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bión

  • verb [ anomalouscontracted ]
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Grammar
bión, ic bió, bióm, he bióþ, pl. bióþ, bieþ, biaþ; subj. bió, bie
Wright's OE grammar
§548;
to be; esse, existere, fieri
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  • Ic bió swíðe fægn

    I shall be very glad,

      Bt. 40, 5; Fox 240, 24.
  • Bióm,

      Jn. Rush. War. 7, 34.
  • Hwæt iów ðý bet bió oððe þince

    what is or appears to you the better?

      Bt. Met. Fox 10, 130; Met. 10, 65: Beo. Th. 5487; B. 2747: Mk. Lind. War. 10, 44.
  • Ne mæg hira ǽnig bútan óðrum bión

    nor can any of them exist without the others,

      Bt. Met. Fox 20, 290; Met. 20, 145: 11, 102; Met. 11, 51: Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 26: Th. Diplm. A. D. 804; 459, 16.
  • Ðonne bióþ brocene

    then will be broken,

      Beo. Th. 4132; B. 2063: Andr. Kmbl. 815; An. 408: Elen. Grm. 1289: Bt. Met. Fox 7, 46; Met. 7, 23: 24, 121; Met. 24, 61: Ps. C. 50, 80; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 80: Mk. Lind. War. 10, 43: Mt. Lind. Stv. 26, 31.
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v. beón.
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v.  bieþ.
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