bindan, st. v., _to bind, to tie_: pret. part. acc. sg. wudu bundenne, _the bound wood_, i.e. the built ship, 216; bunden golde swurd, _a sword bound with gold_, i.e. either having its hilt inlaid with gold, or having gold chains upon the hilt (swords of both kinds have been found), 1901; nom. sg. heoru bunden, 1286, has probably a similar meaning. ge-bindan, _to bind_: pret. sg. þǣr ic fīfe geband, _where I had bound five_(?), 420; pret. part. cyninges þegn word ōðer fand sōðe gebunden, _the king's man found_ (after many had already praised Bēowulf's deed) _other words_ (also referring to Bēowulf, but in connection with Sigemund) _rightly bound together_, i.e. in good alliterative verses, as are becoming to a gid, 872; wundenmǣl wrǣttum gebunden, _sword bound with ornaments_, i.e. inlaid, 1532; bisgum gebunden, _bound together by sorrow_, 1744; gomel gūðwīga eldo gebunden, _hoary hero bound by old age_ (fettered, oppressed), 2112. on-bindan, _to unbind, to untie, to loose_: pret. onband, 501. ge-bind, st. n. coll., _that which binds, fetters_: in comp. īs-gebind. bite, st. m., _bite_, figuratively of the cut of the sword: acc. sg. bite īrena, _the swords' bite_, 2260; dat. sg. æfter billes bite, 2061.--Comp. lāð-bite. biter (primary meaning that of biting), adj.: 1) _sharp, cutting, cutting in_: acc. sg. biter (of a short sword), 2705; instr. sg. biteran strǣle, 1747; instr. pl. biteran bānum, _with sharp teeth_, 2693.--2) _irritated, furious_: nom. pl. bitere, 1432. bitre, adv., _bitterly_ (in a moral sense), 2332. bī, big (fuller form of the prep. be, which see), prep. w. dat.: 1) _near, at, on, about, by_ (as under be, No. 1): bī sǣm twēonum, _in the circuit of both seas_, 1957; ārās bī ronde, _raised himself up by the shield_, 2539; bī wealle gesæt, _sat by the wall_, 2718. With a freer position: him big stōdan bunan and orcas, _round about him_, 3048.--2) _to, towards_ (motion): hwearf þā bī bence, _turned then towards the bench_, 1189; gēong bī sesse, _went to the seat_, 2757. bīd (see bīdan), st. n., _tarrying hesitation_: þǣr wearð Ongenþīo on bīd wrecen, _forced to tarry_, 2963.