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be-cweþan

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Wright's OE grammar
§647;
Dele II, and add:
to say
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  • Þæt fægere becweðe folca ǽghwylc, 'Wese swá, wese swá'

    dicat omnis populus, 'Fiat, fiat,'

      Ps. Th. 105, 37.
with the idea of remonstrance or reproach;
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cf. be-sprecan
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  • Gif hwelc iów bicweðes, 'Hwæt dóað gé?', cueoðas ðætte Drihtne nédþarf is,

      Mk. R. 11, 3.
  • Cweþað him þæt edwít feóndas þíne, fæste ætwítað; and þæt þínum críste becweþað swíðe

    quod exprobraverunt inimici tui; quod exprobraverunt commutationem christi tui,

      Ps. Th. 88, 44.
to urge, press:--
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  • Inculcare, sepe repetere, et aliquando inculcare est

    in becweðan,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 43.
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    v. yfel-onbecweþende.
to speak for, pray for
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  • Ðá cómon þá gebróðra tó ðí þæt hí his sáwle becwǽdon (cf. the same incident in

      Gr. D. 324, 16:
    Þá bróðra woldon hine scyldan mid heora gebedum and fore gebiddan (orando protegere)),

      Hml. Th. i. 534, 10.
to bequeathe, grant by will (cwide)
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  • Hit becwæð sé ðe hit áhte,

      Ll. Th. i. 184, 1.
  • Bútan þám dǽle þe uncer gehwæþer his bearnum becwæð,

      Cht. Th. 486, 4.
  • becwæð his ðincg, and ácwealde hine sylfne,

      Hml. S. 19, 211.
  • Þám se fæder becwæð ger-suman unáteallendlice,

      Chr. 1086; P. 219, 14.
  • Gif his yldran him ǽhta becwǽdon,

      Hml. Th. i. 256, 21.
  • Þæt þú becwede þíne ðincg, for ðan ðe ðú sweltan scealt,

      Hml. S. 18, 414.
  • Him þe ic feoh becweden hæbbe,

      Cht. Th. 490, 20.
  • Þá menn þe ic míne bócland becweden hæbbe,

      491, 8.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. bi-quethan praedicere.
]
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