BE
- preposition
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Be wege
by the way,
- Mk. Bos. 8, 3 .
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Wunode be lordane
he dwelt by Jordan,
- Cd. 91; Th. 116, 6 ;
- Gen. 1932 .
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Be grúnde wód
went on the ground,
- Exon. 106a; Th. 404, 29 ;
- Rä. 23, 15 .
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Be ýþláfe
along the leaving of the waves,
- Beo. Th. 1136 ;
- B. 566 .
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Ic be grúnde græfe
I dig along the ground,
- Exon. 106a; Th. 403, 3 ;
- Rä. 22, 2 .
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Be fullan
in full;
abundanter,
- Ps. Th. 30, 27 .
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Be eallum
with all, altogether,
- L. Ath. v. § 8, 2; Th. i. 236, 12 .
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Ne mæg he be ðý wedre wesan
he may not be in the open air,
- Exon. 90b; Th. 340, 18 ;
- Gn. Ex. 113 .
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Be ðam strande
upon the strand or shore,
- Mt. Bos. 13, 48 .
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Ne leofaþ se man be hláfe ánum, ac be ǽlcon worde, ðe of Godes múþe gǽþ
non in solo pane vivit homo, sed in omni verbo, quod procedit de ore Dei,
- Mt. Bos. 4, 4 .
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Byrgan be deádum
to bury with the dead,
- Exon. 82b; Th. 311, 27 ;
- Seef. 98 .
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Be ðam cilde
of or concerning the child,
- Mt. Bos. 2, 8 .
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Be hlísan
of or about fame,
- Bt. titl. xviii. xix; Fox xiv. 1 .
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Gramlíce be Gode sprǽcan
male locuti sunt de Deo,
- Ps. Th. 77, 20 .
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Be his horse Bucefal
about his horse Bucephal,
- Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 39 .
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Ahsiaþ be ealdum dagum
interrogate de diebus antiquis,
- Deut. 4, 32 .
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Mæg ic be me sylfum sóþ gied wrecan
of myself I can relate a true tale,
- Exon. 81b; Th. 306, 1 ;
- Seef. 1 .
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Ic ðis gid be ðé awræc
I recited this strain of thee,
- Beo. Th. 3451 ;
- B. 1723 .
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Nysse ic be ðǽre [róde] riht
I did not know the right about the cross,
- Elen. Kmbl. 2479 ;
- El. 1241 .
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He sette word be worde
he set word for word,
- Bt. pro?m; Fox viii. 3 .
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Be hyra weorcum
for their works,
- Exon. 26b; Th. 79, 13 ;
- Cri. 1290 .
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Ðú scealt sunu ágan, bearn be brýde ðínre
thou shalt have a son, a child, by thy bride,
- Cd. 106; Th. 140, 11 ;
- Gen. 2326 .
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Forlǽdd be ðam lygenum
misled by the lies,
- 28; Th. 37, 31 ;
- Gen. 598 .
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Ðæt ic meahte ongitan be ðam gealdre Godes bearn
that I might comprehend, through that lore, God's child,
- Exon. 83a; Th. 313, 26 ;
- Mód. 6 .
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Hie, be wæstmum, wíg curon
they, according to his strength, choose each warrior,
- Cd. 155; Th. 193, 8 ;
- Exod. 243 .
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Ná ðú be gewyrhtum úrum woldest us dón
thou wouldst not do to us according to our sins
[secundum peccata nostra],
- Ps. Th. 102, 10 .
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Ic ðé lǽde be ðam [bi, ðæm MS. Cott.] wege
I should lead thee out of the way,
- Bt. 40, 5; Fox 240, 23 .
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Genam hine æt eowde úte be sceápum
tulit eum de gregibus ovium,
- Ps. Th. 77, 69 .
Be dæges leóhte
at the light of day or at daylight,
- Exon. 107b; Th. 410, 17 ;
- Rä. 28, 17 .
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Be fæder láre
through the father's counsel,
- Beo. Th. 3905 ;
- B. 1950 .
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Úre bán syndon toworpene be helwarena hæfte neódum
dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum,
- Ps. Th. 140, 9 .
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Mín bibod ðú brǽce be ðines bonan worde
thou didst break my command through the word of thy destroyer [the devil],
- Exon. 28a; Th. 85, 21 ;
- Cri. 1394 .
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Be ánfealdum
single.
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Be twífealdum
twofold,
- Ex. 22, 4 .
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Be ðam mǽstan
at the most.
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Be ðam ðe as,
- Gen. 3, 6 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “BE.” 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/3027.
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