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be-werian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
be-werian, bi-werian, -wergan; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od
To defend restrain; defendere, prohibere, tueri
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  • Bisceopas godcunde heorda bewarian and bewerian sceolon

    bishops ought to guard and defend [tueri debent] their spiritual flocks,

      L. C. E. 26; Wilk. 133, 22; Th. i. 374, 25.
  • Bewerede

    coercuit,

      Cot. 56.
  • Bewered

    prohibitus,

      Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 10.
  • Bewerode

    defendit,

      Ex. 2, 17.
  • Bewerod

    prohibitus,

      Ælfc. Gl. 63; Som. 68, 104.
Derived forms
DER. werian.
Linked entries
v.  bi-werian.
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