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be-gán

  • verb [ anomalous ]
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be-gán, bi-gán, ic -gá, ðú -gǽst, he -gþ, pl.-gáþ; p. -eóde, pl. -eódon; pp. -gán [be, gán to go].
to go over, to surround, occupy, dwell, cultivate, till; perambulare, circumdare, incolere, habitare, colere
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  • Ic férde geónd ðas eorþan and hí be-eóde

    I walked through [over] the earth, and perambulated it,

    • Job 1, 7
      • ;
    • Thw. 164, 16.

  • Se ðe æcer begǽþ

    he who goes over the land, a farmer

    • Ælfc. Gr. 7
      • ;
    • Som. 6, 44.

  • Mid ðý Rómáne ðá gyt Breotone be-eódan

    dum adhuc Romani Brittaniam incolerent

      Bd. 1, 26;
    • S. 488, 1.

  • Hí ðone búr útan be-eódon

    they surrounded the dwelling without

    • Chr. 755
      • ;
    • Th. 83, 26, col. 1.
to go to, visit, attend, to cherish, honour, worship; obire, colere, excolere
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  • Plegan begán

    to go to or attend plays

    • Ors. 6, 2
      • ;
    • Bos. 117, 9.

  • Ðæt mynster seó ylce cwén swýðe lufode and árwyrþode and be-eóde

    eadem regina hoc monasterium multum diligebat, venerabatur, excolebat

    • Bd. 3, 11
      • ;
    • S. 535, 15 : 2, 13
      • ;
    • S. 517, 1.
to commit, exercise, practise, observe; committere, perficere, observare
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  • Synne, ða ic selfa be-eóde

    sins, which I committed myself

    • Ps. C. 50, 66
      • ;
    • Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 66.

  • He begǽþ unmǽtas [MS. unætas]

    he commits gluttonies

    • Deut. 21, 20.

  • Begá ðé sylfne to árfæstnysse

    exercise thyself in or devote thyself to piety,

    • 1 Tim. 4, 7 : Bt. Met. Fox 8, 33
      • ;
    • Met. 8, 17 : Ps. Th. 105, 12.

  • Ða ðe be-eódon ídelnesse

    observantes vanitatem

    • 30, 6 : 118, 23 : 119, 5 : 98, 4 : Bd. 2, 13
      • ;
    • S. 517, 4.
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v.  be-eódon bi-gán be-gangan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-gán.” 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/3413.

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