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to surround, embrace.
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  • Asia ealne middan-geard fram þǽm eástdsǽle healfne behæfð

    Asia per totam transversi plagam orientis extenditur.

      Ors. I, I; S. 8. 9.

  • Sinewealt crop brúnon blóstman behæfd,

      Lch. i. 282, 17.
to hold, contain
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  • Máran endebyrdnysse þonne ðis godspel behæfð,

      Hml. Th. i. 220, 25.

  • Þeós circe mihte fif hund manna behabban,

      Bl. H. 207, 14.

  • Má ðonne ðæt undeópe mód behabban mæge,

      Past. 459, 14.
  • Þeáh þe ꝥ mód behæfd wǽre in líchaman. Gr. D. 4, 21. II a. to hold, have in a receptacle :-- Þone ic behæfde on bearme quod continui in sinu, Bl. Gl.
to hold back, withhold
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  • Behæfð God mildheortnysse his?,

      Ps. Spl. 76, 10.
Etymology
[O. Sax. bi-hebbian to contain: O. H. Ger. pi-habén continere, retinere, ambire.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-habban.” 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/39792.

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