[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.
[a]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].
[beorht, byrht], adj.: 1) gleaming, shining, radiant, shimmering: nom. sg. beorht, of the sun, [570], [1803]; beorhta, of Heorot, [1178]; þät beorhte bold, [998]; acc. sg. beorhtne, of Beówulf's grave-mound, [2804]; dat. sg. tô þære byrhtan (here-byrhtan, MS.) byrig, [1200]; acc. pl. beorhte frätwe, [214], [897]; beorhte randas, [231]; bordwudu beorhtan, [1244]; n. beorht hofu, [2314]. Superl.: beácna beorhtost, [2778]. —2) excellent, remarkable: gen. sg. beorhtre bôte, [158]. —Comp.: sadol-, wlite-beorht.
beorhte, adv., brilliantly, brightly, radiantly, [1518].
[beorhtian], w. v., to sound clearly: pret. sg. beorhtode benc-swêg, [1162].