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bí, prep. dat. [Bí is more frequently shortened into be. In compounds it is generally written be- or bi-; but bí- is long where it is used for big, or is a contraction, thus, - bí-spell for big-spell, and as bí-breád for beó-breád. v. be.]
Wright's OE grammar
§6; §559; §570; §647;
dat.
By, near to, at, in, upon; juxta, prope, apud, in
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dat.
Of, about; de, quoad
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dat.
By, through, because of, after, according to, in comparison with; per, secundum, pro, ex
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sometimes bí
is separated from its case
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