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be-mǽnan

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Add: to lament, bewail,
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  • Bemǽndon dúna

    doluerunt mantes,

      Cant. Ab. 10.
  • Wé ne sceolan ceorian ne sorh-líce bemǽnan þeáh ðe ús ungelimp getíme,

      Hml. S. 13, 286.
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  • Hé bemǽnde þæt Maurus ðæs óðres deáðes fægnian sceolde,

      Hml. Th. ii. 164, 9.
  • Hí bemǽndon sárlíce ꝥ hí swylce yrmðe gesáwon,

      Hml. S. 25, 213.
to feel penitence for
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  • Þá þing bemǽnað ł behreówsiað

    (compungimini),

      Ps. L. 4, 6.
  • Synna bemǽnan,

      Wlfst. 133, 14.
to feel pity for
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  • Hé þá buruhware mid teáron bemǽnde. Hml. Th. i. 408, 7.
  • Synt tó bemænenne þá ðe þá earman ofðricceað. Hml. A. 148, 119.
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  • be-mǽnan,