ge-byrgea, w. m., _protector_; in comp. leód-gebyrgea. byrht. See _beorht_. byrne, w. f., _shirt of mail, mail_: nom. sg. byrne, 405, 1630, etc.; hringed byrne, _ring-shirt_, consisting of interlaced rings, 1246; acc. sg. byrnan, 1023, etc.; sîde byrnan, _large coat of mail_, 1292; hringde byrnan, 2616; hâre byrnan, _gray coat of mail_ (of iron), 2154; dat. sg. on byrnan, 2705; gen. sg. byrnan hring, _the ring of the shirt of mail_ (i.e. the shirt of mail), 2261; dat. pl. byrnum, 40, 238, etc.; beorhtum byrnum, _with gleaming mail_, 3141.--Comp.: gûð-, here-, heaðo-, îren-, îsern-byrne. byrnend. See beornan. byrn-wîga, w. m., _warrior dressed in a coat of mail_: nom. sg., 2919. bysgu, bisigu, st. f., _trouble, difficulty, opposition_: nom. sg. bisigu, 281; dat. pl. bisgum, 1744, bysigum, 2581. bysig, adj., _opposed, in need_, in the compounds lîf-bysig, syn-bysig. býme, w. f., _a wind-instrument, a trumpet, a trombone_: gen. sg. býman gealdor, _the sound of the trumpet_, 2944. býwan, w. v., _to ornament, to prepare_: inf. þâ þe beado-grîman býwan sceoldon, _who should prepare the helmets_, 2258. C camp, st. m., _combat, fight between two_: dat. sg. in campe (Beówulf's with Däghrefn; cempan, MS.), 2506. candel, st. f., _light, candle_: nom. sg. rodores candel, of the sun, 1573.--Comp. woruld-candel. cempa, w. m., _fighter, warrior, hero_: nom. sg. äðele cempa, 1313; Geáta cempa, 1552; rêðe cempa, 1586; mære cempa (as voc.), 1762; gyrded cempa, 2079; dat. sg. geongum (geongan) cempan, 1949, 2045, 2627; Hûga cempan, 2503; acc. pl. cempan, 206.--Comp. fêðe-cempa. cennan, w. v.: 1) _to bear_, w. acc.: efne swâ hwylc mägða swâ þone magan cende, _who bore the son_, 944; pret. part. þäm eafera wäs äfter cenned, _to him was a son born_, 12.--2) reflexive, _to show one's self, to reveal one's self_: imp. cen þec mid cräfte, _prove yourself by your strength_, 1220. â-cennan, _to bear_: pret. part. nô hie fäder cunnon, hwäðer him ænig wäs ær âcenned dyrnra gâsta, _they_ (the people of the country) _do not know his_ (Grendel's) _father, nor whether any evil spirit has been before born to him_ (whether he has begotten a son), 1357. cênðu, st. f., _boldness_: acc. sg. cênðu, 2697. cêne, adj., _keen, warlike, bold_: gen. p.. cênra gehwylcum, 769. Superl., acc. pl. cênoste, 206.--Comp.: dæd-, gâr-cêne. ceald, adj., _cold_: acc. pl. cealde streámas, 1262; dat. pl. cealdum cearsîðum, _with cold, sad journeys_, 2397. Superl. nom. sg. wedera cealdost, 546;--Comp. morgen-ceald. cearian, w. v., _to have care, to take care, to trouble one's self_: prs. sg. III. nâ ymb his lîf cearað, _takes no care for his life_, 1537. cearig, adj., _troubled, sad_: in comp. sorh-cearig. cear-sîð, st. m., _sorrowful way, an undertaking that brings sorrow_, i.e. a warlike expedition: dat. pl. cearsîðum (of Beówulf's expeditions against Eádgils), 2397.