, _poisonous_: wæs þæt blōd tō þæs hāt, ǣttren
ellorgāst, se ǣr inne swealt, _so hot was the blood, (and) poisonous the
demon_ (Grendel's mother) _who died therein_, 1618
B
bana, bona, w.
ellorgāst, se ǣr inne swealt, _so hot was the blood, (and) poisonous the
demon_ (Grendel's mother) _who died therein_, 1618
B
bana, bona, w.
Beowulf
, _ever, at any time_, 70, 280, 504, 693, etc.
: in negative
sentences, ǣfre ne, _never_, 2601. --Comp. nǣfre.
ǣg-hwā (O. H. G. ēo-ga-hwër), pron. , _every, each_: dat. sg. ǣghwǣm, 1385.
The gen. sg. in adverbial sense, _in all, throughout, thoroughly_: ǣghwæs
untǣle, _thoroughly blameless_, 1866; ǣghwæs unrīm, _entirely innumerable
quantity_, i. e. an enormous multitude, 2625, 3136.
ǣg-hwæðer (O. H. G. ēo-ga-hwëdar): 1) _each_ (of two): nom. sg. hæfde
ǣghwæðer ende gefēred, _each of the two_ (Bēowulf and the drake) _had
reached the end_, 2845; dat. sg. ǣghwæðrum wæs brōga fram ōðrum, _to each
of the two_ (Bēowulf and the drake) _was fear of the other_, 2565; gen. sg.
ǣghwæðres . . . worda and worca, 287. --2) _each_ (of several): dat. sg. heora
ǣghwæðrum, 1637.
ǣg-hwǣr, adv. , _everywhere_, 1060.
ǣg-hwilc (O. H. G. ēo-gi-hwëlih), pron. , unusquisque, _every_ (one): 1) used
as an adj. : acc. sg. m. dǣl ǣghwylcne, 622. --2) as substantive, a) with the
partitive genitive: nom. sg. ǣg-hwylc, 9, 2888; dat. sg. ǣghwylcum, 1051.
b) without gen. : nom. sg. ǣghwylc, 985, 988; (wæs) ǣghwylc ōðrum trȳwe,
_each one_ (of two) _true to the other_, 1166.
ǣg-weard, st. f. , _watch on the sea shore_: acc. sg. ǣg-wearde, 241.
ǣht (abstract form from āgan, denoting the state of possessing), st. f. : 1)
_possession, power_: acc. sg. on flōdes ǣht, 42; on wæteres ǣht, _into the
power of the water_, 516; on ǣht gehwearf Denigea frēan, _passed over into
the possession of a Danish master_, 1680. --2) _property, possessions,
goods_: acc. pl. ǣhte, 2249. --Comp. māðm-, gold-ǣht.
ǣht (O. H. G. āhta), st. f. , _pursuit_: nom. þā wæs ǣht boden Swēona lēodum,
segn Higelāce, _then was pursuit offered to the people of the Swēonas,
(their) banner to Hygelāc_ (i. e. the banner of the Swedes, taken during
their flight, fell into the hands of Hygelāc), 2958.
ǣled (Old Sax. eld, O. N. edl-r), st. m. , _fire_, 3016.
ǣled-lēoma, w. m. , _(fire-light), torch_: acc. sg. lēoman, 3126. See lēoma.
ǣn (oblique form of ān), num. , _one_: acc. sg. m. þone ǣnne þone. . . , _the
one whom_. . . , 1054; oftor micle þonne on ǣnne sīð, _much oftener than one
time_, 1580; forð onsendon ǣnne, _sent him forth alone_, 46.
ǣne, adv. , _once_: oft nalles ǣne, 3020.
ǣnig, pron. , _one, any one_, 474, 503, 510, 534, etc. : instr. sg. nolde . . .
0nige þinga, _would in no way, not at all_, 792; lȳt ǣnig mearn, _little
did any one sorrow_ (i. e. no one), 3130. --With the article: næs se
folccyning . . . ǣnig, _no people's king_, 2735. --Comp. nǣnig.
ǣn-līc, adj. , _alone, excellent, distinguished_: ǣnlīc ansȳn,
_distinguished appearance_, 251; þēah þe hīo ǣnlīcu sȳ, _though she be
beautiful_, 1942.
