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in a general sense, to take charge of, watch over
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  • Wén is ꝥ hé wille bewitan á his menn ge on lífe ge on deá ðe,

    • Hml. S. 17, 187.
of official or professional action,
to have charge or direction of,
persons
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  • Se mágister þe þá cild bewát

    the schoolmaster,

      Tech. ii. 118, 12.

  • þá hyndenmenn and þá þe teóðunge bewitan,

    • Ll. Th. i. 236, 4.

  • Ic wæs dæges and nihtes mid hyre and hí bewiste, and heó hlyste mínre láre,

    • Wlfst. 140, 18
      • .

  • Se yldesta bewiste þá þe nigene teó Sélcum geláste,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 30, 22.

  • ꝥæt werod þe hé (Lucifer) bewiste,

    • Hml. Th. i. 10, 17.

  • Oðer bewiste his byrlas, óðer his bæcestran

    alter pincernis praeerat, alter pistoribus,

    • Gen. 40, 2.

  • ꝥára geréfena þe þá men bewiston æt þám temple,

    • Angl. xi. 9, 24.

  • Hundredes ealdras þe ðá burhware bewiston,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 418, 34
      • .

  • Se lǽce tilað ðæs gewundedan ðe hé bewitan sceal

    (cui medicamentum adhibet).

    • Past. 457, 16
      • .

  • Se cyng sende Ælfún mid þám æþelingum, ꝥ hé hí bewitan sceolde,

    • Chr. 1013
      • ;
    • P. 144, 15
      • .

  • Hé hié (his sons) betáhte twǽm ealdormonnum tó bewitanne

    singulis potissimis infantum cura commissa erat,

    • Ors. 6, 37
      • ;
    • S. 296, 2
      • .
places, institutions, &c.
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  • Se ealdor þe þæt mynster bewát

    qui monasterio praeest,

    • Cht. Th. 333, 37.

  • Hǽðen mundbora þe þá burh bewiste,

    • Hml. S. 22, 99
      • :
    • 3, 61
      • .

  • ꝥá góde mæn þe þis land bewiston,

    • Chr. 1091
      • ;
    • P. 226, 27
      • .
property
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  • ꝥá (the senators) wæron simbel binnan Rómebyrg wuniende, tó þon ꝥ hié bewisten eal ꝥ licgende feoh,

    • Ors. 2, 4
      • ;
    • S. 72, 4
      • .

  • Hé betǽhte hit Eardulfe tó bewitenne

    commisit manerium Eardulfo ad custodiendum,

    • Cht. Th. 271, 25.

  • Ic an ðæs landes Æffan tó bewitanne,

    • 496, 14
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implements, affairs, offices, &c.
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  • Ælfríc þá sócne mínre móder tó handa bewiste,

    • C. D. iv. 222, 20
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  • Hé ealle his gemót bewiste,

    • Chr. 1099
      • ;
    • P 235, 1.

  • ꝥegn þe his ælmyssan bewiste

    his almoner,

    • Hml. S. 26, 91
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  • Se munuc þe þæs mynstres geat bewiste,

    • 23 b, 66.

  • Hé ungeorne bewiste hwæt he dyde

    he managed his business carelessly.

    • Bl. H. 183, 23.

  • Hí gesettan him x consulas, tó þon ꝥ hié hiera ǽ bewisten

    (constituendarum legum gratia),

    • Ors. 2, 6
      • ;
    • S. 88, 19
      • .

  • Swilce þú micel bewytan wills

    as if you wish to see after much business

      (?),
    • Tech. ii. 121, 8
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  • Ð á ðing tó bewitanne ðe tó scipene belimpað,

    • Angl. ix. 260, 4
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  • Mynstres ǽhta on tólum oþþe on reáfum sýn betǽhte tó bewitenne þám gebróþrum,

    • R. Ben. 56, 4
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-witan.” 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/40294.

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