, _ring-hoard, treasure
consisting
of rings_: gen.
Beowulf
, _(battle-mask), helmet_: acc.
pl.
-grīman, 2258.
beado-hrægl, st. n. , _(battle-garment), corselet, shirt of mail_, 552.
beadu-lāc, st. n. , (_exercise in arms, tilting_), _combat, battle_: dat.
sg. tō beadu-lāce, 1562.
beado-lēoma, w. m. , (_battle-light_), _sword_: nom. sg. , 1524.
beado-mēce, st. m. , _battle-sword_: nom. pl. beado-mēcas, 1455.
beado-rinc, st. m. , _battle-hero, warrior_: gen. pl. betst beadorinca,
1110.
beadu-rōf, adj. , _strong in battle_: gen. sg. -rōfes, of Bēowulf, 3162.
beadu-rūn, st. f. , _mystery of battle_: acc. sg. onband beadu-rūne, _solved
the mystery of the combat_, i. e. gave battle, commenced the fight, 501.
beadu-scearp, adj. , _battle-sharp, sharp for the battle_, 2705.
beadu-scrūd, st. n. , (_battle-dress_), _corselet, shirt of mail_: gen. pl.
beaduscrūda betst, 453.
beadu-serce, w. f. , (_battle-garment_), _corselet, shirt of mail_: acc. sg.
brogdne beadu-sercean (because it consists of interlaced metal rings),
2756.
beado-weorc, st. n. , (_battle-work_), _battle_: gen. sg. gefeh
beado-weorces, _rejoiced at the battle_, 2300.
beald, adj. , _bold, brave_: in comp. cyning-beald.
bealdian, w. v. , _to show one's self brave_: pret. bealdode gōdum dǣdum
(_through brave deeds_), 2178.
bealdor, st. m. , _lord, prince_: nom. sg. sinca baldor, 2429; winia
bealdor, 2568.
bealu, st. n. , _evil, ruin, destruction_: instr. sg. bealwe, 2827; gen. pl.
bealuwa, 281; bealewa, 2083; bealwa, 910. --Comp. : cwealm-, ealdor-,
hreðer-, lēod-, morðor-, niht-, sweord-, wīg-bealu.
bealu, adj. , _deadly, dangerous, bad_: instr. sg. hyne sār hafað befongen
balwon bendum, _pain has entwined him in deadly bands_, 978.
bealo-cwealm, st. m. , _violent death, death by the sword_(? ), 2266.
bealo-hycgende, pres. part. , _thinking of death, meditating destruction_:
gen. pl. ǣghwæðrum bealo-hycgendra, 2566.
bealo-hȳdig, adj. , _thinking of death, meditating destruction_: of
Grendel, 724.
bealo-nīð, st. m. , (_zeal for destruction_), _deadly enmity_: nom. sg. ,
2405; _destructive struggle_: acc. sg. bebeorh þē þone bealonīð, _beware of
destructive striving_, 1759; _death-bringing rage_: nom. sg. him on
brēostum bealo-nīð wēoll, _in his breast raged deadly fury_ (of the
dragon's poison), 2715.
bearhtm (see beorht): 1) st. m. , _splendor, brightness, clearness_: nom.
sg. ēagena bearhtm, 1767. --2) _sound, tone_: acc. sg. bearhtm ongeāton,
gūðhorn galan, _they heard the sound, (heard) the battle-horn sound_, 1432.
bearm, m. , gremium, sinus, _lap, bosom_: nom. sg. foldan bearm, 1138; acc.
sg. on bearm scipes, 35, 897; on bearm nacan, 214; him on bearm hladan
bunan and discas, 2776. --2) figuratively, _possession, property_, because
things bestowed were placed in the lap of the receiver (1145 and 2195, on
bearm licgan, ālecgan); dat. sg. him tō bearme cwōm māððumfæt mǣre, _came
into his possession_, 2405.
bearn, st. n. , 1) _child, son_: nom. sg. bearn Healfdenes, 469, etc. ;
Ecglāfes bearn, 499, etc. ; dat. sg. bearne, 2371; nom. pl. bearn, 59; dat.
pl. bearnum, 1075. --2) in a broader sense, _scion, offspring, descendant_:
nom. sg. Ongenþēow's bearn, of his grandson, 2388; nom. pl. yldo. bearn,
70; gumena bearn, _children of men_, 879; hæleða bearn, 1190; æðelinga
bearn, 3172; acc. pl. ofer ylda bearn, 606; dat. pl. ylda bearnum, 150;
gen. pl. niðða bearna, 1006. --Comp. : brōðor-, dryht-bearn.
