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be-cweðan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
be-cweðan, ðú -cwíst, he -cwiþ ; p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon ; pp. -cweden, -cweðen.
Wright's OE grammar
§647;
to say, assert; dicere
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  • Swá ðú worde becwíst

    as thou sayest by word,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 386
    • ;
    • An. 193 : 419
    • ;
    • An. 210
    • .
to reproach; exprobrare
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  • ecweðaþ,

    exprobraverunt,

    • Ps. Th. 88, 44
    • .
to BEQUEATH, to give by will; legare
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  • Ealle ða, mynstra and ða cyrican wǽron givene and becweðene Gode

    all the minsters and churches were given and bequeathed to God,

    • Chr. 694; Th. 66, 6, note 2
    • :
    • Th. Diplm. A. D. 830; 465, 16
    • .
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v.  bi-cweðan.
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  • be-cweðan, v.