = III.)

II. to beat against the wind? Bo 14431. [ON. beita]

III. to furnish with a bit or bridle, saddle, curb.

+bǣte, +bǣtel n. bit, bridle, pl. trappings, BH.

bætera, bættra = betera

bǣtung (ē) f. beating (against the wind?) (BT), cable (Sedgef.), Bo 14431.

bæð n. nap. baðu ‘bath,’ action of bathing, Lcd: laver, AO: liquid in which one bathes, medicinal spring, BH, KC. ganotes b. gannet’s bath (i.e. the sea), B.

bæðcere m. bather.

bæðere = bæzere

bæðern n. bath-house, NC 272.

bæðfæt n. bathing-tub, LL 455[17].

bæðhūs n. bathing-place, Æ.

bæðian = baðian

bæðsealf f. bathing-salve, Lcd.

bæðstede m., bæðstōw f. bathing-place, WW.

bæðweg † m. sea.

bæzere m. baptiser, baptist. [= L. baptista]

bal- = beal-

balc, balca m. bank, ridge, Bo, WW. [‘balk’]

ballīce (NG) = bealdlīce

bal-sam, -samum n. ‘balsam,’ balm, BH.

balsmēðe f. bergamot, Lcd 3·9023.

balsminte f. balsam-mint, water-mint, WW 1366.

balzam n., balzame f. = balsam

bām dmfn. of bēgen.

+ban = +bann

±bān n. ‘bone,’ tusk, Jn, Æ, Gl; AO, CP: the bone of a limb.

bana (o) m. killer, slayer, murderer, B; Chr: the devil: (f.) murderess, A 10·155. [‘bane’]

bānbeorge f. leg-armour, greaves, WW.

bānbryce m. fracture of a bone, Lcd.

bāncofa † m. the bodily frame.

ban-coða m., -coðu f. baneful disease.

band pret. 3 sg. of bindan.

bānece in pain in the thigh, Lcd.

bān-fæt † n. nap. -fatu body, corpse.

bānfāg adorned with bonework (deer antlers?), B 781.

bangār (o) m. murdering spear, B 2031.

bāngeberg n. = bānbeorge

bāngebrec n. fracture of a bone, An 1439.

bānhelm m. helmet, shield? Fin 30 (v. also bārhelm).

bānhring † m. vertebra, joint.

bānhūs † n. body, chest, breast. bānhūses weard the mind, Ex 523.

bānlēas boneless, Rd 463.

bānloca † m. joint, limb.

+bann n. proclamation, summons, command, Æ, CP: indiction (cycle of 15 years).

±bannan7 to summon, command, proclaim. b. ūt call out, Chr.

bannend m. summoner, Gl.

+banngēar (-gēr) n. indiction, year of the indiction.

bannuc m. a sort of cake, OEG.

bānrift (y) n. leggings, leg-armour, greaves, Gl, WW (-rist).

bānsealf f. salve for pain in the bones, Lcd 138b.

bānsele ‡ m. (bone-house), body.

bānwærc m. pain in the bones, WW 20012.

banweorc n. homicide, murder, LL 244, 32, 4d.

bānwyrt f. violet? small knapweed? Lcd.

bār (ǣ) m. ‘boar,’ ÆGr.

bara, bare wk. forms of bær, adj.

barda m. beaked ship, WW 28912.

bārhelm m. helmet with the image of a boar? Fin 30 (v. also bānhelm).

barian to lay bare, uncover: depopulate, W 3105. [bær I.]

barice = bearrige

barm = bearm

barn I. pret. 3 sg. of biernan.

II. = bearn

barrige = bearrige

bārspere n. boar spear.

bārsprēot m. boar spear.

barstlung = brastlung

barð m. barque, ‘dromo,’ WW 18129.

barða = barda

baru napn. of bær adj.

basilisca m. basilisk, PPs 9013.

basing m. cloak, Æ.

±bāsnian to await, expect.

bāsnung f. expectation (N).

bastard m. bastard, Chr 1066d. [OFr.]

basu (e, ea, eo) gsmn. baswes purple, scarlet, crimson. baswa stān topaz.

basuhǣwen purple.

+baswian to stain red, ES 33·177.

bāt I. fm. ‘boat’, ship, vessel, Chr.

II. pret. 3 sg. of bītan.

batian to batten, fatten, CP 17320: heal: grow better, Æ.

bātswegen m. boatman, EC 254.

batt bat, cudgel, club, OEG 18b18.

bātwā = būtū

bātweard m. ship’s watchman, B 1900.

bað = bæð

±baðian to wash, lave, ‘bathe’ (tr. and intr.), give baths (to others), Lcd; Æ, AO.

baðu v. bæð.

be- prefix. 1. specializes the meaning of a tr. vb. (as in behōn, besettan). 2. makes an intr. vb. transitive (beswīcan, beðencan). 3. is privative (bedǣlan, belīðan). 4. does not alter the meaning (becuman).

be prep. w. d. and instr. (of place) ‘by,’ near, in, on, upon, with, along, at, to. be eallum altogether. be fullan in full: (of time) in, about, by, before, while, during: for, because of, in consideration of, by, by means of, through, in conformity with, in comparison with: about, concerning, in reference to: on penalty of. be āwihte in any respect. be fullan in excess. be sumum dǣle partly. be ānfealdum single. be twīfealdum two-fold. be fullan fully, perfectly. be ðām mǣstan at the most. be ðām (ðān) ðe because, as, according as, how. be norðan, sūðan to the north, south of.... be æftan = beæftan

bēacen (ē) n. ‘beacon,’ sign, token, phenomenon, portent, apparition, JnL (ē): standard, banner, B.

bēacenfȳr n. beacon fire, lighthouse, OET 1807 (ǣ).

bēacenstān m. stone on which to light a beacon fire, WW.

bēacn- = bīecn-, bīcn-

bead = bed

bēad I. pret. 3 sg. of bēodan.

II. (NG) = bēod

beado == beadu

beadowig = bǣdewēg

beadu † f. gds. beaduwe, beadowe war, battle, fighting, strife.

beaducāf bold in battle, Rd 111.

beaducræft m. skill in war, An 219.

beaducræftig † warlike.

beaducwealm m. violent death, An 1704.

beadufolm f. battle-hand, B 990.

beadugrīma m. war-mask, helmet, B 2257.

beaduhrægl † n. coat of mail.

beadulāc † n. war-play, battle.

beadulēoma m. (battle-light), sword, B 1523.

beadumægen n. battle strength, force, Ex 329.

beadumēce m. battle-sword, B 1454.

beadurǣs m. rush of battle, Ma 111.

beadurinc † m. warrior, soldier.

beadurōf † strong in battle, renowned in war.

beadurūn f. secret of a quarrel, B 501.

beaduscearp keen in battle (sword), B 2704.

beaduscrūd n. coat of mail, B 453; 2660?

beadusearo n. war equipment, Ex 572.

beaduserce f. coat of mail, B 2755.

beaduðrēat m. war-band, army, El 31.

beaduwǣpen † n. weapon of war.

beaduwang † m. battlefield.

beaduweorc † n. work of battle, warlike operation.

beaduwraǣd (o2) m. fighting company, Lcd 125b.

beæftan I. adv. after, hereafter, afterwards, behind, AO; CP (bi-). [‘baft’]

II. prep. w. d. after, behind.

beǣwnian to join in marriage, marry, Chr 1052d. [ǣw]

beaftan to lament, MtL 1117. [= be-hafetian; ‘beft’]

bēag I. (ǣ, ē) m. ring (as ornament or as money), coil, bracelet, collar, crown, garland, Æ; CP. [‘bee’; būgan]

II. pret. 3 sg. of būgan.

bēag-gifa, -gyfa † m. ring-giver, lord, king, generous chief.

bēaggifu (bēah-) † f. ring-giving.

bēaghord (h) † n. ring-hoard.

bēaghroden † diademed, adorned with rings or armlets.

bēaghyrne (h) f. corner of the eye, WW 15641.

bēagian (ē) to crown.

bēag-sel n., -sele † m. hall in which rings are distributed.

bēagðegu (h) f. receiving of rings, B 2176.

bēagwīse n. round shape, GD 34315.

bēagwriða (h) m. armlet, B 2018.

bēah I. = bēag

II. pret. 3 sg. of būgan.

beāh- = bēag-

beāhsian to ask advice, Bl 19929; 20528.

bealanīð = bealunīð

bealcan, bealcettan to ‘belch,’ utter, bring up, splutter out, give forth, emit, Ps; Æ: come forth.

beald (a) ‘bold,’ brave, confident, strong, Ps; AO, CP: impudent.

bealde adv. boldly, courageously, confidently: without hesitation, immediately.

bealdian to be bold, B 2177. [‘bold’]

bealdlīce ‘boldly,’ Jul.

bealdnes (a) f. boldness.

bealdor † m. lord, master, hero.

bealdwyrde bold of speech, Æ.

beale- = bealu-

bealg, bealh pret. 3 sg. of belgan.

beallucas mp. ‘testiculi,’ Gl. [‘ballock’]

bealo = bealu

bealo- = bealu-

bealu I. † gs. b(e)al(u)wes n. ‘bale,’ harm, injury, destruction, ruin, evil, mischief, Sat, Ps, Chr: wickedness, malice: a noxious thing, Æ.

