bēah (the collar of the
murdered
king of the Heaðobeardnas), 2042; bēg
(collective for the acc.
Beowulf
beorht bēacen godes, _of
the sun_, 570; gen. pl. bēacna beorhtost, 2778. See bēcn.
ge-bēacnian, w. v., _to mark, to indicate_: pret. part. ge-bēacnod, 140.
bēag, st. m., _ring, ornament_: nom. sg. bēah (_neck-ring_), 1212; acc. sg.
bēah (the collar of the
murdered
king of the Heaðobeardnas), 2042; bēg
(collective for the acc.
pl.), 3165; dat. sg. cwōm Wealhþēo forð gān under
gyldnum bēage, _she walked along under a golden head-ring, wore a golden
diadem_, 1164; gen. sg. bēages (of a collar), 1217; acc. pl. bēagas (rings
in general), 80, 523, etc.; gen. pl. bēaga, 35, 352, 1488, 2285, etc.--
Comp.: earm-, heals-bēag.
