[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].

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[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.