II. adj. baleful, deadly, dangerous, wicked, evil.

bealubend m. pernicious bond, W 1782.

bealubenn f. mortal wound, Ex 238.

bealublonden pernicious, GnE 198.

bealuclomm mf. oppressive bond, Hell 65.

bealucræft m. magic art, Met 2675.

bealucwealm m. violent death, B 2265.

bealudǣd † f. evil deed, sin.

bealuful ‘baleful,’ dire, wicked, cruel, Cr.

bealufūs prone to sin, Rim 50.

bealu-hycgende ‡, -hȳdig ‡ meditating mischief.

bealuinwit n. deceit, treachery, PPs 5424.

bealulēas † harmless, innocent, Chr, Gn. [‘baleless’]

bealunīð † m. malice, wickedness.

bealurāp m. oppressive fetter, Cr 365.

bealusearu n. wicked machination, Jul 473.

bealusīð † m. hurt, adversity: death.

bealusorg f. dire sorrow, Ph 409.

bealuspell n. baleful message, Ex 510.

bealuðonc m. evil thought, Jul 469.

bealuwes, bealwes v. bealu.

bēam I. m. tree, KC, Rd: ‘beam,’ rafter, piece of wood, Chr, Mt; CP, Mdf: cross, gallows, Cr: (†) ship, Rd: column, pillar: sunbeam, Chr, Ps: metal girder, AO.

II. (NG) = bȳme

bēamere (Mt) = bȳmere

bēamsceadu † f. shade of a tree.

bēamtelg ‡ m. wood-dye, carbonaceous ink.

bēamweg m. road made with logs, BC 1·417´.

bēamwer m. wooden weir? BC 2·242´.

bēan (īe) f. ‘bean,’ pea, legume, Lcd; Mdf.

bēan-belgas, -coddas (Lk) mp. bean-pods, husks or cods. [v. ‘cod’]

bēancynn n. a kind of bean, WW 2053.

bēanen adj. of beans, Lcd 1·2829.

bēanlēag f. land where beans grow, KC 5·265. [v. ‘bean’]

bēanmelu n. bean meal, Lcd 31b.

bēansǣd n. bean seed.

bēanscalu f. bean-pod, OEG 608.

bēar (NG) = bēor

bearce (æ) f. barking, Gl.

beard m. ‘beard,’ VPs; Æ.

+bearded having a beard, GD 27914.

beardlēas beardless, youthful.

bearg I. m. ‘barrow’ pig, hog, Mt (e), Rd.

II. pret. 3 sg. of beorgan.

bearh = bearg I. and II.

bearht == beorht

bearhtm I. (br-, e, eo, y) m. brightness, flash: twinkling (of an eye), instant.

II. == breahtm

bearhtme adv. instantly.

bearhtmhwæt swift as the twinkling of an eye, momentary, Az 107 (br-).

bearhtmhwīl f. moment, twinkling of an eye, point of time, GD.

bearm I. (a) m. lap, bosom, breast, Lk: middle, inside: (†) possession.

II. emotion, excitement? PPs 118.

III. = beorma

bearmclāð n. apron.

bearmrægl n. apron. [hrægl]

bearmtēag yeast-box, LL 455[17].

bearn I. (a, eo) n. child, son, descendant, offspring, issue, B, Mt, TC; AO, CP. lēoda b. children of men. [‘bairn’]

II. = barn pret. 3 sg. of biernan.

III. pret. 3 sg. of beiernan.

IV. = bereærn

bearnan (N) = biernan

bearncennicge mother, DR.

bearn-ēaca (CP, Æ), -ēacen (CP), -eacnod, -ēacnigende (Æ) pregnant.

bearnende (NG) = biernende ptc. of biernan.

bearngebyrda fp. child-bearing, B 946.

bearngestrēon n. procreation of children, Rd 2127.

bearnlēas childless, Æ.

bearnlēast (ē2) f. childlessness.

bearnlufe affection (for a child), adoption, BH 45411.

bearn-myrðra m., -myrðre f. murderer or murderess of a child.

bearntēam m. offspring, posterity, AO: procreation of children, HL. [‘bairnteam’]

bearo == bearu

bearrige f? ‘braugina,’ ‘baruina,’ Gl.

bears == bærs

bēarscipe = bēorscipe

±bearu gs. bearwes m. grove, wood, BH; CP; Mdf. [berwe]

bearug = bearg

bearunæs m. woody shore, Rd 585.

bearwe (æ) f. basket, wheelbarrow, LL 45515.

bearwes v. bearu.

beasu = basu I.

+bēat n. scourging, Æ.

±bēatan7 pret. bēot and (rarely) beoft (ES 38·28) to ‘beat,’ strike, thrust, dash, Bo, Bl, Ps: hurt, injure, Da 265: tramp, tread, B.

bēatere m. beater, boxer, Æ.

bēaw m. gad-fly, WW.

bebaðian to bathe, wash (tr. intr. and refl.).

bebēodan2 to offer, commit, entrust, CP: bid, enjoin, instruct, command, require, Æ, Lk; AO, CP: announce, proclaim. [‘bibede’]

bebēodend m. commander, master, CP.

bebēodendlic commanding, imperative, ÆGr.

bebeorgan3 to be on one’s guard, defend, protect, B. [‘bibergh’]

beber (WW 1114) = befer

beberan4 to carry to, supply with.

bebindan3 to bind about, bind fast, Æ.

be-birgan, -birigan = bebyrgan

bebītan (bibī-) to bite, Cp 251m.

beblāwan to blow upon.

bebod n. command, injunction, order, decree, Mt; Æ, AO, CP. ðā bebodu the (ten) commandments. [‘bibod’]

beboddæg m. appointed day, A 11·10267.

bebodian wv. = bebēodan

bebodrǣden f. command, authority, LPs 118110.

bebrǣdan to spread, cover, MH 4419.

bebrecan4 to break to pieces, Sol 295.

bebregdan3 to pretend, LkL 2020.

bebrūcan2 to practise: consume (food).

bebūgan2 to flow round, surround, enclose: turn from, shun, avoid, El: reach, extend. [‘bibugh’]

bebycgan (A) to sell.

bebycgung f. selling, WW.

bebyrdan to fringe, border, WW 37541.

be-byrgan (AO) -byrian I. to raise a mound to, bury, inter, Æ. [‘bebury’]

II. = bebeorgan

be-byrgednes, -byrig(ed)nes f. burial, burying.

bebyrig- = bebyrg-

bebyrwan (?= -bȳwan, BT) to rub over, GD 3183.

bec = bæc

bēc v. bōc.

becæfian to ornament, WW 13722.

+bēcan to make over in writing, grant by charter, EC 202´.

becc = bæc II.

becca m. pick, mattock, WW; Æ. [‘beck’; and v. Indog. Forschungen 24]

beccen m. buyer, WW (KGl) 7536. [= bycgend]

bece m. = bæc II.

bēce (oe) f. ‘beech’ (tree), Gl. (v. also bōc.)

becēapian1 to sell, Æ: buy, Æ.

becefed = becæfed, pp. of becæfian.

bēcen I. ‘beechen,’ made of beechwood, Lcd, WW.

II. (NG) = bēacen

beceorfan3 to cut, cut off, separate, Æ. hēafde b. to behead.

beceorian to murmur at, complain of.

becēowan2 to gnaw in pieces, Soul 111.

becēpan I. to take notice of, LPs.

