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be-wépan

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be-wépan, bewopen
Wright's OE grammar
§647;
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  • Swá man bewépð deádne,

    • Hml. A. 77. 124
  • Rachel beweóp hire cildra,

    • Hml. Th. i. 84, 26.
  • beweóp ungemet*-*godra manna líf,

    • 604, 27
    • .
  • þæt se Hǽlend beweópe ðǽre ceastre tó-worpennysse,

    • 402, 6.
  • Synna bewépan,

    • ii. 602, 22.
disfigured by weeping, woe-begone
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  • þá iermingas út of þǽm holan crupon, swá bewópene swelce hié of óþerre worolde cóme,

    • Ors. 2, 8
    • ;
    • S. 92, 30.
Add (cf. That he you nat biwopen thus ne finde, Ch. T. C. iv. 916):
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. be-weep and be-wept.
O. Sax. bi-wópian
:
O. Frs. bi-wépa.
]
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