beág, st. m., _ring, ornament_: nom. sg. beáh (_neck-ring_), 1212; acc. sg. beáh (the collar of the murdered king of the Heaðobeardnas), 2042; bêg (collective for the acc. pl.), 3165; dat. sg. cwom Wealhþeó forð gân under gyldnum beáge, _she walked along under a golden head-ring, wore a golden diadem_, 1164; gen. sg. beáges (of a collar), 1217; acc. pl. beágas (rings in general), 80, 523, etc.; gen. pl. beága, 35, 352, 1488, 2285, etc.-- Comp.: earm-, heals-beág. beág-gyfa, w. m., _ring-giver_, designation of the prince: gen. sg. -gyfan, 1103. beág-hroden, adj., _adorned with rings, ornamented with clasps_: nom. sg. beághroden, cwên, of Hrôðgâr's consort, perhaps with reference to her diadem (cf. 1164), 624. beáh-hord, st. m. n., _ring-hoard, treasure consisting of rings_: gen. sg. beáh-hordes, 895; dat. pl. beáh-hordum, 2827; gen. pl. beáh-horda weard, of King Hrôðgâr, 922. beáh-sele, st. m., _ring-hall, hall in which the rings were distributed_: nom. sg., of Heorot, 1178. beáh-þegu, st. f., _the receiving of the ring_: dat. sg. äfter beáh-þege, 2177. beáh-wriða, w. m. _ring-band_, ring with prominence given to its having the form of a band: acc. sg. beáh-wriðan, 2019. beám, st. m., _tree_, only in the compounds fyrgen-, gleó-beám. beátan, st. v., _thrust, strike_: pres. sg. mearh burhstede beáteð, _the steed beats the castle-ground_ (place where the castle is built), i.e. with his hoofs, 2266; pret. part. swealt bille ge-beáten, _died, struck by the battle-axe_, 2360. beorh, st. m.: 1) _mountain, rock_: dat. sg. beorge, 211; gen. sg. beorges, 2525, 2756; acc. pl. beorgas, 222.--2) _grave-mound, tomb-hill_: acc. sg. biorh, 2808; beorh, 3098, 3165. A grave-mound serves the drake as a retreat (cf. 2277, 2412): nom. sg. beorh, 2242; gen. sg. beorges, 2323.--Comp. stân-beorh. beorh, st. f., _veil, covering, cap_; only in the comp. heáfod-beorh. beorgan, st. v. (w. dat. of the interested person or thing), _to save, to shield_: inf. wolde feore beorgan, _place her life in safety_, 1294; here-byrne ... seó þe bâncôfan beorgan cûðe, _which could protect his body_, 1446; pret. pl. ealdre burgan, 2600. be-beorgan (w. dat. refl. of pers. and acc. of the thing), _to take care, to defend one's self from_: inf. him be-beorgan ne con wom, _cannot keep himself from stain_ (fault), 1747; imp. bebeorh þe þone bealontð, 1759. ge-beorgan (w, dat. of person or thing to be saved), _to save, to protect_: pret. sg. þät gebearh feore, _protected the life_, 1549; scyld wel gebearg lîfe and lîce, 2571. ymb-beorgan, _to surround protectingly_: pret. sg. bring ûtan ymb-bearh, 1504.