bearn-gebyrdu, f. , _birth, birth of a son_: gen. sg. þæt hyre ealdmetod
ēste wǣre bearn-gebyrdo, _has been gracious through the birth of such a
son_ (i. e. as Bēowulf), 947.
bearu, st. m. , (_the bearer_, hence properly only the fruit-tree,
especially the oak and the beech), _tree_, collectively _forest_: nom. pl.
hrīmge bearwas, _rime-covered_ or _ice-clad_, 1364.
bēacen, st. n. , _sign, banner_, vexillum: nom. sg. beorht bēacen godes, _of
the sun_, 570; gen. pl. bēacna beorhtost, 2778. See bēcn.
ge-bēacnian, w. v. , _to mark, to indicate_: pret. part. ge-bēacnod, 140.
bēag, st. m. , _ring, ornament_: nom. sg. bēah (_neck-ring_), 1212; acc. sg.
bēah (the collar of the murdered king of the Heaðobeardnas), 2042; bēg
(collective for the acc. pl. ), 3165; dat. sg. cwōm Wealhþēo forð gān under
gyldnum bēage, _she walked along under a golden head-ring, wore a golden
diadem_, 1164; gen. sg. bēages (of a collar), 1217; acc. pl. bēagas (rings
in general), 80, 523, etc. ; gen. pl. bēaga, 35, 352, 1488, 2285, etc. --
Comp. : earm-, heals-bēag.
bēag-gyfa, w. m. , _ring-giver_, designation of the prince: gen. sg. -gyfan,
1103.
bēag-hroden, adj. , _adorned with rings, ornamented with clasps_: nom. sg.
bēaghroden, cwēn, of Hrōðgār's consort, perhaps with reference to her
diadem (cf. 1164, 624.
bēah-hord, st. m. n.
, _ring-hoard, treasure consisting of rings_: gen. sg.
bēah-hordes, 895; dat. pl. bēah-hordum, 2827; gen. pl. bēah-horda weard, of
King Hrōðgār, 922.
bēah-sele, st. m. , _ring-hall, hall in which the rings were distributed_:
nom. sg. , of Heorot, 1178.
bēah-þegu, st. f. , _the receiving of the ring_: dat. sg. æfter bēah-þege,
2177.
bēah-wriða, w. m. _ring-band_, ring with prominence given to its having the
form of a band: acc. sg. bēah-wriðan, 2019.
bēam, st. m. , _tree_, only in the compounds fyrgen-, glēo-bēam.
bēatan, st. v. , _thrust, strike_: pres. sg. mearh burhstede bēateð, _the
steed beats the castle-ground_ (place where the castle is built), i. e. with
his hoofs, 2266; pret. part. swealt bille ge-bēaten, _died, struck by the
battle-axe_, 2360.
beorh, st. m. : 1) _mountain, rock_: dat. sg. beorge, 211; gen. sg. beorges,
2525, 2756; acc. pl. beorgas, 222. --2) _grave-mound, tomb-hill_: acc. sg.
biorh, 2808; beorh, 3098, 3165. A grave-mound serves the drake as a retreat
(cf. 2277, 2412): nom. sg. beorh, 2242; gen. sg. beorges, 2323. --Comp.
stān-beorh.
beorh, st. f. , _veil, covering, cap_; only in the comp. hēafod-beorh.
beorgan, st. v. (w. dat. of the interested person or thing), _to save, to
shield_: inf. wolde fēore beorgan, _place her life in safety_, 1294;
here-byrne . . . sēo þe bāncofan beorgan cūðe, _which could protect his
body_, 1446; pret. pl. ealdre burgan, 2600.
be-beorgan (w. dat. refl. of pers. and acc. of the thing), _to take care,
to defend one's self from_: inf. him be-beorgan ne con wom, _cannot keep
himself from stain_ (fault), 1747; imp. bebeorh þē þone bealontð, 1759.
ge-beorgan (w, dat. of person or thing to be saved), _to save, to protect_:
pret. sg. þæt gebearh fēore, _protected the life_, 1549; scyld wēl gebearg
līfe and līce, 2571.
ymb-beorgan, _to surround protectingly_: pret. sg. bring ūtan ymb-bearh,
1504.
beorht, byrht, adj. : 1) _gleaming, shining, radiant, shimmering_: nom. sg.
beorht, of the sun, 570, 1803; beorhta, of Heorot, 1178; þæt beorhte bold,
998; acc. sg. beorhtne, of Bēowulf's grave-mound, 2804; dat. sg. tō þǣre
byrhtan (here-byrhtan, MS. ) byrig, 1200; acc. pl. beorhte frætwe, 214, 897;
beorhte randas, 231; bordwudu beorhtan, 1244; n. beorht hofu, 2314.
