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be-hlídan

  • verb [ strong ]
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be-hlídan, p. -hlád, pl. -hlidon; pp. -hliden [hlídan to cover]
Wright's OE grammar
§490;
To cover over, to cover, close; tegere, claudere
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  • Híg awylton ðone stán, and ðone pytt eft behlidon

    thei schulden turne awei the stoon, and thei schulden put. it eft on the pit

    • Wyc
    • ;
    • Gen. 29, 3.
  • Seó eorþe siððan togædere behlád

    the earth then closed together

    • Ors. 3, 3
    • ;
    • Bos. 56, 6
    • .
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