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be-sirwan

  • verb [ weak ]
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be-sirwan, (-si(e)rian); p. (e)de
To ensnare, entrap, circumvent
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  • Hé ofslóg and besirede his getreówne ðegn

    devotum militem sub studio fraudis extinxit,

    • Past. 393, 8
    • .
  • Hiene Artabatus besirede and ofslóg

    per Artabatum circumventus occiditur,

    • Ors. 2, 5
    • ;
    • S. 84, 24
    • .
  • Besierede,

    • 4, 5
    • ;
    • S. 170, 2
    • ;
    • 6, 32
    • ;
    • S. 274, 3.
  • Pontius hæfde þone consul besired,

    • 3, 10
    • ;
    • 8. 140, 22
    • .
  • Rómáne besierede wǽron,

    • 3, 8
    • ;
    • S. 120, 27
    • .
  • Earme men wǽron beswicene and hreówlíce besyrwde (-sirwde, v. l.),

    • Wlfst. 158, 12
    • ,
Similar entries
v. be-syrwan, -serian, -syrewian, -syrian in Dict.
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v.  be-syrewian.
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