Superl. : bēacna beorhtost, 2778. --2) _excellent, remarkable_: gen. sg.
beorhtre bōte, 158. --Comp. : sadol-, wlite-beorht.
beorhte, adv. , _brilliantly, brightly, radiantly_, 1518.
beorhtian, w. v. , _to sound clearly_: pret. sg. beorhtode benc-swēg, 1162.
beorn, st. m. , _hero, warrior, noble man_: nom. sg. (Hrōðgār), 1881,
(Bēowulf), 2434, etc. ; acc. sg. (Bēow. ), 1025, (Æschere), 1300; dat. sg.
beorne, 2261; nom. pl. beornas (Bēowulf and his companions), 211,
(Hrōðgār's guests), 857; gen. pl. biorna (Bēowulf's liege-men),
2405. --Comp. : folc-, gūð-beorn.
beornan, st. v. , _to burn_: pres. part. byrnende (of the drake),
2273. --Comp. un-byrnende.
for-beornan, _to be consumed, to burn_: pret. sg. for-barn, 1617, 1668;
for-born, 2673.
ge-beornan, _to be burned_: pret. gebarn, 2698.
beorn-cyning, st. m. , _king of warriors, king of heroes_: nom. sg. (as
voc. ), 2149.
bēodan, st. v. : 1) _to announce, to inform, to make known_: inf. bīodan,
2893. --2) _to offer, to proffer_ (as the notifying of a transaction in
direct reference to the person concerned in it): pret. pl. him geþingo
budon, _offered them an agreement_, 1086; pret. part. þā wæs ǣht boden
Swēona lēodum, _then was pursuit offered the Swedish people_, 2958; inf. ic
þǣm gōdan sceal māðmas bēodan, _I shall offer the excellent man treasures_,
385.
ā-bēodan, _to present, to announce_: pret. word inne ābēad, _made known the
words within_, 390; _to offer, to tender, to wish_: pret. him hǣl ābēad,
_wished him health_ (greeted him), 654. Similarly, hǣlo ābēad, 2419; eoton
weard ābēad, _offered the giant a watcher_, 669.
be-bēodan, _to command, to order_: pret. swā him se hearda bebēad, _as the
strong man commanded them_, 401. Similarly, swā se rīca bebēad, 1976.
ge-bēodan: 1) _to command, to order_: inf. hēt þā gebēodan byre Wīhstānes
hæleða monegum, þæt hīe. . . , _the son of Wihstan caused orders to be given
to many of the men. . . _, 3111. --2) _to offer_: him Hygd gebēad hord and
rīce, _offered him the treasure and the chief power_, 2370; inf. gūðe
gebēodan, _to offer battle_, 604.
bēod-genēat, st. m. , _table-companion_: nom. and acc. pl. genēatas, 343,
1714.
bēon, verb, _to be_, generally in the future sense, _will be_: pres. sg. I.
gūðgeweorca ic bēo gearo sōna, _I shall immediately be ready for warlike
deeds_, 1826; sg. III. wā bið þǣm þe sceal. . . , _woe to him who_. . . ! 183;
so, 186; gifeðe bið is given, 299; ne bið þē wilna gād (_no wish will be
denied thee_), 661; þǣr þē bið manna þearf, _if thou shalt need the
warriors_, 1836; ne bið swylc cwēnlīc þēaw, _is not becoming, honorable to
a woman_, 1941; eft sōna bið _will happen directly_, 1763; similarly, 1768,
etc. ; pl. þonne bīoð brocene, _then are broken_, 2064; feor cȳððe bēoð
sēlran gesōhte þām þe. . . , "terrae longinquae meliores sunt visitatu ei
qui. . . " (Grein), 1839; imp. bēo (bīo) þū on ofeste, _hasten! _ 386, 2748;
bēo wið Gēatas glæd, _be gracious to the Gēatas_, 1174.
