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  • Besceoren

    decalvatum, decollatum.

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 5
    • .
to shave a person, head, &c.
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  • Hé beáh tó ðam mynstre, and wearð bescoren

    (received the tonsure),

    • Hml. Th. ii. 348, 30
    • .
  • Sum wæs bescoren preóst

    quidam erat attonsus ut clericus,

    • Bd. 5, 12
    • ;
    • S. 628, 35
    • .
  • Hé wearð bescoren tó Crístes þeówðóme,

    • Hml. S.6, 240
    • .
  • Seó bescorene hálignes

    tonsa sanctitas,

    • R. Ben. 135, 28
    • .
to cut off hair
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  • Bescear heó hire feax swá weras,

    • Shrn. 31, 7
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  • Beard him beónn bescoren.

    • Lch. iii. 198, 29
    • .
  • Samson besceorenum fexe

    (with shorn locks),

    • Hml. Th. i. 488, 9
    • .
Etymology
[
O. L. Ger. bi-sceran detondere
:
O. Frs. bi-skera
:
O. H. Ger. pi-sceran decalvare, depilare.
]
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v. un-bescoren.
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