, _bench-board, the
wainscotted
space where the benches
stand_: nom.
stand_: nom.
Beowulf
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. m. bām, 2197; and
in connection with the possessive instead of the personal pronoun, ūrum
bām, 2661; gen. n. bēga, 1874, 2896; bēga gehwæðres, _each one of the two_,
1044; bēga folces, of _both peoples_, 1125.
ge-belgan, st. v. (properly, _to cause to swell, to swell_), _to irritate_:
w. dat. (pret. subj. ) þæt hē ēcean dryhtne bitre gebulge, _that he had
bitterly angered the eternal Lord_, 2332; pret. part. gebolgen, 1540;
(gebolge, MS. ), 2222; pl. gebolgne, 1432; more according to the original
meaning in torne gebolgen, 2402.
ā-belgan, _to anger_: pret. sg. w. acc. oð þæt hyne ān ābealh mon on mōde,
_till a man angered him in his heart_, 2281; pret. part. ābolgen, 724.
ben, st. f. , _wound_: acc. sg. benne, 2725. --Comp. : feorh-, seax-ben.
benc, st. f. , _bench_: nom. sg. benc, 492; dat. sg. bence, 327, 1014, 1189,
1244. --Comp. : ealu-, medu-benc.
benc-swēg, st. m. , (_bench-rejoicing_), _rejoicing which resounds from the
benches_, 1162.
benc-þel, st. n.
, _bench-board, the wainscotted space where the benches
stand_: nom. pl. benc-þelu, 486; acc. pl. bencþelu beredon, _cleared the
bench-boards_ (i. e. by taking away the benches, so as to prepare couches),
1240.
bend, st. m. f. , _bond, fetter_: acc. sg. forstes bend, _frost's bond_,
1610; dat. pl. bendum, 978. --Comp. : fȳr-, hell-, hyge-, īren-, oncer-,
searo-, wæl-bend.
ben-geat, st. n. , (_wound-gate_), _wound-opening_: nom. pl. ben-geato,
1122.
bera (O. N. beri), w. m. , _bearer_: in comp. hleor-bera.
beran, st. v. w. acc. , _to carry_; III. sg. pres. byreð, 296, 448; þone
māððum byreð, _carries the treasure_ (upon his person), 2056; pres. subj.
bere, 437; pl. beren, 2654; inf. beran, 48, 231, 291, etc. ; heht þā se
hearda Hrunting beran, _to bring Hrunting_, 1808; up beran, 1921; in beran,
2153; pret. bær, 495, 712, 847, etc. ; mandryhtne bær fǣted wǣge, _brought
the lord the costly vessel_, 2282; pl. bǣron, 213, 1636, etc. ; bǣran, 2851;
pret. part. boren, 1193, 1648, 3136. --The following expressions are poetic
paraphrases of the forms _go, come_: þæt wē rondas beren eft tō earde,
2654; gewītað forð beran wǣpen and gewǣdu, 291; ic gefrægn sunu Wīhstānes
hringnet beran, 2755; wīgheafolan bær, 2662; helmas bǣron, 240
(conjecture); scyldas bǣran, 2851: they lay stress upon the connection of
the man with his weapons.
æt-beran, _to carry to_: inf. tō beadulāce (_battle_) ætberan, 1562; pret.
þā hine on morgentīd on Heaðorǣmas holm up ætbær, _the sea bore him up to
the Heaðorǣmas_, 519; hīo Bēowulfe medoful ætbær _brought Bēowulf the
mead-cup_, 625; mægenbyrðenne . . . hider ūt ætbær cyninge mīnum, _bore the
great burden hither to my king_, 3093; pl. hī hyne ætbǣron tō brimes
faroðe, 28. --2) _bear away_: æt līc ætbær, 2128.
for-beran, _to hold, to suppress_: inf. þæt hē þone brēostwylm forberan ne
mehte, _that he could not suppress the emotions of his breast_, 1878.
ge-beran, _to bring forth, to bear_: pret. part. þæt lā mæg secgan sē þe
sōð and riht fremeð on folce . . . þæt þes eorl wǣre geboren betera (_that
may every just man of the people say, that this nobleman is better born_),
1704.
oð-beran, _to bring hither_: pret. þā mec sǣ oðbær on Finna land, 579.
on-beran (O. H. G. in bëran, intpëran, but in the sense of carere), auferre,
_to carry off, to take away_: inf. īren ǣrgōd þæt þæs āhlǣcan blōdge
beadufolme onberan wolde, _excellent sword which would sweep off the bloody
hand of the demon_, 991; pret. part. (wæs) onboren bēaga hord, _the
treasure of the rings had been carried off_, 2285. --Compounds with the
pres. part. : helm-, sāwl-berend.
berian (denominative from bær, _naked_), w. v. , _to make bare, to clear_:
pret. pl. bencþelu beredon, _cleared the bench-place_ (by removing the
benches), 1240.
