[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].