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be-felgan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
be-felgan, bi-felgan; p. -fealg, -fealh, -felh, pl. -fulgon; pp. -folgen.
v. intrans.
To stick or cling to, betake oneself; inhærere, insistere
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  • Þilcum wordum heó him befelh ǽlce dæge

    hujuscemodi verbis per singulos dies mulier molesta eras ei,

    • Gen. 39, 10
    • .
  • Æfter ðon ðe he ðǽr sum fæc hálgum leornungum befealh

    after he had there for a while betaken himself to holy learning,

    • Bd. 4, 23; S. 594, 19
    • .
  • Ðæt he ðám hálwendan ongynnessum georne gefeole [befulge MS. B.]

    ut cœptis salutaribus insisteret,

    • Bd. 5, 19 ; S. 637, 11, note
    • .
v. trans.
To deliver, transmit, consign; tradere, committere
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  • He hine róde befealg

    he delivered him to the cross,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2654
    • ;
    • An. 1328
    • .
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v.  be-filgan bi-felgan be-feolan.
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