berstan, st. v. , _to break, to burst_: pret. pl. burston bānlocan, 819;
bengeato burston, 1122. --_to crack, to make the noise of breaking_: fingras
burston, _the fingers cracked_ (from Bēowulf's gripe), 761.
for-berstan, _break, to fly asunder_: pret. Nægling forbærst, _Nægling_
(Bēowulf's sword) _broke in two_, 2681.
betera, adj. (comp. ), _better_: nom. sg. m. betera, 469, 1704.
bet-līc, adj. , _excellent, splendid_: nom. sg. n. , of Hrōðgār's hall, 781;
of Hygelāc's residence, 1926.
betst, betost (superl. ), _best, the best_: nom. sg. m. betst beadurinca,
1110; neut. nū is ofost betost, þæt wē . . . , _now is haste the best, that
we. . . _, 3008; voc. m. secg betsta, 948; neut. acc. beaduscrūda betst, 453;
acc. sg. m. þegn betstan, 1872.
bēcn, st. n. , _(beacon), token, mark, sign_: acc. sg. betimbredon
beadu-rōfes bēcn (of Bēowulf's grave-mound), 3162. See beacen.
bēg. See bēag.
bēn, st. f. , _entreaty_: gen. sg. bēne, 428, 2285.
bēna, w. m. , _suppliant_, supplex: nom. sg. swā þū bēna eart (_as thou
entreatest_), 352; swā hē bēna wæs (_as he had asked_), 3141; nom. pl. hȳ
bēnan synt, 364.
ge-betan: 1) _to make good, to remove_: pret. ac þū Hrōðgāre wīdcūðne wēan
wihte gebēttest, _hast thou in any way relieved Hrōðgār of the evil known
afar_, 1992; pret. part. acc. sg. swylce oncȳððe ealle gebētte, _removed
all trouble_, 831. --2) _to avenge_: inf. wihte ne meahte on þām feorhbonan
fǣhðe gebētan, _could in no way avenge the death upon the slayer_, 2466.
beadu, st. f. , _battle, strife, combat_: dat. sg. (as instr. ) beadwe, _in
combat_, 1540; gen. pl. bād beadwa ge-þinges, _waited for the combats_
(with Grendel) _that were in store for him_, 710.
beadu-folm, st. f. , _battle-hand_: acc. sg. -folme, of Grendel's hand, 991.
beado-grīma, w. m. , _(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.
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. m. bām, 2197; and
in connection with the possessive instead of the personal pronoun, ūrum
bām, 2661; gen. n. bēga, 1874, 2896; bēga gehwæðres, _each one of the two_,
1044; bēga folces, of _both peoples_, 1125.
ge-belgan, st. v. (properly, _to cause to swell, to swell_), _to irritate_:
w. dat. (pret. subj. ) þæt hē ēcean dryhtne bitre gebulge, _that he had
bitterly angered the eternal Lord_, 2332; pret. part. gebolgen, 1540;
(gebolge, MS. ), 2222; pl. gebolgne, 1432; more according to the original
meaning in torne gebolgen, 2402.
ā-belgan, _to anger_: pret. sg. w. acc. oð þæt hyne ān ābealh mon on mōde,
_till a man angered him in his heart_, 2281; pret. part. ābolgen, 724.
ben, st. f. , _wound_: acc. sg. benne, 2725. --Comp. : feorh-, seax-ben.
benc, st. f. , _bench_: nom. sg. benc, 492; dat. sg. bence, 327, 1014, 1189,
1244. --Comp. : ealu-, medu-benc.
benc-swēg, st. m. , (_bench-rejoicing_), _rejoicing which resounds from the
benches_, 1162.
benc-þel, st. n.
, _bench-board, the wainscotted space where the benches
stand_: nom. pl. benc-þelu, 486; acc. pl. bencþelu beredon, _cleared the
bench-boards_ (i. e. by taking away the benches, so as to prepare couches),
1240.
bend, st. m. f. , _bond, fetter_: acc. sg. forstes bend, _frost's bond_,
1610; dat. pl. bendum, 978. --Comp. : fȳr-, hell-, hyge-, īren-, oncer-,
searo-, wæl-bend.
ben-geat, st. n. , (_wound-gate_), _wound-opening_: nom. pl. ben-geato,
1122.
bera (O. N. beri), w. m. , _bearer_: in comp. hleor-bera.
beran, st. v. w. acc. , _to carry_; III. sg. pres. byreð, 296, 448; þone
māððum byreð, _carries the treasure_ (upon his person), 2056; pres. subj.
bere, 437; pl. beren, 2654; inf. beran, 48, 231, 291, etc. ; heht þā se
hearda Hrunting beran, _to bring Hrunting_, 1808; up beran, 1921; in beran,
2153; pret. bær, 495, 712, 847, etc. ; mandryhtne bær fǣted wǣge, _brought
the lord the costly vessel_, 2282; pl. bǣron, 213, 1636, etc. ; bǣran, 2851;
pret. part. boren, 1193, 1648, 3136. --The following expressions are poetic
paraphrases of the forms _go, come_: þæt wē rondas beren eft tō earde,
2654; gewītað forð beran wǣpen and gewǣdu, 291; ic gefrægn sunu Wīhstānes
hringnet beran, 2755; wīgheafolan bær, 2662; helmas bǣron, 240
(conjecture); scyldas bǣran, 2851: they lay stress upon the connection of
the man with his weapons.