II. = becȳpan

beceð pres. 3 sg. of bacan.

becīdan to complain of, ÆH 2·4706.

becierran (e, y) to turn, turn round, pass by, avoid, Met; CP: wind, twist: pervert, Chr: give up, betray. [‘bicharre’]

beclǣman to plaster over, poultice, Lcd.

beclǣnsian to cleanse, SPs 1814.

beclemman to bind, enclose, Sol 71.

beclencan to hold fast, LPs 10418.

beclēsung = beclȳsung

beclingan3 enclose, bind, El 696.

beclipð (CP) = beclypð pres. 3 sg. of beclyppan.

beclīsung = beclȳsung

beclypian (eo) to accuse, challenge, sue at law, LL. [‘beclepe’]

beclyppan to clasp, embrace, encompass, hold, Æ.

beclypping f. embrace, OEG.

beclȳsan to close, shut up, enclose, confine, imprison, Æ. [clūse]

beclȳsung f. enclosure, cell, OEG 1522: period, syllogism, OEG.

bēcn = bēacen(e)n

becnāwan7 to know, RB.

becnedan5 to knead up, Lcd 93a.

bēcnydlic = bȳcnendlic

becnyttan to knit, tie, bind, Æ, CP.

becol-a? m., -e? f. spectre, WW 53033.

bēcrǣding = bōcrǣding

becrēopan2 to creep into, crawl, AO: be hidden, Æ.

becst pres. 2 sg. of bacan.

bēctrēow = bōctrēow

becuman4 to happen, befall, Æ: come, approach, arrive, enter, meet with, fall in with, B; Æ, AO, CP: happen, befall, Bo, Æ: (impers.) befit, MkL 1431. [‘become’]

bēcun (NG) = bēacan

becwelan4 to die, LL 400 (1).

becweðan5 to say: speak to, address, exhort, admonish, blame, Ps: ‘bequeath,’ leave by will, KC; Æ.

becweðere m. interpreter, translator, EHy 16 (proem.).

becwyddod bespoken, deposited, WW 11539.

becwylman? to torment (BT).

becyme m. event, result, BH 37219.

becȳpan to sell.

becyrran = becierran

±bed I. n. prayer, supplication, Æ, CP: religious ordinance, service, Æ.

II. = bedd

III. = bæd pret. 3 sg. of biddan.

bedǣlan to deprive, strip, bereave of, rob, Æ: release, free from. [‘bedeal’]

bēdan = bēodan

+bēdan = +bædan

bedbǣr (ē) f. portable bed, NG.

+bedbigen f. payment for prayers, LL 258 (51). [bycgan]

bedbolster m. bolster, pillow, WW 12420.

bedbūr n. bed-chamber, HGl 481.

±bedcleofa (e, i, y) m. bedroom, chamber: lair, Ps.

bed-cofa m., -cofe f. bedchamber.

bedd n. ‘bed,’ couch, resting-place, Jn, KC; CP: garden-bed, plot, Lcd; Mdf.

+bedda f. consort, wife, B. [‘i-bedde’]

±beddagas mpl. rogation days.

beddclāð m. bed-covering; pl. bed-clothes.

beddclyfa = bedcleofa

beddgemāna m. cohabitation, CP 9925.

beddian to make a ‘bed,’ WW: provide one with a bed, LL.

bedding f. ‘bedding,’ bed-covering, LPs, WW; Æ: bed.

beddrēaf = bedrēaf

beddreda (i, y) = bedreda

beddrest † f. bed.

beddstōw f. bed, BH 41012.

be-dēaglian (-dēahl) = bedīglian

bedecian to beg, Æ, CP.

bedēglian = bedīglian

bedēlan = bedǣlan

bedelfan3 to dig round, Lk: bury, Rood; AO. [‘bedelve’]

bedelfung f. digging round, WW 14911.

beden pp. of biddan.

bedēpan (VPs) = bedīpan

bedeppan = bedyppan

bedfelt mn. bed-covering, RB 9116.

bedgerid n. (ant’s) nest, Lcd 118a.

+bedgiht f. evening, WW 1178.

±bedhūs n. chapel, oratory, Æ.

+bedian to pray, worship, BH 40829.

bedīcian to surround with a dyke, embank, fortify, Chr 1016e.

bedidrian = bedydrian

bedīeglan = bedīglian

be-dīglian (-dīhl-; ēa, ē, īe) to conceal, hide, obscure, keep secret, Æ: be concealed, lie hid.

bedīgling f. secret place, RPs 808.

beding = bedding

bedīolan (K) = bedīeglan

bedīpan (ē, ȳ) to dip, immerse: anoint, CPs 1405.

+bedmann m. worshipper, priest.

bedōn to shut, PPs 1472. [‘bedo’]

bedol = bedul

±bedrǣden f. prayer, intercession, Æ.

bedragan v. pp. bedrōg.

bedrēaf n. bed-clothes, bedding, Æ.

bedreda (i, y) m. (and adj.) ‘bedridden’ (man), Æ.

bedrēf = bedrēaf

bedrēosan2 to overcome, deceive? Gen 528, 823: deprive of, bereave, despoil.

bedrest = beddrest

bedrida = bedreda

bedrīfan1 to drive, beat, strike, assail, AO: follow up, pursue: surround, cover.

bedrincan3 to drink up, absorb, Lcd.

bedrīp n. compulsory service rendered to a landowner at harvest time, LL. [‘bedrip’]

bedrōg beguiled, Gen 602.

bedrūgian to dry up, Lcd 1·3364.

bedryda = bedreda

bedrȳpan to moisten, GPH 39118.

+bedscipe † m. cohabitation, wedlock.

+bedstōw f. place of prayer, oratory.

bedstrēaw n. straw for bedding, ÆL 31572.

bedtīd f. bed-time, WW 1762.

+bedtīd time of prayer, MH 12618.

bed-ðegn, -ðen, m. chamber-servant, chamberlain, WW.

bedu f. asking, prayer, CP. [Goth. bida]

bedūfan2 immerse, submerge, drown, Æ. [‘bedove’]

bedul suppliant, WW 18012.

bedwāhrift n. bed-curtain, Ct.

bedydrian to conceal from, Æ: deceive, Æ.

bedȳfan to immerse, GD 7324; CPs 6816.

bedȳglan = bedīeglan

bedȳpan = bedīpan

be-dyppan (e), to dip, immerse, Æ, Mt. [‘bedip’]

bedyrnan to conceal. [dierne]

beēastan to the east of, AO, Chr.

beēastannorðan to the north-east of, AO.

beebbian to leave aground by the ebb tide, strand, Chr 897a.

beefesian to cut off the hair, ÆL 3384.

beerf- = beyrf-

befædman = befæðman

befǣlon pret. 3 pl. of befēolan.

befæstan to fasten, fix, ground, establish, make safe, put in safe keeping, Æ, CP: apply, utilize: commend, entrust to, Æ, CP.

befæstnian (ea) to fix, Æ: pledge, betroth.

befættian to fatten, anoint, LPs 1405.

befæðman, -mian to encircle, Æ.

befaran6 to go, go round or among, traverse, encompass, surround, AO: come upon, surprise, catch, LL 230, 13, 1.

befealdan7 to fold, roll up, envelop, clasp, surround, involve, cover, Æ, CP: attach.

befeallan I. (sv7) to fall, Mt, CP; Æ: deprive of, bereave of: fall to, be assigned to: ‘befall,’ ÆGr.

II. = befyllan

befeastnian (NG) = befæstan

befēgan to join, ÆL 23425.

befelgan = befylgan

befellan = befyllan

befelðrǣd = hefeldðrǣd (HGl 489)

befeohtan3 to take by fighting, Rd 432. [‘befight’]

befēolan3 to put away, bury: deliver, grant, consign, entrust to, Ps: betake oneself to, apply oneself, devote oneself to, persist, persevere, CP: importune: put up with, be pleased with. [‘bifele’]

befeolhan = befēolan

befēon to deprive of property, OEG 3157.

befer (eo, y) m. ‘beaver,’ ÆGr (eo); Mdf.

befēran to surround, Æ: come upon, overtake, pass by: go about: fall among, NG.

befician to deceive, LL (32024).

befīlan = befȳlan

befilgan = befylgan

befiod (HGl 480) pp. of befēon.

beflēan6 to peel, skin, flay, WW. beflagen flǣsc entrails. [‘beflay’]

beflēogan2 to fly upon, BH. [‘befly’]

beflēon2 (w. a.) to flee from, flee, escape, avoid, Ps; CP. [‘beflee’]

beflōwan7 to flow round, over, Wif. [‘beflow’]

befōn7 to surround, clasp, include, envelop, encase, clothe, Bl; Æ, AO, CP: comprehend, seize, attach (at law), lay hold of, catch, ensnare, Gen: contain, receive, conceive: explain, CP. wordum b. tell, relate. on b. have to do with, engage in. [‘befong’]

befor = befer

beforan I. prep. α. (w. d.) (local) ‘before,’ in front of, in the presence of: (temporal) before, prior to, sooner than. β. (w. a.) before.

