be-bûgan, w. acc., _to surround, to encircle_: prs. swâ (_which_) wäter bebûgeð, 93; efne swâ sîde swâ sæ bebûgeð windige weallas, _as far as the sea encircles windy shores_, 1224. ge-bûgan, _to bend, to bow, to sink_: a) intrans.: heó on flet gebeáh, _sank on the floor_, 1541; þâ gebeáh cyning, _then sank the king_, 2981; þâ se wyrm gebeáh snûde tôsomne (_when the drake at once coiled itself up_), 2568; gewât þâ gebogen scrîðan tô, _advanced with curved body_ (the drake), 2570.--b) w. acc. of the thing to which one bends or sinks: pret. selereste gebeáh, _sank upon the couch in the hall_, 691; similarly gebeág, 1242. bûr, st. n., _apartment, room_: dat. sg. bûre, 1311, 2456; dat. pl. bûrum, 140.--Comp. brýd-bûr. bûtan, bûton (from be and ûtan, hence in its meaning referring to what is without, excluded): 1) conj. with subjunctive following, _lest_: bûtan his lîc swice, _lest his body escape_, 967. With ind. following, _but_: bûton hit wäs mâre þonne ænig mon ôðer tô beadulâce ätberan meahte, _but it_ (the sword) _was greater than any other man could have carried to battle_, 1561. After a preceding negative verb, _except_: þâra þe gumena bearn gearwe ne wiston bûton Fitela mid hine, _which the children of men did not know at all, except Fitela, who was with him_, 880; ne nom he mâðm-æhta mâ bûton þone hafelan, etc., _he took no more of the rich treasure than the head alone_, 1615.--2) prep, with dat., _except_: bûton folcscare, 73; bûton þe, 658; ealle bûton ânum, 706. bycgan, w. v., _to buy, to pay_: inf. ne wäs þät gewrixle til þät hie on bâ healfa bicgan scoldon freónda feorum, _that was no good transaction, that they, on both sides_ (as well to Grendel as to his mother), _had to pay with the lives of their friends_, 1306. be-bycgan, _to sell_: pret. nu ic on mâðma hord mîne bebohte frôde feorhlege (_now I, for the treasure-hoard, gave up my old life_), 2800. ge-bycgan, _to buy, to acquire; to pay_: pret. w. acc. nô þær ænige ... frôfre gebohte, _obtained no sort of help, consolation_, 974; hit (his, MS.) ealdre gebohte, _paid it with his life_, 2482; pret. part. sylfes feore beágas [geboh]te, _bought rings with his own life_, 3015. byldan, w. v. (_to make_ beald, which see), _to excite, to encourage, to brave deeds_: inf. w. acc. swâ he Fresena cyn on beórsele byldan wolde (by distributing gifts), 1095. ge-byrd, st. n., "fatum destinatum" (Grein) (?): acc. sg. hie on gebyrd hruron gâre wunde, 1075. ge-byrdu, st. f., _birth_; in compound, bearn-gebyrdu. byrdu-scrûd, st. n., _shield-ornament, design upon a shield_(?): nom. sg., 2661. byre, st. m., (_born_) _son_: nom. sg., 2054, 2446, 2622, etc.; nom. pl. byre, 1189. In a broader sense, _young man, youth_: acc. pl. bædde byre geonge, _encouraged the youths_ (at the banquet), 2019. byrðen, st. f., _burden_; in comp. mägen-byrðen. byrele, st. m., _steward, waiter, cupbearer_: nom. pl. byrelas, 1162. byrgan, w. v., _to feast, to eat_: inf., 448.