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be-sceáwian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
be-sceáwian, p. ode; pp. od
To look round upon, look on, consider, regard, watch; circumspicere, intueri, considerare, respicere, perscrutari, providere
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  • besceáwigende

    circumspiciens eos,

    • Mk. Bos. 3, 5.
  • Ic onlócige, oððe ic besceáwige

    intueor,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 27
    • ;
    • Som. 29, 60.
  • Besceáwiaþ æcyres lílian

    considerate lilia agri,

    • Mt. Bos. 6, 28.
  • Ðú ne besceáwast nánes mannes hád

    non respicis personam hominum,

    • Mt. Bos. 22, 16.
  • Ðæt he Alexandres [wisan] besceáwode

    that he might watch Alexander's conduct,

    • Ors. 4, 5
    • ;
    • Bos. 82, 22 : R. Ben. 55.
Derived forms
sceáwian
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