II. adv. (local) before, in front: (temporal) before, formerly, in former times, earlier, sooner: at hand, openly.

beforhtian to dread, Æ 23b525.

befōtian to cut off one’s feet, Æ 25117.

befrēogan to free, liberate, Ps.

be-frīnan, -frignan3 to question, ask, learn, Æ.

befrīnung f. inquiry, investigation, OEG 2309.

befrȳnan = befrīnan

beftan = beæftan

befullan entirely, completely, perfectly, CP 520.

befȳlan (ī) to befoul, defile, Lcd; Æ. [‘befile’]

befylgan to follow after, pursue, persevere with, Lcd.

befyllan I. to fell, lay low, strike down: (†) take by killing, bereave, rob. [feallan]

II. to fill up. [full]

bēg = bēag

bēga gmfn. of bēgen.

begalan6 to sing incantations over, enchant, Lcd; Æ. [‘bigale’]

begān to go over, traverse, Æ: get to, come by, fall into: go to, visit, care for, cultivate, AO: occupy, Æ, BH, Lcd: surround, Chr. ūtan b. besiege: practise, do, engage in, perform, attend to, be diligent about, Æ, CP: honour, serve, worship: profess. on borh b. pledge oneself, CP. [‘bego’]

bēgan = bīegan

begang m. †way, course, circuit, extent: district, region: business, undertaking, practice, exercise, service, reverence, worship: cultivation, GD. [= bīgeng]

beganga = bīgenga

begangan = begān

begangol (bigeong-) m.? cultivator, LkR: worship, DR.

be-gānnes, -gangnes f. ‘calendæ,’ celebration.

begbēam m. bramble, thorn-bush.

bēge = bēgen

bēgea = bēga

bēgean = bīegan

begēat I. m. attainment, Æ: acquisitions, property, Æ.

II. pret. 3 sg. of begēotan.

begēm- = begīm-

begēmen (KGl) = begīmen

bēgen nm. (but where one thing is m. and the other f. or n., the nom. is bā, bū), nf. bā, nn. bū; gmfn. bēg(e)a, bēgra; dimfn. bǣm, bām; am. bū; af. bā; an. bū both. v. also būtū. [‘bo’]

begenga = bīgenga

begēomerian to lament, W 7515.

begeondan (AO, CP), begeonde, -geonan, prep. w. a. d.; and adv. ‘beyond,’ on the other side, Æ, Chr, Jn.

begeotan = begietan

begēotan2 to pour over or upon, anoint, infuse, flood (with), sprinkle, cover with fluid, Chr; Æ. [‘bigeten’; Ger. begiessen]

beger n. berry, Gl.

beget = begeat pret. 3 sg. of begietan.

begeten pp. of (1) begēotan, (2) begietan.

bēgian = bēagian

begiellan3 to sing, celebrate, Seaf 24.

begietan5 (e, i, y) to get, find, acquire, attain, receive, take, seize, AO, CP: happen: beget.

begietend (e) m. one who gets, WW 21425.

begīman (ȳ) to look after, take care of: do service, attend: take heed, observe.

begīmen f. attention, observation.

begīming f. invention, device: observance: care, regard, OEG (ȳ).

begīnan1 to open the mouth wide, swallow.

beginnan3 to ‘begin,’ Æ; AO, CP: attempt, undertake, Æ: attack, AO.

begir = beger

begirdan = begyrdan

begitan (AO, CP) = begietan

begleddian to befoul, pollute, Æ: stain, dye, Æ.

beglīdan1 to leave, desert, PPs 561.

begnagan6 to gnaw.

begneorð? attentive, BH 3702 (?= *becneord, BT).

begnīdan1 to rub thoroughly, Lcd 50a.

begnornian to mourn for, B 3179.

begong = begang

bēgra gmfn. of bēgen.

begrǣtan = begrētan

begrafan5 to bury, El 835. [‘begrave’]

begrētan to lament, PPs 7763.

begrindan3 † to grind, polish, sharpen: deprive of, rob.

begrīpan1 to grip, seize: chide, Ps. [‘begripe’]

begriwen ptc. steeped in, Æ.

begroren overwhelmed, Sat 52.

begrornian = begnornian

begrynian to ensnare, entrap. [grīn]

begȳm- = begīm-

begyrdan to gird, clothe, Æ: surround, fortify, CP.

begytan = begietan

bēh = bēag, bēah

behabban to include, hold, surround, comprehend, contain, AO, CP: detain, withhold.

behādian to unfrock (a priest), LL.

behæfednes f. restraint, temperance.

behæpsian to fasten a door, ÆL 31214.

behǣs f. promise, vow, Chr 1093. [v. ‘behest’]

behættian to scalp, Æ: make bald.

behaldan = behealdan

behamelian to mutilate, hamstring, Æ: strip naked?

behammen ‘clavatus,’ (of shoe) patched (BT), studded with nails (Napier), GD 3713.

behāt n. promise, vow, Æ: threat.

behātan7 (often w. d. pers.) to promise, vow, pledge oneself, Æ; CP: threaten. [‘behight’]

behātland n. promised land, GD 20412.

behāwian to see clearly, take care, consider, Mt. [‘bihowe’]

behēafdian to ‘behead,’ Mt; Æ, AO.

behēafdung f. beheading, Æ.

behēafodlic capital (punishment), OEG 4042.

behealdan7 to hold, have, occupy, possess, guard, preserve, KC; CP: contain: keep, observe, consider, Bl, Ps; AO, CP: to ‘behold,’ look at, gaze on, observe, see, Gen; Æ, CP: signify, Æ: avail, effect: take care, beware, be cautious, CP: act, behave.

behealdend m. beholder, spectator, BH 2623.

behealdennes f. observance, DR: continence, DR.

behealdnes f. regard, observation, Æ.

behēawan7 to cut, chip, chop, beat, CP: cut off from, deprive of.

behēdan (KGl) = behȳdan

be-hēfe, -hēf(e)lic suitable, proper, necessary, Æ.

behēfnes f. convenience, utility.

behelan4 to cover over, hide.

beheldan = behealdan

behelian to cover over, conceal, bury, CP.

behelmian to cover over, Sol 104.

behēofian to lament.

be-heonan, -heonon prep. (w. d.) and adv. on this side of, close by.

be-hēot, -hēt, pret. 3 sg. of behātan.

behicgan = behycgan

behīdan = behȳdan

behīdiglīce = behȳdiglīce

behienan (Chr) = beheonan

behildan to depart, EPs 13819.

behindan I. prep. (w. d., a.), adv. ‘behind,’ after, Chr, etc.; CP.

be-hinon, -hionan = beheonan

behīring = behȳrung

behīwian to dissimulate, RBL 167.

behlæmman = behlemman

behlǣnan to surround.

behlāf f. remainder, Æ. [= *belāf]

behlēapan7 to leap upon, settle on, fix upon, devote oneself to, CP.

behlehhan = behlyhhan

behlemman † to dash together.

behlīdan1 to close, cover over, Æ, AO.

behliden = beliden, pp. of belīðan.

behlyhhan6 (e) † to deride, exult over, Gu. [‘bilaugh’]

behlȳðan to rob, deprive of, Rd 1510.

behōf n. behoof, profit: need, want, OEG 2734.

behōfian (abs. and w. g.) to have need of, require, want, BH, Lcd; CP, Æ: (impers.) it behoves, concerns, belongs, is needful or necessary, MtL, Jn. [‘behove’]

behōflic necessary, MkL. [‘behovely’]

behogadnes f. practice, WW 42737.

behogian to care for, RB. [‘bihogien’]

behogod careful, prudent, DR. adv. -līce.

behōn7 to hang round, CP. [‘behung’]

behorsian to deprive of horses, Chr.

behrēosan2 to fall: cover, shelter. behroren pp. divested of.

behrēowsian to rue, repent of, make amends, Æ: compassionate, Æ. [‘bireusy’]

behrēowsung f. repentance, penitence, Æ. [‘bireusing’]

behrēowsungtīd f. time of repentance, Septuagesima, Æ.

behrīman to cover with hoarfrost, Wif 48.

behringan to surround, CP.

behrōpan7 to plague, importune, Lk 185.

behrūmian to besmirch, WW.

behrūmig sooty, MH 5227.

bēhð f. witness, sign, Jud 174.

behwearf I. (eo) pret. 3 sg. of behweorfan.

