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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
      • .
Similar entries
v. beón.
Linked entries
v.  biaþ bieþ bió bióm bióþ.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “bión.” 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/4386.

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