ǣr (comparative form, from ā): 1) adv. , _sooner, before, beforehand_, 15,
656, 695, 758, etc. , _for a long time_, 2596; eft swā ǣr, _again as
formerly_, 643; ǣr nē siððan, _neither sooner nor later_, 719; ǣr and sīð,
_sooner and later_ (all times), 2501; nō þȳ ǣr (_not so much the sooner_),
_yet not_, 755, 1503, 2082, 2161, 2467. --2) conjunct. , _before, ere_: a)
with the ind. : ǣr hīo tō setle gēong, 2020. b) w. subjunc. : ǣr gē fyr
fēran, _before you travel farther_, 252; ǣr hē on hwurfe 164, so 677, 2819;
ǣr þon dæg cwōme, _ere the day break_, 732; ǣr correlative to ǣr adv. : ǣr
hē feorh seleð, aldor an ōfre, ǣr hē wille . . . , _he will sooner_ (rather)
_leave his life upon the shore, before_ (than) _he will_ . . . , 1372. --3)
prepos. with dat. , _before_ ǣr dēaðe, _before death_, 1389; ǣr dæges hwīle,
_before daybreak_, 2321; ǣr swylt-dæge, _before the day of death_, 2799.
ǣror, comp. adv. , _sooner, before-hand_, 810; _formerly_, 2655.
ǣrra, comp. adj. , _earlier_; instr. pl. , ǣrran mǣlum, _in former times_,
908, 2238, 3036.
ǣrest, superl. : 1) adv. , _first of all, foremost_, 6, 617, 1698, etc. --2)
as subst. n. , _relation to, the beginning_: acc. þæt ic his ǣrest þē eft
gesægde (_to tell thee in what relation it stood at first to the coat of
mail that has been presented_), 2158. See Note.
ǣr-dæg, st. m. (_before-day_), _morning-twilight, gray of morning_: dat.
sg. mid ǣrdæge, 126; samod ǣrdæge, 1312, 2943.
ǣrende, st. n. , _errand, trust_: acc. sg. , 270, 345.
ǣr-fæder, st. m. , _late father, deceased father_: nom sg. swā his ǣrfæder,
2623.
ǣr-gestrēon, st. n. , _old treasure, possessions dating from old times_: acc
sg. , 1758; gen. sg. swylcra fela ǣrgestrēona, _much of such old treasure_,
2233. See gestrēon.
ǣr-geweorc, st. n. , _work dating from old times_: nom. sg. enta ǣr-geweorc,
_the old work of the giants_ (of the golden sword-hilt from Grendel's
water-hall), 1680. See geweorc.
ǣr-gōd, adj. , _good since old times, long invested with dignity_ or
_advantages_: æðeling ǣrgōd, 130; (eorl) ǣrgōd, 1330; īren ǣrgōd
(_excellent sword_), 990, 2587.
ǣr-wela, w. m. , _old possessions, riches dating from old times_: acc. sg.
ǣrwelan, 2748. See wela.
ǣs, st. n. , _carcass, carrion_: dat. (instr. ) sg. ǣse, of Æschere's corpse,
1333.
ǣt, st. m. , _food, meat_: dat, sg. , hū him æt ǣte spēow, _how he fared well
at meat_, 3027.
ǣttren (see attor), adj.
, _poisonous_: wæs þæt blōd tō þæs hāt, ǣttren
ellorgāst, se ǣr inne swealt, _so hot was the blood, (and) poisonous the
demon_ (Grendel's mother) _who died therein_, 1618
B
bana, bona, w. m. , _murderer_, 158, 588, 1103, etc. : acc. sg. bonan
Ongenþēowes, of Hygelāc, although in reality his men slew Ongenþēow (2965
ff. ), 1969. Figuratively of inanimate objects: ne wæs ecg bona, 2507; wearð
wracu Wēohstānes bana, 2614. --Comp. : ecg-, feorh-, gāst-, hand-, mūð-bana.
bon-gār, st. m. _murdering spear_, 2032.
ge-bannan, st. v. w. acc. of the thing and dat. of the person, _to command,
to bid_: inf. , 74.
bād, st. f. , _pledge_, only in comp. : nȳd-bād.
