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 gôdum dædum (_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-, leód-, morðor-, niht-, sweord-, wîg-bealu. bealu, adj., _deadly, dangerous, bad_: instr. sg. hyne sâr 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. æghwäðrum bealo-hycgendra, 2566. bealo-hydig, adj., _thinking of death, meditating destruction_: of Grendel, 724. bealo-nîð, st. m., (_zeal for destruction_), _deadly enmity_: nom. sg., 2405; _destructive struggle_: acc. sg. bebeorh þe þone bealonîð, _beware of destructive striving_, 1759; _death-bringing rage_: nom. sg. him on breóstum bealo-nîð weóll, _in his breast raged deadly fury_ (of the dragon's poison), 2715. bearhtm (see beorht): 1) st. m., _splendor, brightness, clearness_: nom. sg. eágena bearhtm, 1767.--2) _sound, tone_: acc. sg. bearhtm ongeâton, gûðhorn 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, âlecgan); dat. sg. him tô bearme cwom mâððumfät mære, _came into his possession_, 2405. bearn, st. n., 1) _child, son_: nom. sg. bearn Healfdenes, 469, etc.; Ecglâfes 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. Ongenþeów's bearn, of his grandson, 2388; nom. pl. yldo. bearn, 70; gumena bearn, _children of men_, 879; häleða bearn, 1190; äðelinga bearn, 3172; acc. pl. ofer ylda bearn, 606; dat. pl. ylda bearnum, 150; gen. pl. niðða bearna, 1006.--Comp.: brôðor-, dryht-bearn. bearn-gebyrdu, f., _birth, birth of a son_: gen. sg. þät hyre ealdmetod êste wære bearn-gebyrdo, _has been gracious through the birth of such a son_ (i.e. as Beówulf), 947. bearu, st. m., (_the bearer_, hence properly only the fruit-tree, especially the oak and the beech), _tree_, collectively _forest_: nom. pl. hrîmge bearwas, _rime-covered_ or _ice-clad_, 1364. beácen, st. n., _sign, banner_, vexillum: nom. sg. beorht beácen godes, _of the sun_, 570; gen. pl. beácna beorhtost, 2778. See bêcn. ge-beácnian, w. v., _to mark, to indicate_: pret. part. ge-beácnod, 140.