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be-heáwan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
be-heáwan, bi-heáwan; p. -heów; pp. -heáwen
Wright's OE grammar
§647;
To beat, bruise, hew or cut off, to separate from, deprive of; tundere, heów; cædendo privare, amputare
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  • Beheáwene mid swingellan

    tunsi per flagella

    • Past. 36, 5
    • ;
    • Hat. MS. 47 b, 15.
  • Heáfde beheáwan

    to behead

    • Bt. Met. Fox 1, 85
    • ;
    • Met. 1. 43
    • .
  • Hwonne me wráþra sum aldre beheówe

    when some enemy might deprive me of life

    • Cd. 128
    • ;
    • Th. 163, 21
    • ;
    • Gen. 2701.
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v.  bi-heáwan be-heówe.
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