bâd, st. f., _pledge_, only in comp.: nýd-bâd. bân, st. n., _bone_: dat. sg. on bâne (on the bony skin of the drake), 2579; dat. pl. heals ealne ymbefêng biteran bânum (here of the teeth of the drake), 2693. bân-côfa, w. m., "cubile ossium" (Grimm) of the body: dat. sg. -côfan, 1446. bân-fâg, adj., _variegated with bones_, either with ornaments made of bone-work, or adorned with bone, perhaps deer-antlers; of Hrôðgâr's hall, 781. The last meaning seems the more probable. bân-fät, st. n., _bone-vessel_, i.e. the body: acc. pl. bân-fatu, 1117. bân-hring, st. m., _the bone-structure, joint, bone-joint_: acc. pl. hire wið halse ... bânhringas bräc (_broke her neck-joint_), 1568. bân-hûs, st. n., _bone-house_, i.e. the body: acc. sg. bânhûs gebräc, 2509; similarly, 3148. bân-loca, w. m., _the enclosure of the bones_, i.e. the body: acc. sg. bât bânlocan, _bit the body_, 743; nom. pl. burston bânlocan, _the body burst_ (of Grendel, because his arm was torn out), 819. bât, st. m., _boat, craft, ship_, 211.--Comp. sæ-bât. bât-weard, st. m., _boat-watcher, he who keeps watch over the craft._ dat. sg. -wearde, 1901. bäð, st. n., _bath_: acc. sg. ofer ganotes bäð, _over the diver's bath_ (i.e. the sea), 1862. bärnan, w. v., _to cause to burn, to burn_: inf. hêt ... bânfatu bärnan, _bade that the bodies be burned_, 1117; ongan ... beorht hofu bärnan, _began to consume the splendid country-seats_ (the dragon), 2314. for-bärnan, w. v., _consume with fire_: inf. hy hine ne môston ... brondefor-bärnan, _they_ (the Danes) _could not burn him_ (the dead Äschere) _upon the funeral-pile_, 2127. bædan (Goth, baidjan, O.N. beðia), _to incite, to encourage_: pret. bædde byre geonge, _encouraged the youths_ (at the banquet), 2019. ge-bædan, w. v., _to press hard_: pret. part. bysigum gebæded, _distressed by trouble, difficulty, danger_ (of battle), 2581; _to drive, to send forth_: stræla storm strengum gebæded, _the storm of arrows sent with strength_, 3118; _overcome_: draca ... bealwe gebæded, _the dragon ... overcome by the ills of battle_, 2827. bæl (O.N. bâl), st. n., _fire, flames_: (wyrm) mid bæle fôr, _passed (through the air) with fire_, 2309; häfde landwara lîge befangan, bæle and bronde, _with fire and burning_, 2323.--Especially, _the fire of the funeral-pile, the funeral-pile_, 1110, 1117, 2127; ær he bæl cure, _ere he sought the burning_ (i.e. died), 2819; hâtað ... hlæw gewyrcean ... äfter bæle, _after I am burned, let a burial mound be thrown up_ (Beówulf's words), 2804. bæl-fýr, st. n., _bale-fire, fire of the funeral-pile_: gen. pl. bælfýra mæst, 3144. bæl-stede, st. m., _place for the funeral-pile_: dat. sg. in bæl=stede, 3098. bæl-wudu, st. m., _wood for the funeral-pile_, 3113. bær, st. f., _bier_, 3106.