æt-beran, _to carry to_: inf. tō beadulāce (_battle_) ætberan, 1562; pret.
þā hine on morgentīd on Heaðorǣmas holm up ætbær, _the sea bore him up to
the Heaðorǣmas_, 519; hīo Bēowulfe medoful ætbær _brought Bēowulf the
mead-cup_, 625; mægenbyrðenne . . . hider ūt ætbær cyninge mīnum, _bore the
great burden hither to my king_, 3093; pl. hī hyne ætbǣron tō brimes
faroðe, 28. --2) _bear away_: æt līc ætbær, 2128.
for-beran, _to hold, to suppress_: inf. þæt hē þone brēostwylm forberan ne
mehte, _that he could not suppress the emotions of his breast_, 1878.
ge-beran, _to bring forth, to bear_: pret. part. þæt lā mæg secgan sē þe
sōð and riht fremeð on folce . . . þæt þes eorl wǣre geboren betera (_that
may every just man of the people say, that this nobleman is better born_),
1704.
oð-beran, _to bring hither_: pret. þā mec sǣ oðbær on Finna land, 579.
on-beran (O. H. G. in bëran, intpëran, but in the sense of carere), auferre,
_to carry off, to take away_: inf. īren ǣrgōd þæt þæs āhlǣcan blōdge
beadufolme onberan wolde, _excellent sword which would sweep off the bloody
hand of the demon_, 991; pret. part. (wæs) onboren bēaga hord, _the
treasure of the rings had been carried off_, 2285. --Compounds with the
pres. part. : helm-, sāwl-berend.
berian (denominative from bær, _naked_), w. v. , _to make bare, to clear_:
pret. pl. bencþelu beredon, _cleared the bench-place_ (by removing the
benches), 1240.
berstan, st. v. , _to break, to burst_: pret. pl. burston bānlocan, 819;
bengeato burston, 1122. --_to crack, to make the noise of breaking_: fingras
burston, _the fingers cracked_ (from Bēowulf's gripe), 761.
for-berstan, _break, to fly asunder_: pret. Nægling forbærst, _Nægling_
(Bēowulf's sword) _broke in two_, 2681.
betera, adj. (comp. ), _better_: nom. sg. m. betera, 469, 1704.
bet-līc, adj. , _excellent, splendid_: nom. sg. n. , of Hrōðgār's hall, 781;
of Hygelāc's residence, 1926.
betst, betost (superl. ), _best, the best_: nom. sg. m. betst beadurinca,
1110; neut. nū is ofost betost, þæt wē . . . , _now is haste the best, that
we. . . _, 3008; voc. m. secg betsta, 948; neut. acc. beaduscrūda betst, 453;
acc. sg. m. þegn betstan, 1872.
bēcn, st. n. , _(beacon), token, mark, sign_: acc. sg. betimbredon
beadu-rōfes bēcn (of Bēowulf's grave-mound), 3162. See beacen.
bēg. See bēag.
bēn, st. f. , _entreaty_: gen. sg. bēne, 428, 2285.
bēna, w. m. , _suppliant_, supplex: nom. sg. swā þū bēna eart (_as thou
entreatest_), 352; swā hē bēna wæs (_as he had asked_), 3141; nom. pl. hȳ
bēnan synt, 364.
ge-betan: 1) _to make good, to remove_: pret. ac þū Hrōðgāre wīdcūðne wēan
wihte gebēttest, _hast thou in any way relieved Hrōðgār of the evil known
afar_, 1992; pret. part. acc. sg. swylce oncȳððe ealle gebētte, _removed
all trouble_, 831. --2) _to avenge_: inf. wihte ne meahte on þām feorhbonan
fǣhðe gebētan, _could in no way avenge the death upon the slayer_, 2466.
beadu, st. f. , _battle, strife, combat_: dat. sg. (as instr. ) beadwe, _in
combat_, 1540; gen. pl. bād beadwa ge-þinges, _waited for the combats_
(with Grendel) _that were in store for him_, 710.
beadu-folm, st. f. , _battle-hand_: acc. sg. -folme, of Grendel's hand, 991.
beado-grīma, w. m. , _(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.