bān, st. n. , _bone_: dat. sg. on bāne (on the bony skin of the drake),
2579; dat. pl. heals ealne ymbefēng biteran bānum (here of the teeth of the
drake), 2693.
bān-cofa, w. m. , "cubile ossium" (Grimm) of the body: dat. sg. -cofan,
1446.
bān-fāg, adj. , _variegated with bones_, either with ornaments made of
bone-work, or adorned with bone, perhaps deer-antlers; of Hrōðgār's hall,
781. The last meaning seems the more probable.
bān-fæt, st. n. , _bone-vessel_, i. e. the body: acc. pl. bān-fatu, 1117.
bān-hring, st. m. , _the bone-structure, joint, bone-joint_: acc. pl. hire
wið halse . . . bānhringas bræc (_broke her neck-joint_), 1568.
bān-hūs, st. n. , _bone-house_, i. e. the body: acc. sg. bānhūs gebræc, 2509;
similarly, 3148.
bān-loca, w. m. , _the enclosure of the bones_, i. e. the body: acc. sg. bāt
bānlocan, _bit the body_, 743; nom. pl. burston bānlocan, _the body burst_
(of Grendel, because his arm was torn out), 819.
bāt, st. m. , _boat, craft, ship_, 211. --Comp. sǣ-bāt.
bāt-weard, st. m. , _boat-watcher, he who keeps watch over the craft. _ dat.
sg. -wearde, 1901.
bæð, st. n. , _bath_: acc. sg. ofer ganotes bæð, _over the diver's bath_
(i. e. the sea), 1862.
bærnan, w. v. , _to cause to burn, to burn_: inf. hēt . . . bānfatu bærnan,
_bade that the bodies be burned_, 1117; ongan . . . beorht hofu bærnan,
_began to consume the splendid country-seats_ (the dragon), 2314.
for-bærnan, w. v. , _consume with fire_: inf. hȳ hine ne mōston . . .
brondefor-bærnan, _they_ (the Danes) _could not burn him_ (the dead
Æschere) _upon the funeral-pile_, 2127.
bǣdan (Goth, baidjan, O. N. beðia), _to incite, to encourage_: pret. bǣdde
byre geonge, _encouraged the youths_ (at the banquet), 2019.
ge-bǣdan, w. v. , _to press hard_: pret. part. bysigum gebǣded, _distressed
by trouble, difficulty, danger_ (of battle), 2581; _to drive, to send
forth_: strǣla storm strengum gebǣded, _the storm of arrows sent with
strength_, 3118; _overcome_: draca . . . bealwe gebǣded, _the dragon . . .
overcome by the ills of battle_, 2827.
bǣl (O. N. bāl), st. n. , _fire, flames_: (wyrm) mid bǣle fōr, _passed
(through the air) with fire_, 2309; hæfde landwara līge befangan, bǣle and
bronde, _with fire and burning_, 2323. --Especially, _the fire of the
funeral-pile, the funeral-pile_, 1110, 1117, 2127; ǣr hē bǣl cure, _ere he
sought the burning_ (i. e. died), 2819; hātað . . . hlǣw gewyrcean . . . æfter
bǣle, _after I am burned, let a burial mound be thrown up_ (Bēowulf's
words), 2804.
bǣl-fȳr, st. n. , _bale-fire, fire of the funeral-pile_: gen. pl. bǣlfȳra
mǣst, 3144.
bǣl-stede, st. m. , _place for the funeral-pile_: dat. sg. in bǣl=stede,
3098.
bǣl-wudu, st. m. , _wood for the funeral-pile_, 3113.
bǣr, st. f. , _bier_, 3106.
ge-bǣran, w. v. , _to conduct one's self, behave_: inf. w. adv. , ne gefrægen
ic þā mǣgðe . . . sēl gebǣran, _I did not hear that a troop bore itself
better, maintained a nobler deportment_, 1013; hē on eorðan geseah þone
lēofestan līfes æt ende blēate gebǣran, _saw the best-beloved upon the
earth, at the end of his life, struggling miserably_ (i. e. in a helpless
situation), 2825.
ge-bǣtan (denominative from bǣte, _the bit_), w. v. , _to place the bit in
the mouth of an animal, to bridle_: pret. part. þā wæs Hrōðgāre hors
gebǣted, 1400.