beado-hrægl, st. n. , _(battle-garment), corselet, shirt of mail_, 552.
beadu-lāc, st. n. , (_exercise in arms, tilting_), _combat, battle_: dat.
sg. tō beadu-lāce, 1562.
beado-lēoma, w. m. , (_battle-light_), _sword_: nom. sg. , 1524.
beado-mēce, st. m. , _battle-sword_: nom. pl. beado-mēcas, 1455.
beado-rinc, st. m. , _battle-hero, warrior_: gen. pl. betst beadorinca,
1110.
beadu-rōf, adj. , _strong in battle_: gen. sg. -rōfes, of Bēowulf, 3162.
beadu-rūn, st. f. , _mystery of battle_: acc. sg. onband beadu-rūne, _solved
the mystery of the combat_, i. e. gave battle, commenced the fight, 501.
beadu-scearp, adj. , _battle-sharp, sharp for the battle_, 2705.
beadu-scrūd, st. n. , (_battle-dress_), _corselet, shirt of mail_: gen. pl.
beaduscrūda betst, 453.
beadu-serce, w. f. , (_battle-garment_), _corselet, shirt of mail_: acc. sg.
brogdne beadu-sercean (because it consists of interlaced metal rings),
2756.
beado-weorc, st. n. , (_battle-work_), _battle_: gen. sg. gefeh
beado-weorces, _rejoiced at the battle_, 2300.
beald, adj. , _bold, brave_: in comp. cyning-beald.
bealdian, w. v. , _to show one's self brave_: pret. bealdode gōdum dǣdum
(_through brave deeds_), 2178.
bealdor, st. m. , _lord, prince_: nom. sg. sinca baldor, 2429; winia
bealdor, 2568.
bealu, st. n. , _evil, ruin, destruction_: instr. sg. bealwe, 2827; gen. pl.
bealuwa, 281; bealewa, 2083; bealwa, 910. --Comp. : cwealm-, ealdor-,
hreðer-, lēod-, morðor-, niht-, sweord-, wīg-bealu.
bealu, adj. , _deadly, dangerous, bad_: instr. sg. hyne sār hafað befongen
balwon bendum, _pain has entwined him in deadly bands_, 978.
bealo-cwealm, st. m. , _violent death, death by the sword_(? ), 2266.
bealo-hycgende, pres. part. , _thinking of death, meditating destruction_:
gen. pl. ǣghwæðrum bealo-hycgendra, 2566.
bealo-hȳdig, adj. , _thinking of death, meditating destruction_: of
Grendel, 724.
bealo-nīð, st. m. , (_zeal for destruction_), _deadly enmity_: nom. sg. ,
2405; _destructive struggle_: acc. sg. bebeorh þē þone bealonīð, _beware of
destructive striving_, 1759; _death-bringing rage_: nom. sg. him on
brēostum bealo-nīð wēoll, _in his breast raged deadly fury_ (of the
dragon's poison), 2715.
bearhtm (see beorht): 1) st. m. , _splendor, brightness, clearness_: nom.
sg. ēagena bearhtm, 1767. --2) _sound, tone_: acc. sg. bearhtm ongeāton,
gūðhorn galan, _they heard the sound, (heard) the battle-horn sound_, 1432.
bearm, m. , gremium, sinus, _lap, bosom_: nom. sg. foldan bearm, 1138; acc.
sg. on bearm scipes, 35, 897; on bearm nacan, 214; him on bearm hladan
bunan and discas, 2776. --2) figuratively, _possession, property_, because
things bestowed were placed in the lap of the receiver (1145 and 2195, on
bearm licgan, ālecgan); dat. sg. him tō bearme cwōm māððumfæt mǣre, _came
into his possession_, 2405.
bearn, st. n. , 1) _child, son_: nom. sg. bearn Healfdenes, 469, etc. ;
Ecglāfes bearn, 499, etc. ; dat. sg. bearne, 2371; nom. pl. bearn, 59; dat.
pl. bearnum, 1075. --2) in a broader sense, _scion, offspring, descendant_:
nom. sg. Ongenþēow's bearn, of his grandson, 2388; nom. pl. yldo. bearn,
70; gumena bearn, _children of men_, 879; hæleða bearn, 1190; æðelinga
bearn, 3172; acc. pl. ofer ylda bearn, 606; dat. pl. ylda bearnum, 150;
gen. pl. niðða bearna, 1006. --Comp. : brōðor-, dryht-bearn.
