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be-windan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
be-windan, bi-windan; p. -wand, -wond, pl. -wundon; pp. -wunden; v. a.
Wright's OE grammar
§647;
To wind or bind around or about, entwine, wrap, enwrap, encircle, surround, wind, turn; amplecti, involvere, cingere, circumdare, volvere
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  • Hí ísene næglas mid flexe bewundon

    they wound iron nails round with flax,

      Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 78, 8.

  • Wæs bewunden

    was wound round,

      Andr. Kmbl. 38; An. 19.

  • Wírum bewunden

    bound round with wires,

      Beo. Th. 2066; B. 1031.

  • Iosep bewand hyne mid clǽnre scýtan

    Ioseph involvit illud in sindone munda,

      Mt. Bos. 27, 59 : Lk. Bos. 2, 7 : Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 9.

  • Geseah heó monnes líchoman mid scýtan bewundenne

    vidit corpus hominis sindone involutum,

      Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 32.

  • Wæs Cristes lof on fyrhþlocan bewunden

    Christ's praise was entwined within his breast,

      Andr. Kmbl. 116; An. 58 : Beo. Th. 6283; B. 3146.

  • Bi-wunden

    entwined,

      Exon. 69 a; Th. 256, 20; Jul. 234.

  • Sum gǽstes þearfe móde bewindeþ

    one wraps his spirit's need in his mind,

    79 b;
      Th. 298, 18; Crä. 87 : Ps. Th. 102, 12.

  • Wæs feorh æðelinges flǽsce bewunden

    the prince's soul was wrapped in flesh,

      Beo. Th. 4840; B. 2424.

  • Mec mon folmum biwond, and mec ðá on þeóstre alegde biwundenne mid wonnum cláðum

    one with hands enwrapped me, and then laid me in darkness enwrapped in dusky clothes,

      Exon. 28 b; Th. 87, 9-12; Cri. 1422-1424.

  • He wæs cláðum biwunden

    he was enwrapped with clothes,

    18 b;
      Th. 45, 27; Cri. 725.

  • Ðǽr is geat gylden wynnum be-wunden

    there is the golden gate encircled with joys,

      Cd. 227; Th. 305, 21; Sat. 650 : Beo. Th. 6097; B. 3052.

  • He is wuldre biwunden

    he is encircled with glory,

      Exon. 65 b; Th. 241, 34; Ph. 666.

  • Ða þreó wæter steápe stánbyrig streámum bewindaþ

    the three waters surround lofty cities of stone with their streams,

      Cd. 100; Th. 133, 18; Gen. 2212.

  • Hwonne us líffreá tíre bewinde

    when the Lord of life may surround us with honour,

      Exon. 8 a; Th. 3, 1; Cri. 29.

  • Ic eom bewunden mid wuldre

    I am surrounded with glory,

    108 a;
      Th. 412, 18; Rä. 31, 2.

  • He geseah Sennera feld sídne bewindan

    he saw Shinar's field wide winding,

      Cd. 205; Th. 253, 28; Dan. 602.

  • Abraham bewand ða hleóðorcwydas on hige sínum

    Abraham turned the revelations in his mind,

      107; Th. 140, 34; Gen. 2337.
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v.  bi-windan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-windan.” 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/4170.

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