II. (EPs) = behwearft

behwearft m. exchange, LPs 4313.

behweolfan (A) = behwylfan

behweorfan3 to turn, change, spread about: see to, arrange, prepare, treat, Æ: bury, Æ.

behwerfan = behwirfan

behwirfan (e, y) to turn, change, convert, CP: exchange: prepare, instruct, exercise.

behwon whence, BH.

behwylfan to cover, vault over, Ex 426.

behwyrfan (Æ) = behwirfan

behycgan to consider, bear in mind: confide, trust (on).

behȳdan (ī) to conceal, shelter, Mt; Æ. [‘behide’]

be-hȳdednes, -hȳdnes f. concealment, secret place.

behȳdig careful, watchful, anxious, Æ. adv. -hȳdiglīce, -hȳdelīce.

behȳdignes f. solicitude, care, anxiety. [hygdig] v. MP 1·393.

behygd- = behȳd-

behyhtan to trust, W 488.

behyldan to flay, skin, AO.

behylian to cover, veil, ÆL 33237.

behȳpan (ē) to surround, BH 18814. [hȳpe]

behȳpian to hang up, OEG 3322.

behȳran to let on hire, WW.

behȳrung f. letting, loan, WW.

behȳðelīce sumptuously, WW 5136.

beiernan3 (i, y) to run up to, over, or into, incur: occur to.

beigbēam = begbēam

beinnan = binnan

beinsiglian to seal up, RHy 634.

beirnan = beiernan

beiundane = begeondan

belācan7 to inclose, Rd 617.

belādian to excuse, clear, Æ, AO, CP.

belādiendlic apologetic, that can be excused, OEG.

belādigend m. apologist, WW 3322.

belādung f. apology, excuse, WW.

belǣdan to lead astray, RB. [‘belead’]

belǣfan to leave, spare: be left, remain, survive, Ps; Æ. [‘beleave’]

belændan = belandian

belǣðan to make hateful, pervert, W 477.

be-lǣwa (Æ), -lǣwend, m. betrayer.

belǣwan to betray, Æ.

belǣwung f. betrayal, treachery, Æ.

belāf I. pret. 3 sg. of belīfan.

II. v. behlāf.

belandian to deprive of lands, Chr.

belcedswēora adj. having an inflated neck, Rd 791. [bælc]

belcentan, belcettan = bealcettan

beld, beldo = bieldo

+beldan I. to cover, bind (a book)? JnL p1883.

II. = +bieldan

belēan6 to censure, reprove: charge with: dissuade, forbid, prevent, CP.

belē- (NG) = belǣ-

belecgan to cover, invest, surround, afflict, An; AO: attribute to, charge with, accuse. [‘belay’]

belēfan = belȳfan

belendan = belandian

belene f. henbane.

belēogan2 to deceive by lying, GD: (impers.) be mistaken. [‘belie’]

beleoran (A) to pass by, pass over.

beleorendlic past, DR.

belēosan2 † to be deprived of, lose.

belēweda (LL 4385) = belǣwend

belewit = bilewit

belflȳs n. bell-wether’s fleece, LL 451 (14).

belg (æ, i, y) m. bag, purse, leathern bottle, pair of bellows, pod, husk. [v. ‘belly’]

+belg m. anger: arrogance, RB 6920.

belgan3 (intr., refl.) to be or become angry, CP, Æ: (+) offend, provoke.

belgnes f. injustice, MtL 2013 (bælig-).

+belh = +belg

belhring m. bell-ringing, RB.

belhūs = bellhūs

belibban to deprive of life.

belicgan5 to lie round, surround, hedge in, encompass, Æ, AO.

belīfan1 to remain over, be left, Æ; AO. [‘belive’]

belīfend m. survivor, OEG.

belīfian = belibban

belig = belg

belīman to glue together, Sc 9619.

belimp n. event, occurrence, affair.

belimpan3 to concern, regard, belong to, conduce to, Bo; CP: happen, B; Æ: become: (impers.) befit. [‘belimp’]

be-lisnian, -listnian to castrate, Æ. belisnod, -listnod pp. as sbm. eunuch. wæs b. ‘stupratur,’ HGl 507.

belīðan1 † to deprive of. pp. beliden departed, dead, An 1087.

bell = belle

bellan3 to bellow, bark, grunt, roar, Rd. [‘bell’]

belle f. ‘bell,’ KC; Æ, CP.

bellhūs n. ‘bell-house,’ belfry, LL, WW.

belltācen n. indication (sounding of the hour) by a bell, HL 1165.

belltīd f. a canonical hour marked by the ringing of a bell. (cp. belltācen)

belōcian ‘intendere,’ RPs 445.

belone = belene

belt m. ‘belt,’ girdle, WW.

belūcan2 to lock, shut up, close, surround, enclose, embody, Bl, CP, Mt, VPs; AO: stop, impede, block up, choke, Æ: preserve, protect: shut out, exclude, Æ. [‘belouke’]

belune = belene

belūtian to lie hid, GD 29315.

belȳfan (ē) to believe, Æ. pp. belȳfed having belief.

belympan = belimpan

belyrtan (N) to deceive, cheat, MtL 216. [‘belirt’]

belytegian to allure, seduce, AO 11226. [lytig]

bemǣnan to ‘bemoan,’ bewail, mourn over, lament, Æ.

bemancian to maim, Lcd 3·21420.

bēmare = bȳmere

bēme = bīeme

bemeldian to disclose, reveal, denounce.

bēmere = bȳmere

bemetan5 to estimate, account, consider, AO. [‘bemete’]

bemīðan1 to hide, conceal, CP: lie hid.

be-murcian, -murcnian, to murmur at, grumble over, AO 4817.

bemurnan3 (also wk.) to mourn, bewail, deplore, be sorry for: care for, take heed for.

bemūtian to change, exchange for, Gu 42. [L. mutare]

bemyldan to bury, WW. [molde]

ben = benn

bēn I. f. (±) prayer, request, Lk; AO, CP: compulsory service, LL 447 (v. 2·418, Fron.). [‘bene’]

II. pret. 3 sg. of bannan.

bēna m., bēne f. suitor, petitioner, AO.

benacian to lay bare. [nacod]

benǣman (ē) to take away, deprive of, rob of, Æ, AO. [niman]

benc f. ‘bench,’ B.

bencian to make benches, LL 455 (13).

bencsittend † m. one who sits on a bench.

bencswēg ‡ m. bench-rejoicing, sound of revelry, B 1161.

bencðel † n. bench-board, wainscotted space where benches stand, B. [v. ‘theal’]

bend mfn. (+b. MtL) bond, chain, fetter, BH, Bl, Mt, Ps; CP: band, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown, WW. [‘bend’]

bēndagas mpl. days of prayer, ‘dies rogationum,’ A 8·32926.

±bendan to bend (a bow), Ps: bind, fetter, Chr. [‘bend’]

bendfeorm = bēnfeorm

beneah (pret. pres. vb.) pl. benugon, pret. benohte to have at one’s disposal, possess, enjoy: require.

beneced = benacod pp. of benacian.

benēman = benǣman

benemnan to name: stipulate, settle, declare, asseverate.

benēotan2 † to deprive of, rob.

beneoðan (i, y) prep. w. d. ‘beneath,’ under, below.

bēnfeorm f. harvest feast? bean-feast? food required from a tenant? (BT), LL 452´.

bengeat n. wound-gash, B 1121.

benīdan to compel? A 9·110.

beniman4 to take, assume, obtain, AO: take away from, deprive of, bereave, rob, BH, Bo, Gen; AO, CP: contain: catch, apprehend. [‘benim’]

beniming f. deprival, WW (bi-).

beniðan = beneoðan

bēnlic (oe) that may be entreated, DR. adv. -līce beseechingly, DR.

benn † f. wound, mortal injury. [bana]

bēnn pret. 3 sg. of bannan.

benne f. reed-grass, BC (Mdf).

±bennian † to wound.

benohte v. beneah.

benorðan in the north, northwards (of).

benoten pp. of benēotan.

benotian to use, consume, ChrB. [‘benote’]

bēnrīp n. compulsory service rendered to a landowner at harvest time, LL 448. [cp. bedrīp]

±bēnsian to pray, supplicate, BH.

benst pres. 2 sg. of bannan.

bēntīd f. prayer time, rogation days, Men 75.

bēntigðe, bēntīð(ig)e granting requests, gracious, LPs: obtaining requests, successful, Chr.

benð pres. 3 sg. of bannan.

benugon v. beneah.

bēnyrð f. ploughing required from a tenant, LL 448 (5,2).

benyðan = beneoðan

bēo I. f. nap. bēon; dp. bēo(u)m ‘bee,’ Ps; Æ.

II. pres. 1 sg. of bēon.

bēobrēad n. honey with the comb.

bēoce = bēce

bēoceorl m. bee-master, bee-keeper, LL 448[5].

bēocere m. bee-keeper, LL. [MHG. bīkar]

+beod = +bed

bēod m. table, Mt: bowl, dish. [‘beod’]

bēodærn n. refectory, dining-room, Æ (-ern). on bēoderne at table.

beodan = bidon pret. pl. of bīdan.

