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be-lǽfan

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trans,
to leave, be survived by
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  • Hé bearn ne belǽfð,

      Hml. Th. ii. 146, 20.
to leave unconsumed, un-done,
to spare
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  • Hé ne belǽfde náne láte cuce

    non dimiserunt ullas reliquias,

      Jos. 10, 28.

  • Nán hǽðengyld se hagol ne belǽfde,

      Hml. S. 4, 427: Hml. Th. ii. 194, 2.

  • Þone sǽdere hé belǽfde ús tó sécenne,

      90, 8.

  • Næs nán ele belǽfed tó his gebróðra bricum,

      178, 20.
intrans.
To remain [for intrans. use in later English v. N. E. D. s. v. bielieve]
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  • Án of him ne beláf (-lǽfde,

      MS. C), Ps. Spl. 105, II. Hé hét
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Etymology
[Goth. bi-laibjan to leave.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-lǽfan.” 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/39873.

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