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be-feolan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
be-feolan, l. be-feólan, dele first passage, and add: p. -fealh, -feall, -feal, pl. ful(g)on.
trans.
to bury
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  • Mon sceal morðor under eorðan befeólan þe hit forhelan þenceþ,

      Gn. Ex. 115. [Cf. O. Sax.]
to bear, be pleased with
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  • Ne eaþmódnesse iuc ná leng befeólan nellaþ

    nec iugum humilitatis diutius sustinere contenti sunt (contendunt, v. l. ),

      R. Ben. 135, 8.
  • Sé þe woruldlicra manna sprǽce gelómlíce wilnað, þonne ne mæg hé þá engellican sprǽce befeólan,

      Guth. 52, 23.
intrans.
to apply oneself earnestly to something (dat.)
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  • Hé mid geornfullnysse befealh his gebedum

    annisu precibus incubuit,

      Gr. D. 74, 18: 125, 27.
  • Befeall,

      Guth. 86, 20.
  • Befeal,

      26, 21: 42, 12: 46, 20.
  • Ðára ðe spéda hæbben ðæt hié ðǽm (learning) befeólan mægen,

      Past. 7, 11.
  • Ne mæg ic ðǽre stíðnysse befeólan þe þú mé tó tíhst,

      Hml. Th. ii. 374, 15.
to be urgent with a person (dat.), to press
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  • Hé mid gemálicum bénum befealh þám hálgan were ꝥ him wǽre álýfed út tó farenne

    importunis precibus ut relaxaretur imminebat,

      Gr. D. 156, 1.
  • Se kyng befealh georne hire bréðer oð ꝥ hé cwæð iá wið,

    • Chr. 1067
    • ;
    • P. 201, 21.
reflexive,
to persist, persevere with something :--
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  • Hí þone Godes wer gesáwon him befeólan mid þǽre cyllfyllinge

    virum Dei ad implendum utrem sibi invertere videbant,

      Gr. D. 250, 27.
with prep.
to persist in, continue
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  • Ꝥ þæs Hǽlendes líc him wurde forstolen, mid ðám þe hí befúlon fæste on slǽpe

    while they continued fast asleep,

      Hml. A. 79, 159.
Etymology
[
O. Frs. bi-fella
:
O. Sax. bi-felhan
:
O. H. Ger. pi-fel(a)han.
]
Similar entries
v. be-felgan, bi-felgan, -feolan in Dict.
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