±bēodan2 to command, decree, summon, Æ, AO, CP. b. ūt call out (an army), banish: declare, inform, announce, proclaim, Gu, LL: threaten: offer, proffer, give, grant, surrender, Æ, Gen; AO: (refl.) show oneself, behave: exact, collect. [‘bid,’ ‘i-bede’]

bēodbolle f. table-bowl, Gl.

bēodclāð m. ‘gausape,’ table-cloth, carpet, ÆGr 348.

bēoddern = bēodærn

bēoddian to do joiner’s work, LL 455 (13).

bēodend m. preceptor, CM 967.

bēodendlic = bebēodendlic

bēodern (Æ) = bēodærn

bēodfæt n. table-vessel, cup, WW 20425.

bēodfers n. grace at meal-time.

bēodgæst m. table-companion, An 1090.

bēodgenēat † m. table-companion.

bēodgereordu np. feast, Gen 1518.

bēod(h)rægl n. table-cloth, WW 12633.

bēodlāfa fp. table-leavings, Bl 5313.

bēodland n. land from which the table of monasteries, etc., was supplied, glebe-land, Ct.

bēodlēs f. table-allowance, TC 4746.

bēodrēaf n. table-cloth, TC 53036.

bēod-scēat n., -scȳte m. table-napkin, towel, WW 44922.

bēodwyst f. a table with food on it, LPs 225. [wist]

beofer = beofor

beofian = bifian

beofor (e, y) m. beaver.

beoft redupl. pret. of bēatan; beoftadon is from a later wk. *beoftian (ES 38·28).

beofung = bifung

bēogang m. swarm of bees, WW.

+bēogol (ȳ) submissive, obedient: forgiving, Æ. [būgan]

bēohāta m. chief? prince? Ex 253?

beolone = belene

bēom I. dp. of bēo I.

II. = bēam

III. = bēo pres. 1 sg. of bēon.

bēomōder f. queen-bee, OEG.

bēon I. anv. [conj. in full (WS and A) Wt 548] to be, exist, become, happen. b. ymbe to have to do with. b. of to be gone. (v. also eom, wesan.)

II. nap. of bēo I.

bēona gp. of bēo I.

bēonbrēad = bēobrēad

bēonbroð n. mead? (or? bēanbroð ES 38·302).

bēonnon pret. pl. of bannan.

bēor n. strong drink, ‘beer,’ mead, Lk (v. A 27·495). [bēow]

+bēor m. pot-companion, guest, Æ.

beora = bearu

±beoran = beran

bēorbyden f. beer-barrel, LL 455 (17).

beorc I. (e, i, y) f. birch, Mdf: name of the rune for b.

II. (±) n. barking.

beorcan3 (tr.) to ‘bark,’ CP: (intr.) bark at, Lcd.

beorce = beorc

beorcen (i, y) of birch.

beorcragu (e1) f. lichen from a birch-tree, Lcd 99b.

beorcrind (e1) f. birch-bark, Lcd 119b.

beord (BH 39227) = bord

bēordræst(e) f. dregs of beer, Lcd.

beorg m. mountain, hill, Lk, AO; Mdf: mound, tumulus, ‘barrow,’ burial place, Æ, Lcd.

+beorg n. protection, defence, refuge, W.

beorgælfen f. orcad.

±beorgan I. sv3 (w. d.) to save, deliver, preserve, guard, defend, fortify, spare, An, Ps; AO, CP: (w. refl. d.) beware of, avoid, guard against. [‘bergh’]

II. = byrgan II.

beorg-hlið n. nap. -hleoðu mountain-height, mountain-slope.

+beorglic fitting, profitable, LL, W: safe, prudent, Æ.

beorgseðel n. mountain dwelling. [setl]

beorgstede m. mound.

±beorh I. == beorg

II. imperat. of beorgan.

beorhlēode (WW 17841) = burglēode

+beorhnes f. refuge, CPs 303.

+beorhstōw f. place of refuge, PPs 318.

beorht (e, y) I. ‘bright,’ shining, brilliant, light, clear, Bo, El, Gu: clear-sounding, loud, Cra: excellent, distinguished, remarkable, beautiful, magnificent, noble, glorious, PPs: pure, sublime, holy, divine.

II. n. brightness, gleam, light. ēagan b. twinkling of an eye: sight.

beorhtan = bierhtan

beorhtblōwende bright-blooming, Lcd 1·4049.

beorhte brightly, brilliantly, splendidly: clearly, lucidly, distinctly, CP.

beorhthwīl (OEG) = bearhtmhwīl

beorhtian to glisten, shine, BH, Ps: to sound clearly, B: to make bright, VPs. [‘bright’]

+beorhtian = +beorhtnian

beorhtlic brilliant, clear, shining, splendid. adv. -līce, Mk; Æ. [‘brightly’]

beorhtm = bearhtm

beorhtnes f. ‘brightness,’ clearness, splendour, beauty, JnL, Lk; CP.

±beorhtnian (e) to grow bright, OEG 534: glorify.

beorhtrodor m. shining heavens, Ex 94.

beorhtte (= *beorgihte) pl. mountainous, AO 1025.

beorhtu = bierhtu

beorhtword (y1) clear-voiced, Sat 238.

bēorhyrde m. cellarer, butler, Cra 75.

beorm- = bearm-

beorma m. ‘barm,’ yeast, leaven, Mt.

+beormad leavened, MtR 1333.

beorn I. † m. man: noble, hero, chief, prince, warrior, B, Ma: rich man, Run 12. [‘berne’]

II. = barn pret. 3 sg. of biernan.

III. = bearn

beornan (VPs) = biernan

beorncyning m. lord of heroes, B 2148.

beorne = byrne

Beornice mp. Bernicians, inhabitants of part of Northumbria.

beorning (= ie) f. incense, LkL 111.

beornðrēat m. troop of men, Pa 50.

beornwiga m. †warrior, hero.

bēorscealc reveller, feaster, B 1240.

±bēorscipe, m. feast, banquet, revel, Æ, CP.

bēorsele † m. beer-hall, banqueting hall.

bēorsetl n. ale-bench, Jul 687.

beorswinig (NG) = bærsynnig

beorð fn? birth: the thing born.

Entry supplied from first edition.

bēorðegu † f. beer-drinking.

-beorðling (ie) v. hyse-b.

±beorðor (e, o, u, y) n. child-bearing, child-birth: what is born, foetus, offspring.

beorðorcwelm m. abortion, WW 34823.

beoruh = beorg

beosmrian = bismrian

bēost m. beestings, the first milk of a cow after calving, WW: swelling (of the ground)? v. Mdf. [‘beest’]

beosu = basu

±bēot I. n. boastful speech, boast, threat, Æ, Gen. on b. boastfully: promise, vow, AO: command: peril, danger, Da 265. [= behāt; ‘beot,’ ‘i-beot’]

II. pret. 3 sg. of bēatan.

beotian = botian

±bēotian to threaten, Jul: boast, vow, promise, AO. [‘beoten’]

±bēotlic arrogant, exulting, boastful, threatening, Æ. adv. -līce.

bēotmæcg m. leader, Da 265.

bēoton pret. pl. of bēatan.

bēotung f. threatening.

bēotword † n. boast: threat.

bēoðēof m. bee-thief, LL 54[9,2].

bēoum dp. of bēo.

bēow n. barley, Gl.

bēowan = bȳwan

bēowyrt f. bee-wort, sweet flag, Lcd.

bepǣcan to deceive, cheat, seduce, Mt; Æ. [‘bipeche’]

bepǣcend m. deceiver, Æ.

bepǣcestre f. whore, ÆGr 1759.

bepǣcung f. deception, OEG.

beprīwan (ē) to wink, Bo, W.

bēr (NG) = bǣr

bera m. ‘bear,’ Æ.

beræccan = bereccan

berǣdan to deprive, take by treachery, rob: betray, Æ: deliberate on: get the better of.

berǣsan to rush upon or into, Æ, CP.

±beran (eo) to ‘bear,’ carry, bring, take away, carry out, extend, B; Æ, AO, CP: bring forth, produce, Bl, Mt, Gen (and v. ‘ibere’). berende fruitful. +boren born, own (by birth): (with ūp) set forth, open (a case), Chr 1052e: wear, AO: endure, support, sustain, LL, Mt; CP.

berascin n. bear-skin, EC 250.

+berbed vermiculated, DR 43.

ber-bēne, -bīne f. verbena, Lcd.

berc == beorc

+berd- = +byrd-

+bēre = +bǣre

bere m. barley, JnLR; Æ. [‘bear’]

bereærn n. ‘barn,’ LkL. [bere, ærn]

berēafere m. despoiler, OEG 4636.

berēafian to ‘bereave,’ deprive of, take away, seize, rob, despoil, Bo; Æ, AO.

berēafigend m. despoiler, robber.

berebrytta m. barn-keeper, LL 451 (17).

berēcan to cause to smoke, smoke (tr.), Lcd 1·10616.

bereccan to relate: excuse or justify oneself, CP.

berecorn n. barley-corn.

