Old English Lexicon
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| Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | Æ | Þ |
| Old English | English |
| Baða: 1. Bath Baddanburg: 1. Badbury Rings Bebbanburg: 1. Bamborough Bedanford: 1. Bedford Benedictus: 1. Ben, Benedict Bethleem: 1. Bethlehem Bethsaida: 1. Bethesda Braden: 1. Braydon Breten: 1. Britain, Great Britain Buccingaham: 1. Buckingham Byrnewudu: 1. Bernwood baðian:1. bathe bacan: 1. bake ban: 1. bone bat: 1. boat be: 1. according as, according to, as, by | 2. about, concerning, on, upon beacn: 1. beacon beam: 1. tree bean: 1. bean beard: 1. beard bebyrgan: 1. bury | 2. bury, entomb, inter bece: 1. beech becn: 1. beacon becuman: 1. become, come about, grow, happen | 2. come about, happen, occur bed: 1. bed bedd: 1. bed befer: 1. beaver beforan: 1. before, in front of begen: 1. both beginnan: 1. begin, commence, start behat: 1. affirmation, promise behatan: 1. promise behindan: 1. behind beliefan: 1. account, accredit, believe, deem belifan: 1. remain, stay, stay over bellan: 1. yell benc: 1. bench beo: 1. bee beod: 1. table beofor: 1. beaver beor: 1. ale, beer beorg: 1. mountain beorh: 1. mountain beorht: 1. bright, brilliant bera: 1. bear beran: 1. carry, wear berht: 1. bright, brilliant berie: 1. berry bete: 1. beet betweonan: 1. among, between betweonum: 1. among, between beæftan: 1. behind bidan: 1. abide, expect, wait, await, wait for biddan: 1. ask, ask for, beg, bid, request bile: 1. beak, bill bill: 1. sword | 2. axe bindan: 1. bind, connect, join, tie, tie up bio: 1. bee birce: 1. birch biscop: 1. bishop bitan: 1. bite bitela: 1. beetle | 2. beetle biwist: 1. food | 2. food, nourishment blac: 1. black | 2. pale, sallow blawan: 1. blow bledan: 1. bleed bletsian: 1. bless bletsung: 1. blessing, boon blew: 1. blue bliðe: 1. happy, glad blind: 1. blind bliss: 1. gladness, joy blod: 1. blood blu: 1. blue blæc: 1. black blæd: 1. leaf, sheet blæddre: 1. bladder, bubble blædre: 1. bladder, bubble boc: 1. book bodian: 1. advertise, announce, give notice boece: 1. beech boga: 1. arc, bow borian: 1. bore, drill bosom: 1. bosom botm: 1. bottom, foundation, ground box: 1. box-tree | 2. box braccan: 1. fern brad: 1. broad bread: 1. bread, loaf brecan: 1. break brembel: 1. blackberry bremel: 1. blackberry brengan: 1. bring, fetch breost: 1. bosom, breast, chest breowan: 1. brew bringan: 1. bring, fetch broðor: 1. brother broc: 1. stream brom: 1. greenweed bru: 1. brow, eyebrow brun: 1. brown bryd: 1. bride, fiancée | 2. bride brydguma: 1. fiancé | 2. bridegroom bræð: 1. breath brædu: 1. width | 2. width brægen: 1. brain brægn: 1. brain buan: 1. dwell, live buc: 1. stag bucca: 1. he-goat burg: 1. fortification | 2. city, town burh: 1. fortification | 2. city, town buta: 1. both butan: 1. outside, outside of | 2. abroad, out, outside | 3. without butere: 1. butter buton: 1. outside, outside of | 2. abroad, out, outside | 3. without butu: 1. both byre: 1. barrack, barn, shack, shanty, shed | 2. cabin, hut, shack byrgan: 1. bury | 2. bury, entomb, inter byrgen: 1. grave, tomb bæð: 1. bath bæc: 1. back |
