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beþian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
beþian, beþigean.
To warm, foment
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  • Beþede

    fomentat,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 57
      • .

  • Hí (two seals) mid heora blade his leoma beðedon,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 138, 13.
      • .
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  • Gesæt hé under sunn-beáme and his scencan beðode,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 134, 26.

  • Seóð on wætre, beþe mid . ꝥ lim,

    • Lch. ii. 146, 5
      • :
    • 148, 9
      • :
    • 154, 17
      • .

  • Mon sceal mid wearmum springum and háte wætre beþian þá stówe , . . þá sáran stówa beþe and lǽt reócan on,

    • 202, 20-24
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  • Mon sceal beþan (beþian ?, beþþan ?) þá breóst mid wine,

    • 232, 19
      • .

  • Is sió tó beðianne mid hátan wætre,

    • 206, 14
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  • Bæðþenda smerwunga wyrce of ele and wíne, beþe ðonne, smire mid þý,

    • 182, 16
      • .
Take together, and add: generally used as a medical term
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. beath.
]
Similar entries
v. ge-beþian.
Linked entries
v.  beþan bæþþan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “beþian.” 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/40232.

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