+bered crushed, WW: harassed, oppressed, NG.

berēfian (KGl) = berēafian

bereflōr m. barn-floor, threshing-floor, LkL. [v. ‘bear’]

beregafol n. rent paid in barley, LL 116 (591). [cp. gafolbære]

beregræs n. barley-grass, fodder, WW 14826.

berehalm n. barley haulm, straw, Lcd 157a.

bereland (ber-) barley land, KC 3·3679.

beren I. of barley, Æ.

II. = biren

III. = bereærn

berend m. bearer, carrier, Gl.

berendan to peel, take off husk, Lcd.

berende v. beran.

berendlīce with fecundity, DR 328.

berendnes f. fertility, DR 10811.

berenhulu f. barley-husk, Sc 9519.

berēnian to bring about, Ex 147: ornament, mount (with silver), KC 6·10122.

berēocan2 to fumigate, LL (1645).

berēofan2 † to bereave, deprive, rob of.

berēotan2 to bewail, Hell 6.

berēowsian = behrēowsian

-berere v. wæter-b.

berern (NG) = bereærn

beresǣd n. barley, BH 36627.

beretūn m. barley-inclosure, threshing-floor, barn, MtL; Æ. [‘barton’]

berewæstm m. barley-crop, Lcd 1·4026.

berewīc f. barley-yard, demesne farm, TC. [‘berewick’]

berg = (1) bearg, (2) beorg

berg- = beri-, byrg-

berh = bearh pret. 3 sg. of beorgan.

berht = beorht

berht- = beorht-, bierht-

berhtm- = breahtm-

berian I. to make bare, clear, B 1239. [bær]

II. = byrgan II.

+berian = +byrian

bericge = bearrige

berīdan1 to ride round, surround, besiege, LL: overtake, seize, capture, occupy, Chr. [‘beride’]

berie f. ‘berry,’ Lcd: grape, Æ.

berig I. n. berry, RPs 7747.

II. = byrig, ds. of burg.

berigdrenc m. drink made of mulberries, WW 11422.

berige = berie

berigea = byrga

be-rindan, -rindran to strip off bark, peel.

berinnan3 to run upon, run over, wet, bedew, Cr 1176. [‘berun’]

berland = bereland

bern = bereærn

bern- = bærn-, biern-

bernan (VPs) = bærnan

bernhus n. barn, GD 6822. [= beren-]

berōfon (pret. pl. of *berafan or *berebban) despoiled, Gen 2078.

berōwan7 to row round, Chr 897a.

berst = byrst

+berst n. bursting, eruption, W 1867.

±berstan3 intr. (tr. at Rd 28) to break, ‘burst,’ fail, fall, B, Lcd, Ma; Æ, AO: break away from, escape: break to pieces, crash, resound.

berthwīl = beorhthwīl

bertūn = beretūn

berð- = beorð-, byrð-

+bēru = +bǣru

berūmod = behrūmod, pp. of behrūmian.

berunnen pp. of berinnan.

berwe ds. of bearu.

berwinde f. ‘bearbind,’ navel-wort, WW 30019.

berȳfan to deprive, Mod 63. [rēaf]

berȳpan despoil of, strip, spoil, plunder, rob, Æ.

besǣgan to sink, GPH 38885.

besæncan = besencan

besǣtian to lay wait for, AO 14611.

besārgian to lament, bewail, be sorry for, pity, Æ. [sārig]

besārgung f. compassion, Æ.

Entry before author’s corrections: besārgung f. sorrowing, VHy: compassion, Æ.

besāwan7 to sow, Æ.

bescēad (bi-) n. distinction.

bescēadan7 to separate, discriminate: scatter, sprinkle over, Lcd 20b.

besceadian (Sol 339) = besceaduwian

besceaduwian, to overshadow, RPs 1398. [‘beshade’]

besceafan6 to scrape thoroughly, Lcd 143b.

bescēan pret. 3 sg. of bescīnan.

besceatwyrpan ‘despondi,’ v. OEG 14555; 2346; ES 42·170.

bescēawere m. observer, DHy 2415.

bescēawian to look round upon, survey, contemplate, consider, watch, Æ, AO: look to, care for. bescēawod cautious, careful, Lcd 3·43611.

besceawiendlic contemplative, OEG 991.

bescēawodnes f. vision, sight.

bescēawung f. contemplation.

besceddan = besceadan

bescencan to give to drink, Gu 596.

besceofan = bescūfan

besceoren (WW 21724) = bescoren pp. of bescieran.

bescēotan2 to shoot into, plunge into, implant: happen, occur, AO.

be-sceran, -scerwan = bescieran

bescerian = bescierian

bescieran4 to shear, shave, cut hair, give the tonsure, Æ, AO. [‘beshear’]

bescierednes (y2) f. deprivation, WW 35113.

bescierian to separate from, deprive of, Chr: defraud.

bescīnan1 to shine upon, light up, illuminate, Rd; Æ. [‘beshine’]

besciran = bescieran

bescirian = bescierian

bescītan1 to befoul, WW 50728.

bescrēadian to scrape off, clean off, ES 42·171.

bescrepan5 to scrape, Lcd 101a.

bescūfan2 to shove, impel, thrust down, hurl, throw, Æ, AO: force, Æ.

bescȳlan to look askance, Bo 12130. [sceol]

bescyr- = bescier-

besēcan to beseech, beg urgently, MF (Vesp. D xiv).

besecgan to announce, introduce: defend, excuse oneself: (w. on) accuse, Æ.

beselian = besylian

besellan to surround, cover (over): hand over.

besema = besma

besencan to cause to sink, submerge, immerse, drown, Bl, Mt; AO, CP: plunge into (fire), GD 317. [‘besench’]

besendan to send, Æ.

besengan to singe, burn, AO.

besēon I. sv5 (tr., intr. and refl.) to see, look, look round, behold, Æ, Mk, Ps; AO: look after, go to see, visit: provide for. b. tō look upon, have regard to, CP. [‘besee’]

II. sv1 to suffuse, Cr 1088.

besēoðan to boil down, Lcd.

besēowian (ī, ȳ) to sew together, sew up, Ep. [‘besew’]

be-serian, -serwan = besierwan

besettan to put, place, set near, appoint, Æ: own, keep, occupy: ‘beset,’ cover, surround with, adorn, B; CP, Æ: besiege, invest, An: institute, set going.

besīdian to regulate the size of anything, RB 8918. [sīd]

besierwan to ensnare, surprise, deceive, defraud, oppress, AO. [searu]

besīgan (on) to rush, v. OEG 4126.

besilfran to silver, VPs 6714.

besincan3 (intr.) to sink, AO. [‘besink’]

besingan3 to sing of, bewail: sing charms, enchant, Æ.

besirwan (AO, CP) = besierwan

besittan5 to sit round, surround, beset, besiege, Chr; AO: hold council: occupy, possess. [‘besit’]

besīwian = besēowian

beslǣpan7 to sleep, LL (2843).

beslēan6 to strike, beat, cut off, take away, deprive by violence, Æ.

beslēpan to slip on, cover, impose, put on, clothe.

beslītan1 † to slit, tear.

besma m. ‘besom,’ broom, rod, AO, Mt.

besmēagan to consider about, inquire into, ÆL 23b633.

