â-belgan, _to anger_: pret. sg. w. acc. ôð þät hyne ân âbealh mon on môde, _till a man angered him in his heart_, 2281; pret. part. âbolgen, 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-swêg, 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.: fýr-, hell-, hyge-, îren-, oncer-, searo-, wäl-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 mâððum byreð, _carries the treasure_ (upon his person), 2056; pres. subj. bere, 437; pl. beren, 2654; inf. beran, 48, 231, 291, etc.; hêht þâ se hearda Hrunting beran, _to bring Hrunting_, 1808; up beran, 1921; in beran, 2153; pret. bär, 495, 712, 847, etc.; mandryhtne bär fäted wæge, _brought the lord the costly vessel_, 2282; pl. bæron, 213, 1636, etc.; bæran, 2851; pret. part. boren, 1193, 1648, 3136.--The following expressions are poetic paraphrases of the forms _go, come_: þät we rondas beren eft tô earde, 2654; gewîtað forð beran wæpen and gewædu, 291; ic gefrägn sunu Wihstânes hringnet beran, 2755; wîgheafolan bär, 2662; helmas bæron, 240 (conjecture); scyldas bæran, 2851: they lay stress upon the connection of the man with his weapons. ät-beran, _to carry to_: inf. tô beadulâce (_battle_) ätberan, 1562; pret. þâ hine on morgentîd on Heaðoræmas holm up ätbär, _the sea bore him up to the Heaðoræmas_, 519; hió Beówulfe medoful ätbär _brought Beówulf the mead-cup_, 625; mägenbyrðenne ... hider ût ätbär cyninge mînum, _bore the great burden hither to my king_, 3093; pl. hî hyne ätbæron tô brimes faroðe, 28. for-beran, _to hold, to suppress_: inf. þät he þone breóstwylm forberan ne mehte, _that he could not suppress the emotions of his breast_, 1878. ge-beran, _to bring forth, to bear_: pret. part. þät lâ mäg secgan se þe sôð and riht fremeð on folce ... þät þes eorl wære geboren betera (_that may every just man of the people say, that this nobleman is better born_), 1704. ôð-beran, _to bring hither_: pret. þâ mec sæ ôðbär 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. îren ærgôd þät þäs ahlæcan blôdge beadufolme onberan wolde, _excellent sword which would sweep off the bloody hand of the demon_, 991; pret. part. (wäs) onboren beága hord, _the treasure of the rings had been carried off_, 2285.--Compounds with the pres. part.: helm-, sâwl-berend.