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be-sencan

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be-sencan, pp. -senct
To plunge, submerge, drown;
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  • Donne blindum beseah (-sencþ?) biterum lígum earme on ende

    tunc caecis merget flammis sine fine misellos,

    • Dóm. L. 241
      • .

  • Weleras unwíses besenceað (praecipitabunt) hyne,

    • Scint. 96, 3
      • .

  • Hé xiii scipa on sǽbesencte,

    • Ors. 4, 6
      • ;
    • S. 172, 10
      • .

  • God besencte Pharao,

    • Hml. Th. i. 312, 5
      • .

  • Wé besencton

    obsorbuimus.

    • Bl. Gl.

  • Hí hine besencton on þá eá æt his cneówa,

    • Bl. H. 43, 29.

  • Besencean oþþe gecwylman

    mergere aut mortificare,

    • Coll. M. 24, 33
      • .

  • Besencendum

    submergente,

    • An. Ox. 1739
      • .

  • Besenced of ðǽm yfemestum tó ðæm nieðerhestan,

    • Past. 134, 24.

  • On helle besenct,

    • Hml. Th. i. 330, 26
      • .

  • Besencedum

    summerso.

    • An. Ox. 11, 99
      • .

  • Besente

    demersos,

    • 3078.

  • Besencte,

    • Bl. H. 49, 8
      • .
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Etymology
[
O. Sax. bi-senkian
:
O. L. Ger. be-sencan.
]
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v. N. E. D. be-sench
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-sencan.” 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/40121.

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