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where movement is caused
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  • Ne mæg beón gehæfd se mete, ac beóþ somod þá innoþas bedrifen,

      Lch. ii. 278, 15.

  • His scip wearð bedrifen and genýded tó þan eálande,

      Gr. D. 305, 27.
of flight, banishment, :--
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  • Hí ealle þá áwergdan on helle grund bedrífaþ,

      Bl. H. 95, 8.

  • Alfwold Æðelréd bedráf on (of?) lande,

    • Chr. 778
      • ;
    • P. 53, 15.

  • Hí sume on fleáme bedrifon on þone wudu,

    • 477
      • ;
    • P. 14, 9: 890
      • ;
    • P. 82, 14: Ors. 3, 1
      • ;
    • S. 98, 12.

  • Hié hié gefliémdon and hié bedrifon intó Rómebyrg,

    • 3, 10
      • ;
    • S. 138, 29.

  • Wæs þæs folces mycel on fleám bedrifen,

    • Chr. 1066
      • ;
    • P. 196, 35.

  • Biþ hé on écne weán bedrifen,

      Bl. H. 95, 5.
to drive game :--
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  • Hundas bedrifon hyne tó mé

    canes perduxerunt eum (aprum) ad me,

      Coll. M. 22, 15.
where something is done or suffered under compulsion
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  • Ðonne mon byð tyhtlan betygen and hine mon bedrífeð tó ceápe,

      Ll. Th. i. 142, 1, 5.

  • Bedrífe man hine tó swingum,

      132, 10.

  • Wíteþeówne monnan mon sceal bedrífan tó swingum (swinglum, v. l.),

      138, 3.
to follow up a track
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  • Gif mon trode bedrífð forstolenes yrfes of stæðe on óðer,

      Ll. Th. i. 352, 4.

  • Gyf him hundred bedrífe trod on óðer hundred,

      260, 3.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-drífan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/39705.

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