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be-stéman

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
be-stéman, -stýman; p. de; pp. ed
To BESTEAM, bedew, make damp, make wet; humectare, madefacere, circumfundere
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  • Wǽron beorhhliðu blóde bestémed

    the mountain-brows were besteamed with blood,

    • Cd. 166
      • ;
    • Th. 206, 8
      • ;
    • Exod. 448.

  • Wæs ðæs hálgan líc swáte bestémed

    the body of the saint was besteamed with blood,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2480
      • ;
    • An. 1241.

  • Usses Dryhtnes ród blóde bestémed

    our Lord's rood bedewed with blood,

    • Exon. 23 b
      • ;
    • Th. 67, 10
      • ;
    • Cri. 1086.

  • Hwílum hit [beácen] wæs mid wǽtan bestémed

    at times it [the beacon] was damped with wet,

    • Rood Kmbl. 44
      • ;
    • Kr. 22.

  • Ic wæs mid blóde bestémed begoten of ðæs guman sídan

    I was wet with blood poured from the man's side,

    • 96
      • ;
    • Kr. 48.

  • Hú ðú wǽgflotan wǽre bestémdan sund wisige

    how thou directest the sailing of the wave-floater [ship] wetted with the sea,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 974
      • ;
    • An. 487.

  • Dreóre bestémed

    wet with blood,

    • 2949
      • ;
    • An. 1477.
Derived forms
stéman
Linked entries
v.  stíman be-stýman.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “be-stéman.” 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/3990.

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