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be-teón

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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be-teón, p. -teáh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen.
to draw over or round, cover, surround, inclose, protect; obducere, superinducere, circumducere, concludere, munire
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  • Heora scyldas wǽron betogene mid hýdum

    their shields were covered with hides,

    • Ors. 5, 7
      • ;
    • Bos. 107, 8.

  • Betogen [betogan MS.] cræt

    a covered carriage;

    capsus

    • Ælfc. Gl. 49
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 34, 23.

  • Híg betugon mycele menigeo fixa

    concluserunt copiosam multitudinem piscium,

    • Lk. Bos. 5, 6.

  • Se reáda æppel biþ betogen mid ánfealdre rinde, and monig corn on-innan him hæfþ

    in malo punico uno exterius cortice multa interius grana muniuntur,

    • Past. 15, 5
      • ;
    • Hat. MS. 19 b, 22.
to leave by law, bequeath; legare,
  • Th. Diplm. A. D. 1037
    • ;
  • 567, 9.
to bring a charge against any one, accuse; criminari, accusare
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  • Beteáh Gosfrei Bainard Willelm of Ou

    Geoffrey Bainard accused William of Eu

    • Chr. 1096
      • ;
    • Th. 362, 32.

  • Se ðe biþ betogen

    he who is accused,

    • L. In. 54
      • ;
    • Th. i. 136, 10 : 71
      • ;
    • Th. i. 148, 2.
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v. teón
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v.  teón be-teáh be-tíhan be-togen be-tugon be-týhþ.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-teón.” 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/4041.

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