bearn-gebyrdu, f. , _birth, birth of a son_: gen. sg. þæt hyre ealdmetod
ēste wǣre bearn-gebyrdo, _has been gracious through the birth of such a
son_ (i. e. as Bēowulf), 947.
bearu, st. m. , (_the bearer_, hence properly only the fruit-tree,
especially the oak and the beech), _tree_, collectively _forest_: nom. pl.
hrīmge bearwas, _rime-covered_ or _ice-clad_, 1364.
bēacen, st. n. , _sign, banner_, vexillum: nom. sg. beorht bēacen godes, _of
the sun_, 570; gen. pl. bēacna beorhtost, 2778. See bēcn.
ge-bēacnian, w. v. , _to mark, to indicate_: pret. part. ge-bēacnod, 140.
bēag, st. m. , _ring, ornament_: nom. sg. bēah (_neck-ring_), 1212; acc. sg.
bēah (the collar of the murdered king of the Heaðobeardnas), 2042; bēg
(collective for the acc. pl. ), 3165; dat. sg. cwōm Wealhþēo forð gān under
gyldnum bēage, _she walked along under a golden head-ring, wore a golden
diadem_, 1164; gen. sg. bēages (of a collar), 1217; acc. pl. bēagas (rings
in general), 80, 523, etc. ; gen. pl. bēaga, 35, 352, 1488, 2285, etc. --
Comp. : earm-, heals-bēag.
bēag-gyfa, w. m. , _ring-giver_, designation of the prince: gen. sg. -gyfan,
1103.
bēag-hroden, adj. , _adorned with rings, ornamented with clasps_: nom. sg.
bēaghroden, cwēn, of Hrōðgār's consort, perhaps with reference to her
diadem (cf. 1164, 624.
bēah-hord, st. m. n.
, _ring-hoard, treasure consisting of rings_: gen. sg.
bēah-hordes, 895; dat. pl. bēah-hordum, 2827; gen. pl. bēah-horda weard, of
King Hrōðgār, 922.
bēah-sele, st. m. , _ring-hall, hall in which the rings were distributed_:
nom. sg. , of Heorot, 1178.
bēah-þegu, st. f. , _the receiving of the ring_: dat. sg. æfter bēah-þege,
2177.
bēah-wriða, w. m. _ring-band_, ring with prominence given to its having the
form of a band: acc. sg. bēah-wriðan, 2019.
bēam, st. m. , _tree_, only in the compounds fyrgen-, glēo-bēam.
bēatan, st. v. , _thrust, strike_: pres. sg. mearh burhstede bēateð, _the
steed beats the castle-ground_ (place where the castle is built), i. e. with
his hoofs, 2266; pret. part. swealt bille ge-bēaten, _died, struck by the
battle-axe_, 2360.
beorh, st. m. : 1) _mountain, rock_: dat. sg. beorge, 211; gen. sg. beorges,
2525, 2756; acc. pl. beorgas, 222. --2) _grave-mound, tomb-hill_: acc. sg.
biorh, 2808; beorh, 3098, 3165. A grave-mound serves the drake as a retreat
(cf. 2277, 2412): nom. sg. beorh, 2242; gen. sg. beorges, 2323. --Comp.
stān-beorh.
beorh, st. f. , _veil, covering, cap_; only in the comp. hēafod-beorh.
beorgan, st. v. (w. dat. of the interested person or thing), _to save, to
shield_: inf. wolde fēore beorgan, _place her life in safety_, 1294;
here-byrne . . . sēo þe bāncofan beorgan cūðe, _which could protect his
body_, 1446; pret. pl. ealdre burgan, 2600.
be-beorgan (w. dat. refl. of pers. and acc. of the thing), _to take care,
to defend one's self from_: inf. him be-beorgan ne con wom, _cannot keep
himself from stain_ (fault), 1747; imp. bebeorh þē þone bealontð, 1759.
ge-beorgan (w, dat. of person or thing to be saved), _to save, to protect_:
pret. sg. þæt gebearh fēore, _protected the life_, 1549; scyld wēl gebearg
līfe and līce, 2571.
ymb-beorgan, _to surround protectingly_: pret. sg. bring ūtan ymb-bearh,
1504.
beorht, byrht, adj. : 1) _gleaming, shining, radiant, shimmering_: nom. sg.
beorht, of the sun, 570, 1803; beorhta, of Heorot, 1178; þæt beorhte bold,
998; acc. sg. beorhtne, of Bēowulf's grave-mound, 2804; dat. sg. tō þǣre
byrhtan (here-byrhtan, MS. ) byrig, 1200; acc. pl. beorhte frætwe, 214, 897;
beorhte randas, 231; bordwudu beorhtan, 1244; n. beorht hofu, 2314.
