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be-fealdan

  • verb [ strong ]
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be-fealdan, bi-fealdan ; p. -feóld, pl. -feóldon; pp. -fealden, -falden
To fold, infold, clasp, involve, surround, inwrap, cover, overwhelm; implicare, involvere, amplecti, circumdare
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  • Ðú miht on ánre hand eáðe befealdan ealne middaneard

    thou canst easily infold in one hand all the midearth,

    • Hy. 7, 119
    • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 119
    • .
  • Ðá he ða bóc befeóld

    cum plicuisset librum,

    • Lk. Bos. 4, 20
    • .
  • He befeóld his handa mid ðæra tyccena fellum

    pelliculas hædorum circumdedit manibus,

    • Gen. 27, 16
    • .
  • Mec hý-gedryht befeóld

    a body of domestics surrounded me.

    • Exon. 94b; Th. 353, 32
    • ;
    • Reim. 21
    • .
Derived forms
swegl-befalden,
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v.  be-feóld bi-fealdan.
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