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hand-bæftian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
hand-bæftian, -beaftan, -beoftan; p. -bæftade, -beafte
To beat with the hands as an expression of grief[?], to lament
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  • Ða ðe gemǽndon and hondbæftadon quæ plangebant et lamantabantur,

      Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 27.
  • Wé hondbeafton

    lamentavimus,

      7, 32.
Etymology
[Cf. apon þair brestes fast þai beft, Met. Homl. xviii.]
Similar entries
v. beaftan.
Linked entries
v.  bæftian beaftan.
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