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be-feolan

  • verb [ strong ]
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be-feolan, bi-feolan ; p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon ; pp. -folen, -feolen
To commit, commend, deliver, grant; committere, commendare, tradere
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  • Morðor under eorþan befeolan

    to commit murder under the earth,

    • Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 23
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    • Gn. Ex. 115
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    • Cd. 202; Th. 251, 7
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    • Dan. 560
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  • Ðú him for inwite yfel befǽle

    propter dolos disposuisti eis mala,

    • Ps. Th. 72, 14
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  • Him wæs hálig gást befolen fæste

    the holy spirit was fully granted to him,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1870
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    • El. 937 : 391
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    • El. 196
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v. be-felan.
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v.  be-felan bi-feolan.
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