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be-dǽlan

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Dele third passage, and add:
where attainment is prevented
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  • Hé hine wile selfne bedǽlan dǽre bledsunge on ðǽm ýtemestan dæge . . . weorðað hié bedǽlede (-dǽlde, v. l.) ðæs écean éðles,

      Past. 333, 3-6.
  • Ꝥ ic heora wurðmyntes ne wurde bedǽled

    that I might not be prevented from sharing their honour,

      Hml. S. 28, 103.
  • Bedǽled ǽlces gódes

    destitute of every good,

    • Bt. 18, 1
    • ;
    • F. 60, 29.
  • Nis nán man swá swíþe bedǽled ryhtwísnesse, ꝥ hé nán ryht andwyrde nyte,

    • 35, 1
    • ;
    • F. 156, 7.
where what is possessed is taken away
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  • Bescyrede vel bedǽlde

    fraudaverat,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 46.
  • Cwylð ǽlc eorðlic líchama, gyf hé byð ðǽre lyfte bedǽled,

      Lch. iii. 272, 27.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. bi-délian
:
O. H. Ger. bi-teilen privare, fraudare, frustrare.
]
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