be, prep. w. dat. (with the fundamental meaning _near_, "but not of one
direction, as æt, but more general"): 1) local, _near by, near, at, on_
(rest): be ȳdlāfe uppe lǣgon, _lay above, upon the deposit of the waves_
(upon the strand, of the slain nixies), 566; hæfde be honda, _held by the
hand_ (Bēowulf held Grendel), 815; be sǣm tweonum, _in the circuit of both
the seas_, 859, 1686; be mæste, _on the mast_, 1906; by fȳre, _by the
fire_, 2220; be næsse, _at the promontory_, 2244; sæt be þǣm gebrōðrum
twǣm, _sat by the two brothers_, 1192; wæs se gryre lǣssa efne swā micle
swā bið mægða cræft be wǣpnedmen, _the terror was just so much less, as is
the strength of woman to the warrior_ (i. e. is valued by), 1285, etc. --2)
also local, but of motion from the subject in the direction of the object,
_on, upon, by_: gefēng be eaxle, _seized by the shoulder_, 1538; ālēdon
lēofne þēoden be mæste, _laid the dear lord near the mast_, 36; be healse
genam, _took him by the neck, fell upon his neck_, 1873; wǣpen hafenade be
hiltum, _grasped the weapon by the hilt_, 1757, etc. --3) with this is
connected the causal force, _on account of, for, according to_: ic þis gid
be þē āwræc, _I spake this solemn speech for thee, for thy sake_, 1724; þū
þē lǣr be þon, _learn according to this, from this_, 1723; be fæder lāre,
_according to her father's direction_, 1951. --4) temporal, _while, during_:
be þē lifigendum, _while thou livest, during thy life_, 2666. See bī.
bed, st. n. , _bed, couch_: acc. sg. bed, 140, 677; gen. sg. beddes, 1792;
dat. pl. beddum, 1241. --Comp: deað-, hlin-, læger-, morðor-, wæl-bed.
ge-bedde, w. f. , _bed-fellow_: dat. sg. wolde sēcan ewēn tō gebeddan,
_wished to seek the queen as bed-fellow, to go to bed with her_,
666. --Comp. heals-gebedde.
bēgen, fem. bā, _both_: nom. m. , 536, 770, 2708; acc. fem. on bā healfa,
_on two sides_ (i. e. Grendel and his mother), 1306; dat.
sentences, ǣfre ne, _never_, 2601. --Comp. nǣfre.
ǣg-hwā (O. H. G. ēo-ga-hwër), pron. , _every, each_: dat. sg. ǣghwǣm, 1385.
The gen. sg. in adverbial sense, _in all, throughout, thoroughly_: ǣghwæs
untǣle, _thoroughly blameless_, 1866; ǣghwæs unrīm, _entirely innumerable
quantity_, i. e. an enormous multitude, 2625, 3136.
ǣg-hwæðer (O. H. G. ēo-ga-hwëdar): 1) _each_ (of two): nom. sg. hæfde
ǣghwæðer ende gefēred, _each of the two_ (Bēowulf and the drake) _had
reached the end_, 2845; dat. sg. ǣghwæðrum wæs brōga fram ōðrum, _to each
of the two_ (Bēowulf and the drake) _was fear of the other_, 2565; gen. sg.
ǣghwæðres . . . worda and worca, 287. --2) _each_ (of several): dat. sg. heora
ǣghwæðrum, 1637.
ǣg-hwǣr, adv. , _everywhere_, 1060.
ǣg-hwilc (O. H. G. ēo-gi-hwëlih), pron. , unusquisque, _every_ (one): 1) used
as an adj. : acc. sg. m. dǣl ǣghwylcne, 622. --2) as substantive, a) with the
partitive genitive: nom. sg. ǣg-hwylc, 9, 2888; dat. sg. ǣghwylcum, 1051.
b) without gen. : nom. sg. ǣghwylc, 985, 988; (wæs) ǣghwylc ōðrum trȳwe,
_each one_ (of two) _true to the other_, 1166.
ǣg-weard, st. f. , _watch on the sea shore_: acc. sg. ǣg-wearde, 241.
