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be-dǽlan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
be-dǽlan, -délan, bi-dǽlan; p. -dǽlde, -délde; pp. -dǽled, -déled
To deprive, bereave of anything, to deliver, release, free from anything; privare, orbare, sejungere, liberare, expertem reddere
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  • Wuldres bedǽled

    deprived of honour,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 760
      • ;
    • Sal. 379
      • .

  • Nele hí God ǽfre góde bedǽlan

    Dominus non privabit eos bonis,

    • Ps. Th. 83, 13
      • .

  • Be ðære lyfte bedǽled

    aere privatus,

    • Bd. de nat. rerum
      • ;
    • Wrt. popl. scienc. 17, 11
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  • Hí bióþ ǽlces cræftes bedǽlde

    they are destitute of all ability,

    • Bt, 36, 6; Fox 180, 28
      • .

  • Hwí sceal ic beón bedǽled ǽgþer mínra sunena

    cur utroque orbabor filio?

    • Gen. 27, 45
      • .

  • Gesǽlige sáwle sorgum bedǽlde

    happy souls released from cares,

    • Cd. 220; Th. 282, 34
      • ;
    • Sat. 296
      • .
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v.  be-délan bi-dǽlan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-dǽlan.” 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/3288.

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