Superl. : bēacna beorhtost, 2778. --2) _excellent, remarkable_: gen. sg.
beorhtre bōte, 158. --Comp. : sadol-, wlite-beorht.
beorhte, adv. , _brilliantly, brightly, radiantly_, 1518.
beorhtian, w. v. , _to sound clearly_: pret. sg. beorhtode benc-swēg, 1162.
beorn, st. m. , _hero, warrior, noble man_: nom. sg. (Hrōðgār), 1881,
(Bēowulf), 2434, etc. ; acc. sg. (Bēow. ), 1025, (Æschere), 1300; dat. sg.
beorne, 2261; nom. pl. beornas (Bēowulf and his companions), 211,
(Hrōðgār's guests), 857; gen. pl. biorna (Bēowulf's liege-men),
2405. --Comp. : folc-, gūð-beorn.
beornan, st. v. , _to burn_: pres. part. byrnende (of the drake),
2273. --Comp. un-byrnende.
for-beornan, _to be consumed, to burn_: pret. sg. for-barn, 1617, 1668;
for-born, 2673.
ge-beornan, _to be burned_: pret. gebarn, 2698.
beorn-cyning, st. m. , _king of warriors, king of heroes_: nom. sg. (as
voc. ), 2149.
bēodan, st. v. : 1) _to announce, to inform, to make known_: inf. bīodan,
2893. --2) _to offer, to proffer_ (as the notifying of a transaction in
direct reference to the person concerned in it): pret. pl. him geþingo
budon, _offered them an agreement_, 1086; pret. part. þā wæs ǣht boden
Swēona lēodum, _then was pursuit offered the Swedish people_, 2958; inf. ic
þǣm gōdan sceal māðmas bēodan, _I shall offer the excellent man treasures_,
385.
ā-bēodan, _to present, to announce_: pret. word inne ābēad, _made known the
words within_, 390; _to offer, to tender, to wish_: pret. him hǣl ābēad,
_wished him health_ (greeted him), 654. Similarly, hǣlo ābēad, 2419; eoton
weard ābēad, _offered the giant a watcher_, 669.
be-bēodan, _to command, to order_: pret. swā him se hearda bebēad, _as the
strong man commanded them_, 401. Similarly, swā se rīca bebēad, 1976.
ge-bēodan: 1) _to command, to order_: inf. hēt þā gebēodan byre Wīhstānes
hæleða monegum, þæt hīe. . . , _the son of Wihstan caused orders to be given
to many of the men. . . _, 3111. --2) _to offer_: him Hygd gebēad hord and
rīce, _offered him the treasure and the chief power_, 2370; inf. gūðe
gebēodan, _to offer battle_, 604.
bēod-genēat, st. m. , _table-companion_: nom. and acc. pl. genēatas, 343,
1714.
bēon, verb, _to be_, generally in the future sense, _will be_: pres. sg. I.
gūðgeweorca ic bēo gearo sōna, _I shall immediately be ready for warlike
deeds_, 1826; sg. III. wā bið þǣm þe sceal. . . , _woe to him who_. . . ! 183;
so, 186; gifeðe bið is given, 299; ne bið þē wilna gād (_no wish will be
denied thee_), 661; þǣr þē bið manna þearf, _if thou shalt need the
warriors_, 1836; ne bið swylc cwēnlīc þēaw, _is not becoming, honorable to
a woman_, 1941; eft sōna bið _will happen directly_, 1763; similarly, 1768,
etc. ; pl. þonne bīoð brocene, _then are broken_, 2064; feor cȳððe bēoð
sēlran gesōhte þām þe. . . , "terrae longinquae meliores sunt visitatu ei
qui. . . " (Grein), 1839; imp. bēo (bīo) þū on ofeste, _hasten! _ 386, 2748;
bēo wið Gēatas glæd, _be gracious to the Gēatas_, 1174.