ǣht (abstract form from āgan, denoting the state of possessing), st. f. : 1)
_possession, power_: acc. sg. on flōdes ǣht, 42; on wæteres ǣht, _into the
power of the water_, 516; on ǣht gehwearf Denigea frēan, _passed over into
the possession of a Danish master_, 1680. --2) _property, possessions,
goods_: acc. pl. ǣhte, 2249. --Comp. māðm-, gold-ǣht.
ǣht (O. H. G. āhta), st. f. , _pursuit_: nom. þā wæs ǣht boden Swēona lēodum,
segn Higelāce, _then was pursuit offered to the people of the Swēonas,
(their) banner to Hygelāc_ (i. e. the banner of the Swedes, taken during
their flight, fell into the hands of Hygelāc), 2958.
ǣled (Old Sax. eld, O. N. edl-r), st. m. , _fire_, 3016.
ǣled-lēoma, w. m. , _(fire-light), torch_: acc. sg. lēoman, 3126. See lēoma.
ǣn (oblique form of ān), num. , _one_: acc. sg. m. þone ǣnne þone. . . , _the
one whom_. . . , 1054; oftor micle þonne on ǣnne sīð, _much oftener than one
time_, 1580; forð onsendon ǣnne, _sent him forth alone_, 46.
ǣne, adv. , _once_: oft nalles ǣne, 3020.
ǣnig, pron. , _one, any one_, 474, 503, 510, 534, etc. : instr. sg. nolde . . .
0nige þinga, _would in no way, not at all_, 792; lȳt ǣnig mearn, _little
did any one sorrow_ (i. e. no one), 3130. --With the article: næs se
folccyning . . . ǣnig, _no people's king_, 2735. --Comp. nǣnig.
ǣn-līc, adj. , _alone, excellent, distinguished_: ǣnlīc ansȳn,
_distinguished appearance_, 251; þēah þe hīo ǣnlīcu sȳ, _though she be
beautiful_, 1942.
ǣr (comparative form, from ā): 1) adv. , _sooner, before, beforehand_, 15,
656, 695, 758, etc. , _for a long time_, 2596; eft swā ǣr, _again as
formerly_, 643; ǣr nē siððan, _neither sooner nor later_, 719; ǣr and sīð,
_sooner and later_ (all times), 2501; nō þȳ ǣr (_not so much the sooner_),
_yet not_, 755, 1503, 2082, 2161, 2467. --2) conjunct. , _before, ere_: a)
with the ind. : ǣr hīo tō setle gēong, 2020. b) w. subjunc. : ǣr gē fyr
fēran, _before you travel farther_, 252; ǣr hē on hwurfe 164, so 677, 2819;
ǣr þon dæg cwōme, _ere the day break_, 732; ǣr correlative to ǣr adv. : ǣr
hē feorh seleð, aldor an ōfre, ǣr hē wille . . . , _he will sooner_ (rather)
_leave his life upon the shore, before_ (than) _he will_ . . . , 1372. --3)
prepos. with dat. , _before_ ǣr dēaðe, _before death_, 1389; ǣr dæges hwīle,
_before daybreak_, 2321; ǣr swylt-dæge, _before the day of death_, 2799.
ǣror, comp. adv. , _sooner, before-hand_, 810; _formerly_, 2655.
ǣrra, comp. adj. , _earlier_; instr. pl. , ǣrran mǣlum, _in former times_,
908, 2238, 3036.
ǣrest, superl. : 1) adv. , _first of all, foremost_, 6, 617, 1698, etc. --2)
as subst. n. , _relation to, the beginning_: acc. þæt ic his ǣrest þē eft
gesægde (_to tell thee in what relation it stood at first to the coat of
mail that has been presented_), 2158. See Note.
ǣr-dæg, st. m. (_before-day_), _morning-twilight, gray of morning_: dat.
sg. mid ǣrdæge, 126; samod ǣrdæge, 1312, 2943.
ǣrende, st. n. , _errand, trust_: acc. sg. , 270, 345.
ǣr-fæder, st. m. , _late father, deceased father_: nom sg. swā his ǣrfæder,
2623.
