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child-bearing,
bringing forth of a child; partus
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  • Ǽr þám þe heó cenne, and æfter hire beorðre

    antequam pariat, et post partum suum,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 154, 3
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  • Gif hé mónðe ǽr þám beorþre

    (ante partum)

    hǽmð,

    • 24.

  • Ǽr þám beorðre and æfter þǽre ácenned-nysse

    ante partum et post partum,

    • 190, 20
      • :
    • Bl. H. 155, 33
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  • Þurh hire beorþor sceolde beón gehǽled eall wífa cynn,

    • 5, 23
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  • ꝥ hé wǽre fram Þám módorlicum beorðrum on ꝥ mynster befæst

    • Hml. S. 23 b, 46
gestation
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  • Þá ácende heó ðæt bearn on ðone seofoðan mónað þæs beorðres,

    • Shrn. 61, 2
      • .
what is born partus, foetus
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  • Þæs byrþres líc on hire innoþe,

    • Lch. iii. 146, 14
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  • Mid beorþre

    foetu,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 34
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  • Drihten ingc syleð myccle grównysse on ingcran beorðre,

    • Hml. A. 124, 257
      • .

  • Þú sealdest eallum gesceaftum byrðor,

    • 120, 121
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Bosworth, Joseph. “beorþor.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/40000.

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