+bēsmed curved, WW 5159. [bōsm]

bēsming f. curve, curvature, WW. [bōsm]

besmirwan to ‘besmear,’ WW.

besmītan1 to soil, defile, pollute, dishonour, Bl; Æ, CP. [‘besmit’]

besmitenes f. soil, stain, defilement, degradation, dirtiness, Æ.

besmittian to defile.

besmiðian to work (in metal), forge, surround with forged work.

besmocian to smoke, envelop with incense, ANS 84·3.

besmyred = besmirwed pp. of besmirwan.

besnǣdan † to cut, mutilate.

besnīwian to cover with snow, WW. [‘besnow’]

be-snyðian, -snyððan † to rob, deprive of.

besolcen stupefied, dull, sluggish, inactive, slow, CP.

besorg dear, beloved, Æ.

besorgian to regret: be anxious about, dread, shrink from, Æ.

besorh = besorg

bespǣtan to spit upon, ÆH 2·24824.

bespanan6 to lead astray, entice, incite, urge, persuade, AO.

besparrian to bar, shut, Gl.

bespirian = bespyrigan

besprecan5 to speak about, AO: speak against, accuse of, Ps: claim at law, LL: complain. [‘bespeak’]

besprengan to besprinkle, Lcd. [‘bespreng’]

bespyrigan to track, trace, LL.

best adv. (used as superl. of wel) best, most.

besta, beste wk. forms of superl. adj. betst.

bestǣlan (ē) to lay a charge against, convict.

bestæppan6 to tread upon, step, go, enter, Æ.

bestandan6 to stand round or about, beset, surround, Æ: attend to, Æ: beset, harass, Jn. [‘bestand’]

bestealcian to move stealthily, steal, ‘stalk,’ ÆL 3240. [stealc]

bestefnod ptc. provided with a fringe, WW 37541.

bestelan4 to move stealthily, steal away, steal upon, AO, LL; Æ, CP: (†) deprive. [‘besteal’]

bestēlan = bestǣlan

bestēman = bestȳman

bestēpan (= i) to deprive of (children), GD 7618.

bestingan3 to thrust in, push, Æ.

bestrēdan to bestrew, cover, BH 15427 (b).

bestrēowian to ‘bestrew,’ besprinkle, Æ.

bestreððan to bestrew, cover over.

bestrīcan1 to make a stroke, Lcd 186b. [strīca]

bestrīdan1 to ‘bestride,’ mount, Æ.

bestrīpan to strip, plunder, despoil.

bestrūdan7 to spoil, plunder, rob.

bestrȳpan = bestrīpan

bestryððan = bestreððan

bestuddian to be careful for, trouble about, Kl 146.

bestȳman (e) to bedew, wet, flood, B 486. [stēam]

bestyrian to heap up, BH. [‘bestir’]

bestyrman to agitate, Bo 911.

besu = basu

besūpan2 to sup up, swallow, Lcd 113b.

besūtian to besmirch, GPH 40326.

besūðan = be sūðan

beswǣlan to burn, singe, scorch, Æ.

beswǣpan = beswāpan

beswǣtan to sweat, toil, Sc 11114.

beswāpan7 to clothe, cover over, veil, protect, CP: persuade, BH. [‘beswape’]

beswelgan to swallow up, EPs 10627; 1233.

beswemman to make to bathe, Bo 1158.

beswencan to afflict, CPs 6818.

besweðian to swathe, wrap up, wind round.

beswic n. treachery, deceit, AO (bī-), CP: snare.

beswica (bī-) m. deceiver.

beswican1 to deceive, seduce, betray, circumvent, frustrate, Bl, Mt; AO, CP: to overcome, supplant, AO. [‘beswike’]

beswīcend m. deceiver, seducer, Gl.

beswicenes f. deception: surrender.

beswicfalle f. trap, Gl.

beswician to escape, be free from, BH.

beswicol deceitful, CP 23816. (bi-)

beswīcung f. deception, WW.

beswincan3 to toil, exert oneself, make with toil, Jn: till, plough, Æ. beswuncen exhausted, tired out. [‘beswink’]

beswingan3 to flog, scourge, beat, strike, Æ; CP. [‘beswinge’]

beswylian to drench, flood, Rood 23. [swilian]

besyftan to sprinkle, ÆL 23165. [siftan]

besylfran = besilfran

besylian to sully, defile, stain, Æ.

besyr-ewian, -i(a)n = besierwan

bet adv. better, Bo. [‘bet’]

-bēta v. dǣd-b.

betācnian to ‘betoken,’ designate.

betǣcan (w. d.) to make over, give up to, impart, deliver, entrust, commend to, Æ, Lk; AO, CP: appoint (for), set apart as, dedicate: show, point out, Lk: give orders, RB 1304: pursue, hunt, WW 9228. [‘beteach’]

±bētan to amend, repair, restore, cure, CP: make good, make amends, remedy, compensate, atone, pay ‘bōt’ for an offence, Æ, Mt, Lcd; AO, CP: attend to (fire or light), AO. ðurst b. quench thirst. [bōt; ‘beet’ vb.]

betast = betst

betboren of higher birth, LL.

bēte f. ‘beet,’ beetroot, Lcd. [L. beta]

-bēte v. twi-b.

bētel = (1) bīetl; (2) bītol

beteldan3 † to cover, hem in, surround: overload, oppress.

betellan to speak about, answer, defend oneself (against a charge), exculpate oneself, Chr; Æ.

bētend m. restorer, Ruin 28.

+bētendnes f. amendment, OEG 586.

betēon1,2 to cover, surround, enclose, AO; Æ, CP: dispose of, bestow, bequeath: impeach, accuse. [‘betee’]

betera ‘better,’ AO, Mk. followed by g. = better in respect of....

-bētere v. dǣd-b.

±beterian to ‘better,’ improve, CP: trim (lamp), GD.

beterring f. improvement, Æ.

betest = betst

betiēnan = betȳnan

betihtlian to accuse, LL.

betillan = betyllan

betimbran to construct, build, B. [‘betimber’]

betīnan = betȳnan

bēting = bǣtung

bētl = bīetl

betlic † grand, excellent.

bētnes f. reparation, atonement, LL (26416).

betoce = betonice

betogenes f. accusation, LL.

betolden pp. of beteldan.

betonice f. ‘betony,’ Lcd.

betost = betst

betr- = beter-

betræppan = betreppan

betredan5 to tread upon, cover, CPs 13810.

betrendan to roll, ES 37·180.

betreppan to entrap, catch, Chr. [‘betrap’]

be-trymman, -trymian to enclose, surround, besiege.

betst I. superl. adj. ‘best,’ first, AO, Chr, Cr; CP. as sb. people of position, WW, Chr.

II. adv. in the best manner, most.

betstboren best-born, eldest.

bett == bet

be-tuh, -tuoxn (CP), -tux = betwux

betuldon pret. pl. of beteldan.

+bētung f. repair, maintenance, LL.

betwēnan = betwēonan

betweoh, betweohs = betwux

betwēonan, betwēonum I. prep. w. g. d. a. between, among, amid, in the midst, Ps, Bl.

II. adv. ‘between,’ BH: in the meantime, meanwhile: in turn, by turns, CM (-twȳn-).

betweox, betweoxn, betwih(s) = betwux

betwīn- = betwēon-

betwīnforlētnes f. intermission, DR.

betwux (Æ, AO, CP) betwuht, betwix, betwux(t), betwisc prep. w. d. a. between, among, amongst, amidst, during. b. ðisum meanwhile. b. ðǣm ðe whilst. [‘betwixt’]

betwuxālegednes f. interjection, ÆGr 2782.

betwuxāworpennes f. interjection, ÆGr 1020.

betwuxblinnes (twih) f. intermission, DR 123.

betwuxfæc (yx) internal, OEG 3861.

betwuxgangan7 (twih) to go between, VPs 287.

betwuxgangende (twih) separating.

betwuxgesett interposed.

betwuxlicgan5 (twih) to lie between, BH 7210.

betwuxsendan to send between.

betwuxt, -twyh, -twyx(t) = betwux

betȳhtlian = betīhtlian

betyllan to allure, decoy, BH 3584.

betȳnan (ī, īe) to hedge in, enclose, shut, bury, AO, CP: end, BH. [tūn]

betȳnung f. conclusion, OEG 3210.

betyran to pitch, stain a dark colour. [teoru]

betyrnan to turn round: prostrate oneself, RB.

beð I. = bið pres. 3 sg. of bēon.

II. = bæð

beðæncan = beðencan

beðan = beðian

beðearfende needy, indigent, KGl 708.

beðearflic profitable, ÆL 23b242.

beðearfod needy, ES 8·47450.

beðeccan to cover, protect, cover over, conceal.

beðen = beðung

beðencan to consider, remember, take thought for, take care of, care for, Gu: (refl.) reflect, ‘bethink’ oneself, Lk; Æ: trust, confide in, entrust to, AO.

be-ðenian, -ðennan to cover, stretch on or upon, spread over.

beðēodan to be joined (to), adhere (to), RB 13420.

beðerscan to winnow, thrash, PPs 437.

beðettan to bathe, Lcd 3·9015 (A 30·397).

±beðian to heat, warm, foment, Lcd; Æ: cherish. [‘beath’]

beðrāwan7 to twist, GPH 39116.

beðridian to circumvent, overcome, force, AO.

beðringan3 † to encircle, encompass: beset, oppress, burden.

beðryccan to press down, Cr 1446.

beðrydian, beðryððan = beðridian

beðrȳn to press, NC 273.

beðuncan (Rd 497) = beðencan

beðung f. bathing, bath, fomentation, cataplasm, Lcd; CP, Æ. [‘beathing’; bæð]

be-ðurfan swv. pres., 3 sg. -ðearf, pl. -ðurfon, pret. -ðorfte. (w. g. or a.) to need, have need of, want, Æ, CP.

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