ǣr-gestrēon, st. n. , _old treasure, possessions dating from old times_: acc
sg. , 1758; gen. sg. swylcra fela ǣrgestrēona, _much of such old treasure_,
2233. See gestrēon.
ǣr-geweorc, st. n. , _work dating from old times_: nom. sg. enta ǣr-geweorc,
_the old work of the giants_ (of the golden sword-hilt from Grendel's
water-hall), 1680. See geweorc.
ǣr-gōd, adj. , _good since old times, long invested with dignity_ or
_advantages_: æðeling ǣrgōd, 130; (eorl) ǣrgōd, 1330; īren ǣrgōd
(_excellent sword_), 990, 2587.
ǣr-wela, w. m. , _old possessions, riches dating from old times_: acc. sg.
ǣrwelan, 2748. See wela.
ǣs, st. n. , _carcass, carrion_: dat. (instr. ) sg. ǣse, of Æschere's corpse,
1333.
ǣt, st. m. , _food, meat_: dat, sg. , hū him æt ǣte spēow, _how he fared well
at meat_, 3027.
ǣttren (see attor), adj.
, _poisonous_: wæs þæt blōd tō þæs hāt, ǣttren
ellorgāst, se ǣr inne swealt, _so hot was the blood, (and) poisonous the
demon_ (Grendel's mother) _who died therein_, 1618
B
bana, bona, w. m. , _murderer_, 158, 588, 1103, etc. : acc. sg. bonan
Ongenþēowes, of Hygelāc, although in reality his men slew Ongenþēow (2965
ff. ), 1969. Figuratively of inanimate objects: ne wæs ecg bona, 2507; wearð
wracu Wēohstānes bana, 2614. --Comp. : ecg-, feorh-, gāst-, hand-, mūð-bana.
bon-gār, st. m. _murdering spear_, 2032.
ge-bannan, st. v. w. acc. of the thing and dat. of the person, _to command,
to bid_: inf. , 74.
bād, st. f. , _pledge_, only in comp. : nȳd-bād.
bān, st. n. , _bone_: dat. sg. on bāne (on the bony skin of the drake),
2579; dat. pl. heals ealne ymbefēng biteran bānum (here of the teeth of the
drake), 2693.
bān-cofa, w. m. , "cubile ossium" (Grimm) of the body: dat. sg. -cofan,
1446.
bān-fāg, adj. , _variegated with bones_, either with ornaments made of
bone-work, or adorned with bone, perhaps deer-antlers; of Hrōðgār's hall,
781. The last meaning seems the more probable.
bān-fæt, st. n. , _bone-vessel_, i. e. the body: acc. pl. bān-fatu, 1117.
bān-hring, st. m. , _the bone-structure, joint, bone-joint_: acc. pl. hire
wið halse . . . bānhringas bræc (_broke her neck-joint_), 1568.
bān-hūs, st. n. , _bone-house_, i. e. the body: acc. sg. bānhūs gebræc, 2509;
similarly, 3148.
bān-loca, w. m. , _the enclosure of the bones_, i. e. the body: acc. sg. bāt
bānlocan, _bit the body_, 743; nom. pl. burston bānlocan, _the body burst_
(of Grendel, because his arm was torn out), 819.
bāt, st. m. , _boat, craft, ship_, 211. --Comp. sǣ-bāt.
bāt-weard, st. m. , _boat-watcher, he who keeps watch over the craft. _ dat.
sg. -wearde, 1901.
bæð, st. n. , _bath_: acc. sg. ofer ganotes bæð, _over the diver's bath_
(i. e. the sea), 1862.
bærnan, w. v. , _to cause to burn, to burn_: inf. hēt . . . bānfatu bærnan,
_bade that the bodies be burned_, 1117; ongan . . . beorht hofu bærnan,
_began to consume the splendid country-seats_ (the dragon), 2314.
for-bærnan, w. v. , _consume with fire_: inf. hȳ hine ne mōston . . .
brondefor-bærnan, _they_ (the Danes) _could not burn him_ (the dead
Æschere) _upon the funeral-pile_, 2127.
bǣdan (Goth, baidjan, O. N. beðia), _to incite, to encourage_: pret. bǣdde
byre geonge, _encouraged the youths_ (at the banquet), 2019.
