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be-stéman

  • verb [ weak ]
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be-stéman, -stýman; p. de; pp. ed
To BESTEAM, bedew, make damp, make wet; humectare, madefacere, circumfundere
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  • Wǽron beorhhliðu blóde bestémed

    the mountain-brows were besteamed with blood,

      Cd. 166; Th. 206, 8; Exod. 448.
  • Wæs ðæs hálgan líc swáte bestémed

    the body of the saint was besteamed with blood,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2480; An. 1241.
  • Usses Dryhtnes ród blóde bestémed

    our Lord's rood bedewed with blood,

      Exon. 23 b; Th. 67, 10; Cri. 1086.
  • Hwílum hit [beácen] wæs mid wǽtan bestémed

    at times it [the beacon] was damped with wet,

    Rood
      Kmbl. 44; Kr. 22.
  • Ic wæs mid blóde bestémed begoten of ðæs guman sídan

    I was wet with blood poured from the man's side,

      96; Kr. 48.
  • Hú ðú wǽgflotan wǽre bestémdan sund wisige

    how thou directest the sailing of the wave-floater [ship] wetted with the sea,

      Andr. Kmbl. 974; An. 487.
  • Dreóre bestémed

    wet with blood,

      2949; An. 1477.
Derived forms
DER. stéman.
Linked entries
v.  stíman.
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