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be-sleán

  • verb [ contracted ]
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to strike, smite,
lit.
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  • Hé beslóh stán

    percussit petram,

    • Ps. Spl. M. 77, 13
      • .
fig.
to strike with disease
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  • Hé gewende mid snáwhwítum hreóflan beslagen,

    • Hml. Th. i. 400, 29
      • .
to deprive by a stroke (lit. or fig.) of something (gen. inst.)
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  • Hé wæs freónda gefylled on folcstede, beslagen (-slægen, -slegen, v. ll.) æt sæcce,

    • Chr. 937
      • ;
    • P. 108, 23
      • .
to strike, place with violence, dash, inflict
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  • Ic on besleá

    incutio,

    • Ælfc. Gr. Z. 169, 9
      • .

  • Ðurh ðone ðyrnenan helm on ðone Hǽlend beslagen,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 254, 10.

  • Mid on beslagenre wunde,

    • 88, 23
      • .
intrans.
to strike, give a blow
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  • Ic on besleá

    illido,

    • Ælfc. Gr. Z. 171, 4.

  • Gif mon æt blód*-*lǽtan on sinwe besleá,

    • Lch. ii. 148, 19.

  • Gif mon ðá sculdru in besleá

    if a blow is given that penetrates the shoulders,

    • Ll. Th. i. 100, 1
      • .
to strike, force a passage
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  • þá beslóh se þorn on þone fót, and swá strang wæs se sting þæs þornes, þæt hé eóde þurh þone fót,

    • Guthl. 68, 2.
  • [O. Frs. bi-slá : O. H. Ger. pi-slahan stringere, verberare.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-sleán.” 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/40139.

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