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be-fón

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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be-fón, bi-fón, ic -fó, ðú -féhst, he -féhþ, pl. -fóþ ; p. -féng, pl. -féngon ; impert. -fóh; pp. -fangen, -fongen; v. trans.
to comprehend, grasp, seize, take hold of, catch; comprehendere, apprehendere, capere
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  • Swá he ealle beféhþ ánes cræfte, heofon and eorþan

    even as he comprehendeth all by his sole, power, heaven and earth,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 653
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    • An. 327
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  • Habbaþ me helle clommas fæste befangen

    the clasps of hell have firmly grasped me,

    • Cd. 19 ; Th. 24, 7
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    • Gen. 374
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  • Heó ánne hæfde befangen

    she had seized one,

    • Beo. Th. 2594
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    • B. 1295
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  • Befangen on ðam fracodan gilte

    deprehensus in hoc facinore,

    • Jos. 7, 15
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  • Ne mihton híg his word befón

    non potuerunt verbum ejus reprehendere,

    • Lk. Bos. 20, 26
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  • Gif mon forstolenne ceáp beféhþ

    if a man seize stolen cattle,

    • L. In. 47; Th. i. 132, 4
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    • L. Ath. i. 9; Th. i. 204, 10
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  • Ðæt híg woldon ðone Hǽlend on his spræce befón

    ut caperent eum in sermone,

    • Mt. Bos. 22, 15
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to surround, encompass, encircle, envelop, contain, clothe, case, receive, conceive; circumdare, amplecti, complecti, capere, cingere, tegere, operire, accipere, concipere
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  • He hafaþ ðam brídle bú tú befangen

    he has encompassed both with the bridle,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 11, 58
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    • Met. 11, 29
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  • Befongen freáwrásnum

    encircled with noble chains,

    • Beo. Th. 2906
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    • B. 1451
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  • Fýre befangen

    enveloped in fire,

    • Beo. Th. 4540
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    • B. 2274
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  • Ne mihte ðes middaneard ealle ða béc befón

    non potest capere mundus omnes eos libros,

    • Jn. Bos. 21, 25
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    • Bt. 24, 1; Fox 80, 14
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  • Befóh hit mid feáum wordum

    complectere hoc paucis verbis,

    • Solil. 3
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    • Ps. Th. 74, 2
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  • Ne hét he ná etan ðone líchaman ðe he mid befangen wæs

    he bade them not eat that body with which he was surrounded,

    • Homl. Pasc. Lisl. 9, 19
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    • Soul Kmbl. 67
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    • Seel. 34
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    • Job 19, 26; Thw. 168, 2
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  • Saglas, golde befongne

    poles, cased in gold,

    • Past. 22, 2 ; Hat. MS. 33 a, 25
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  • Ic hér hǽlu calic hæbbe befangen

    calicem salutaris accipiam,

    • Ps. Th. 115, 4
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    • Exon. 9 a ; Th. 6, 7
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    • Cri. 80
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v.  æt-befón be-fangen be-féhþ be-féng be-fóh be-fongen bi-fangen bi-féng bi-fón bi-fongen.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-fón.” 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/3395.

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