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be-týnan

  • verb [ weak ]
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be-týnan, -tiénan, bi-týnan; p. -týnde, pl. -týndon; impert. -týn, -tiéne; pp. -týned, -tiéned, -týnd; v. a. [be, týnan to hedge in].
to inclose or surround with a hedge, inclose, close, shut, shut up; sepem circumdare, sepire, intercludere, claudere, occludere, concludere
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  • Sum hírédes ealdor wæs, se plantode wíngerd, and betýnde hyne

    homo erat paterfamilias, qui plantavit vineam, et sepem circumdedit ei,

    • Mt. Bos. 21, 33
      • :
    • Mk. Bos. 12, 1.

  • Ceorles weorþig sceal beón betýned

    a churl's close ought to be surrounded with a hedge,

    • L. In. 40
      • ;
    • Th. i. 126, 13.

  • Hí hine betýndon in án nearo fæsten

    they inclosed him in a narrow fastness,

    • Bd. 4, 26
      • ;
    • S. 602, note 19.

  • Háteþ heáhcyning helle betýnan

    the mighty king shall command to close hell,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 348
      • ;
    • Sal. 173.

  • Ðæs heán biscopes leoma on ðysse byrigenne syndon betýnde [MS. betyned]

    pontificis summi hoc clauduntur membra sepulchro,

    • Bd. 2, 1
      • ;
    • S. 500, 22
      • :
    • Exon. 110 b
      • ;
    • Th. 422, 25
      • ;
    • Rä. 41, 11.

  • Wearþ se hálga wong bitýned

    the holy plain was closed,

    • 61 b
      • ;
    • Th. 227, 7
      • ;
    • Ph. 419.

  • He hine inne betýnan nolde

    he would not shut it in,

    • L. Alf. 21
      • ;
    • Th. i. 48, 31.

  • He ðæt folc úte betýnde

    he shut the people out,

    • Ors. 4, 5
      • ;
    • Bos. 81, 40.

  • Hý betýndon Ianes duru

    they shut the doors of Janus,

    • 6, 7
      • ;
    • Bos. 120, 5 : 5, 14
      • ;
    • Bos. 113, 42.

  • Gif hwá wæterpyt betýnedne ontýne, and hine eft ne betýne, gelde swelc neát swelc ðǽron befealle

    if any one open a water-pit [that is] shut up, and close it not again, let him pay for whatever cattle may fall therein,

    • L. Alf. 22
      • ;
    • Th. i. 50, 6, 7.

  • Betiéne togeánes híg

    conclude adversus eos,

    • Ps. Spl. T. 34, 3.
to end, finish, conclude; finire
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  • Heó ðus ðæt word betýnde

    thus she ended the speech;

    ita sermonem conclusit,

    • Bd. 4, 9
      • ;
    • S. 577, 28.
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v.  be-tiénan bi-týnan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-týnan.” 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/4132.

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