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BEÓN

  • verb [ anomalous ]
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Grammar
BEÓN, [bión], to beónne; part. beónde; ic beó [beóm], ðú bist, byst, he biþ, byþ, pl. beóþ; impert. beó, pl. beóþ; subj. beó, pl. beón
Wright's OE grammar
§474; §548;
To BE, exist, become; esse, fieri
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  • Hí ne tweódon férende beón to ðam écan lífe

    non dubitabant esse transituros ad vitam perpetuam

    • Bd. 4, 16
      • ;
    • S. 584, 38, 18.

  • Ðe ðǽr beón noldon

    who would not be there

    • Byrht. Th. 137, 13
      • ;
    • By. 185 : Exon. 100 a
      • ;
    • Th. 376, 29
      • ;
    • Seel. 162 : Cd. 24
      • ;
    • Th. 31, 15
      • ;
    • Gen. 485 : Mt. Bos. 19, 21 : Bt. 5, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 12, 12 : Ælfc. Gr. 25
      • ;
    • Som. 26, 48.

  • Ic ðæs folces beó hyrde

    I am the people's pastor

    • Cd. 106
      • ;
    • Th. 139, 24
      • ;
    • Gen. 2314.

  • Ic beó gearo sóna

    I shall be soon ready

    • Beo. Th. 3655
      • ;
    • B. 1825 : Exon. 71 a
      • ;
    • Th. 264, 17
      • ;
    • Jul. 365 : Andr. Kmbl. 144
      • ;
    • An. 72.

  • Ic beó hál

    I shall be safe

    • Mt. Bos. 9, 21 : Mk. Bos. 5, 28 : Ex. 3, 12.

  • Ðonne ic stille beóm

    when I am still

    • Exon. 102 b
      • ;
    • Th. 387, 5
      • ;
    • Rä. 4, 74 : 72 a
      • ;
    • Th. 268,,26
      • ;
    • Jul. 438 : Mt. Lind. Rush. Stv. 9, 21.

  • Ðú ána bist eallra déma

    thou alone art judge of all

    • Hy. 8, 38
      • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 38 : Bt. Met. Fox 24, 53
      • ;
    • Met. 24, 27 : Exon. 8 b; Th. 4, 24
      • ;
    • Cri. 57 : Cd. 26
      • ;
    • Th. 34, 16
      • ;
    • Gen. 538 : Bd. 5, 19
      • ;
    • S. 640, 43 : Mk. Lind. War. 14, 70 : Lk. Lind. Rush. War. 1, 76.

  • Ðú yrre byst

    tu terribilis es

    • Ps. Th. 75, 5 : 101, 24 : Lk. Bos. 1, 76 : Deut. 23, 22.

  • Hiora birhtu ne biþ to gesettane

    their brightness is not to be compared

    • Bt. Met. Fox 6, 11
      • ;
    • Met. 6, 6.

  • Biþ ealles leás

    he will be void of all

    • Cd. 217
      • ;
    • Th. 276, 1
      • ;
    • Sat. 182 : 109
      • ;
    • Th. 144, 19
      • ;
    • Gen. 2392 : Beo. Th. 604
      • ;
    • B. 299 : Ps. Th. 118, 142 : Andr. Kmbl. 3383
      • ;
    • An. 1695 : Mt. Bos. 5, 19, 22, 37 : Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 18 : Bt. 37, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 190, 15.

  • Fela biþ

    many there are

    • Exon. 78 a
      • ;
    • Th. 293,14
      • ;
    • Crä. 1 : 26 a
      • ;
    • Th. 76, 5
      • ;
    • Cri. 1235.

  • Ne byþ lang

    it shall not be long

    • Elen. Grm. 433 : Beo. Th. 3529
      • ;
    • B. 1762.

  • Sélre biþ ǽghwám

    it is better for every one

    • Andr. Kmbl. 640
      • ;
    • An. 320 : Ps. Th. 111, 9 : Beo. Th. 2009
      • ;
    • B. 1002 : Mt. Bos. 5, 14, 19, 21, 22
      • .

  • Yldo beóþ on eorþan ǽghwæs cræftig

    age is on earth powerful of everything

    • Salm. Kmbl. 583
      • ;
    • Sal. 291 : Exon. 36 b
      • ;
    • Th. 118, 27
      • ;
    • Gú. 246.

  • Ðǽr wit tú beóþ

    where we two are

    • Exon.125 a
      • ;
    • Th. 480, 21
      • ;
    • Rä. 64, 5 : Beo. Th. 3681
      • ;
    • B. 1838 : Cd. 133
      • ;
    • Th. 168, 20
      • ;
    • Gen. 2785 : Hy. 7, 88; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 88 : Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Bos. 20, 21 : Bd. 4, 16
      • ;
    • S. 585, 2 : Bt. 10; Fox 30, 14 : Nicod. 17
      • ;
    • Thw. 8, 23 : Mt. Rush. Stv. 26, 31.

  • Beó ðú sunum mínum gedéfe

    be thou gentle to my sons

    • Beo. Th. 2457
      • ;
    • B. 1226 : Andr. Kmbl. 428
      • ;
    • An. 214 : Exon. 81 a
      • ;
    • Th. 305, 18
      • ;
    • Fä. 90 : Cd. 229
      • ;
    • Th. 310, 25
      • ;
    • Sat. 733 : Jn. Bos. 3, 2.

  • Ne beóþ ge tó forhte

    be not ye too terrified

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3216
      • ;
    • An. 1611 : Ps. Th. 104, 4.

  • Ne beó ic gescynded

    non confundar

    • Ps. Th. 118, 6.

  • Beón ða oferhydegan ealle gescende

    confundantur superbi

    • Ps. Th. 118, 78 : 148, 12.
Etymology
[
Orm. beon
; pres. beo, best, beoþ, beþ; subj. beo, be, ben :
Laym. beon
; pres. beo, beost, bist, beoþ, beþ, biþ, biðe; subj. beo :
O. Sax. bium
, bist :
O. Frs. bem, bim, ben, bin
:
Dut. ben
:
O. Dut. bem
:
Ger. M. H. Ger. bin
:
O. H. Ger. pim
:
Slav. byti
:
Zend bū
:
Sansk. bhū, bhavāmi
,]
Similar entries
v. eom I am, wesan to be.
Linked entries
v.  ge-beón bióm bión bióþ byst byþ beó beóm beóþ beóðan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “BEÓN.” 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/3713.

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