back:1. bæc bad: 1. yfel bairn: 1. bearn, cild bake: 1. bacan barn: 1. byre barrack: 1. byre bath: 1. bæð bathe: 1. baðian battle: 1. gefeoht be: 1. beon, wesan be able to: 1. cunnan beacon: 1. beacn, becn be acquainted with: 1. gecnawan be afraid of: 1. ondrædan beak: 1. bile bean: 1. bean bear: 1. acennan | 2. bera beard: 1. beard be asleep: 1. slæpan beast: 1. deor beat: 1. swingan beautiful: 1. fæger, wlitig beauty: 1. fægernes, wlite beaver: 1. befer, beofor become: 1. becuman, weorþan bed: 1. bed, bedd bee: 1. beo, bio beech: 1. bece, boece beer: 1. beor beet: 1. bete beetle: 1. bitela | 2. bitela before: 1. ær, for, beforan | 2. ær þæm þe, ær þon þe beg: 1. biddan begin: 1. beginnan beginning: 1. fruma behind: 1. æftar | 2. æftan, beæftan, behindan | 3. æfter believe: 1. beliefan, geliefan, gelyfan belly: 1. wamb below: 1. niþer | 2. under Ben: 1. Benedictus bench: 1. benc beneath: 1. under Benedict: 1. Benedictus benefit: 1. þearf be painful: 1. acan berry: 1. berie Bethlehem: 1. Bethleem between: 1. betweonan, betweonum bevy: 1. heord, hiord be willing to: 1. willan bid: 1. biddan big: 1. great bill: 1. bile bind: 1. bindan birch: 1. birce bird: 1. fugol birth: 1. acennednes, gebyrt bishop: 1. biscop bit: 1. stycce bite: 1. bitan black: 1. blac, blæc blackberry: 1. brembel, bremel bladder: 1. blæddre, blædre blade: 1. healm | 2. healm blame: 1. gylt blank: 1. hwit blaspheme: 1. cursian bleak: 1. dunn | 2. ceald bleed: 1. bledan bless: 1. bletsian blessing: 1. bletsung blind: 1. blind blindworm: 1. slawyrm blood: 1. blod blow: 1. blawan, ablawan blue: 1. blew, blu boat: 1. bat body: 1. lic, lichoma bondwoman: 1. wielen bone: 1. ban book: 1. boc boon: 1. bletsung border: 1. ecg bore: 1. borian borrow: 1. aborgian bosom: 1. breost | 2. bosom boss: 1. ealdor, eorl both: 1. æghwæþer, ægþer, begen, buta, butu bottle: 1. flasce, flaxe bottom: 1. botm bow: 1. boga | 2. onlutan box: 1. ciest | 2. box box-tree: 1. box boy: 1. cnapa | 2. þegen, þegn, þeow brain: 1. brægen, brægn bread: 1. bread, hlaf break: 1. brecan breast: 1. breost breath: 1. bræð breed: 1. cynn brew: 1. breowan bride: 1. bryd | 2. bryd bridegroom: 1. brydguma brief: 1. scort bright: 1. beorht, berht, glæd | 2. leoht brilliant: 1. beorht, berht, glæd brim: 1. ecg bring: 1. brengan, bringan brink: 1. ecg Britain: 1. Breten broad: 1. brad, wid brother: 1. broðor brow: 1. bru brown: 1. brun bubble: 1. blæddre, blædre build: 1. atimbran, getimbran burdensome: 1. hefig bury: 1. byrgan, bebyrgan | 2. byrgan, bebyrgan businessman: 1. ciepemann but: 1. ac | 2. hwæþere, hwæþre, þeah, þeah-hwæþere butter: 1. butere buy: 1. bycgan, ceapian | 2. bycgan, ceapian | 3. bycgan, ceapian | 4. bycgan, ceapian | 5. bycgan, ceapian | 6. bycgan, ceapian by: 1. from | 2. be |
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