ge-bǣdan, w. v. , _to press hard_: pret. part. bysigum gebǣded, _distressed
by trouble, difficulty, danger_ (of battle), 2581; _to drive, to send
forth_: strǣla storm strengum gebǣded, _the storm of arrows sent with
strength_, 3118; _overcome_: draca . . . bealwe gebǣded, _the dragon . . .
overcome by the ills of battle_, 2827.
bǣl (O. N. bāl), st. n. , _fire, flames_: (wyrm) mid bǣle fōr, _passed
(through the air) with fire_, 2309; hæfde landwara līge befangan, bǣle and
bronde, _with fire and burning_, 2323. --Especially, _the fire of the
funeral-pile, the funeral-pile_, 1110, 1117, 2127; ǣr hē bǣl cure, _ere he
sought the burning_ (i. e. died), 2819; hātað . . . hlǣw gewyrcean . . . æfter
bǣle, _after I am burned, let a burial mound be thrown up_ (Bēowulf's
words), 2804.
bǣl-fȳr, st. n. , _bale-fire, fire of the funeral-pile_: gen. pl. bǣlfȳra
mǣst, 3144.
bǣl-stede, st. m. , _place for the funeral-pile_: dat. sg. in bǣl=stede,
3098.
bǣl-wudu, st. m. , _wood for the funeral-pile_, 3113.
bǣr, st. f. , _bier_, 3106.
ge-bǣran, w. v. , _to conduct one's self, behave_: inf. w. adv. , ne gefrægen
ic þā mǣgðe . . . sēl gebǣran, _I did not hear that a troop bore itself
better, maintained a nobler deportment_, 1013; hē on eorðan geseah þone
lēofestan līfes æt ende blēate gebǣran, _saw the best-beloved upon the
earth, at the end of his life, struggling miserably_ (i. e. in a helpless
situation), 2825.
ge-bǣtan (denominative from bǣte, _the bit_), w. v. , _to place the bit in
the mouth of an animal, to bridle_: pret. part. þā wæs Hrōðgāre hors
gebǣted, 1400.
be, prep. w. dat. (with the fundamental meaning _near_, "but not of one
direction, as æt, but more general"): 1) local, _near by, near, at, on_
(rest): be ȳdlāfe uppe lǣgon, _lay above, upon the deposit of the waves_
(upon the strand, of the slain nixies), 566; hæfde be honda, _held by the
hand_ (Bēowulf held Grendel), 815; be sǣm tweonum, _in the circuit of both
the seas_, 859, 1686; be mæste, _on the mast_, 1906; by fȳre, _by the
fire_, 2220; be næsse, _at the promontory_, 2244; sæt be þǣm gebrōðrum
twǣm, _sat by the two brothers_, 1192; wæs se gryre lǣssa efne swā micle
swā bið mægða cræft be wǣpnedmen, _the terror was just so much less, as is
the strength of woman to the warrior_ (i. e. is valued by), 1285, etc. --2)
also local, but of motion from the subject in the direction of the object,
_on, upon, by_: gefēng be eaxle, _seized by the shoulder_, 1538; ālēdon
lēofne þēoden be mæste, _laid the dear lord near the mast_, 36; be healse
genam, _took him by the neck, fell upon his neck_, 1873; wǣpen hafenade be
hiltum, _grasped the weapon by the hilt_, 1757, etc. --3) with this is
connected the causal force, _on account of, for, according to_: ic þis gid
be þē āwræc, _I spake this solemn speech for thee, for thy sake_, 1724; þū
þē lǣr be þon, _learn according to this, from this_, 1723; be fæder lāre,
_according to her father's direction_, 1951. --4) temporal, _while, during_:
be þē lifigendum, _while thou livest, during thy life_, 2666. See bī.
bed, st. n. , _bed, couch_: acc. sg. bed, 140, 677; gen. sg. beddes, 1792;
dat. pl. beddum, 1241. --Comp: deað-, hlin-, læger-, morðor-, wæl-bed.
ge-bedde, w. f. , _bed-fellow_: dat. sg. wolde sēcan ewēn tō gebeddan,
_wished to seek the queen as bed-fellow, to go to bed with her_,
666. --Comp. heals-gebedde.
bēgen, fem. bā, _both_: nom. m. , 536, 770, 2708; acc. fem. on bā healfa,
_on two sides_ (i. e. Grendel and his mother), 1306; dat.
