[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].

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.