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be-werian

  • verb [ weak ]
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with idea of hindering, restraint
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  • Bewerede

    coercuit,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 60
      • .
to keep something from a person, prohibit, forbid,
with acc.
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  • Bewerede

    arcebat (introitum),

    • Wrt. Voc. 81, 22
      • .

  • Mé Godes wracu þá duru bewerede,

    • Hml. S. 23 b, 417
      • .

  • Se Hálga Gást hié ǽghwylc gód lǽrde, and him ǽghwylc yfel bewerede,

    • Bl. H. 131, 30.

  • ꝥeáh þe se bysceop him ꝥ swíðe bewerede

    episcopo multum prohibente,

    • Bd. 5, 19
      • ;
    • Sch. 661, 17
      • .

  • Him þæt swíðe hys frýnd beweredon,

    • 4, 26
      • ;
    • Sch. 505, 18
      • .
with clause
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  • Ne wé eów be-werigeat (prohibemus) þæt gé ealle . . . tó ǽfæstnesse gecyrre,

    • Bd. 1, 25
      • ;
    • Sch. 55, 13
      • .

  • Wundurlic wíse bewerede (prohibuit) ꝥ nóhwæþer þyssa beón sceolde,

    • 4, II
      • ;
    • Sch. 408, 12.
with dat. infin.
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  • Seó ǽ monig þing bewereð tó etanne

    multa lex manducare prohibeat,

    • Bd. 1, 27
      • .
to restrain a person
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  • Ne bewere

    ne compescaris,

    • Ps. Srt. 82, 2
      • .

  • Ic mé ne mihte bewerigean

    (cohibere),

    • Bd. 5, 6
      • ;
    • Sch. 576, 9.
to restrain from,
with prep.
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  • Bewere

    (prohibe)

    tungan ðíne fram yfele,

    • Ps. Spl. 33, 13.

  • Hé wæs bewered fram þǽre biscopþegnunge

    ab administrando episcopatu prohibito,

    • Bd. 4, 5
      • ;
    • Sch. 380, 16
      • .
with gen.
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  • Mé ꝥ godcunde mægen þæs ganges bewerede,

    • Hml. S. 23b, 408
      • .
with idea of defence, protection,
to protect, defend
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  • Becumað wulfas tó ðínre eówode, and hwá bewerað hí,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 516, 22
      • .

  • Bewerede

    protexit, custodivit,

    • An. Ox. 3557.

  • Eádweard éðel bewerode.

    • Chr. 1065
      • ;
    • P. 194, 12
      • :
    • Hml. S. 25, 744
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  • þá hí hié bewerian ne mehton,

    • Ors. 4, 13
      • ;
    • S. 212,

  • þá heorda bewerian, gif hwilc þeódscaða scaðian onginneð,

    • Wlfst. 191, 8.

  • Nán bróðor ne gedyrstlǽce þæt hé óþerne mid wordum bewerige

    (defendere),

    • R. Ben. 119, 5.

  • His ágenne rǽd tó bewerigenne,

    • 15, 13.
Grammar
be-werian, (wið (dat. acc.), ongeán):
to protect against
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  • þæt hé bewerede Corsicam wið Rómánum

    pro Corsis defensandis.

    • Ors. 4, 6
      • ;
    • S. 172, 14
      • .

  • Hé his fyrde bewerode wið fýnd,

    • Hml. S. 25, 281
      • :
    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 3
      • .

  • Beweriað wydewan wið éhterum,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 322, 8
      • .

  • Hié selfe wið Seówdóm bewerian,

    • Ors. 3, 1,
      • ;
    • S. 98, 4
      • .

  • Widewan bewerian wið hunger,

    • Hml. S. 25, 755
      • .

  • Ongeán yfele wýfmenþé bewerian,

    • Lch. iii. 214, 10
      • .

  • Treów bewerod mid rinde wiþ þone winter,

    • Bt. 34, 10
      • ;
    • F. 150, 7
      • .
to ward off, keep evil from a person
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  • Bewered wære

    arceretur (crudelitas),

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 62.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. O. L. Ger. bi-werian
;
O. Frs. bi-wera
:
O. H. Ger. pi-wer(i)en.
]
Entry information
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-werian.” 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/40283.

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