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be, <b>. A. 11 b.</b>
Wright's OE grammar
§559; §570; §647;
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  • For hé forð bi (bie,

    v.l.

    ) ðǽm scræfe,
      Past. 197, 13: Bl. H. 213, 34.
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  • Gé bundon hine be þam fótum,

      Shrn. 151, 35.
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  • Be Wihtgáres dæge and be óðra cinga dæge,

      Chr. 7915 ; P. 56, 39.

  • Eallu ðing be dæges leóhte (

    luce adhuc diei)

    gefyllede sýn,
      R. . Ben. 66, 8.
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  • Gif hé déð dǽdbóte be his synnum,

      Angl. xi. 114, 61.

  • Sind fíf onlícnessa be hellegryre, Verc. Först. 90, 12 : Wlfst. 171, 3-4. [9) add :-- Be freóndan and be fremdan fadian gelíce, Ll. Th. ii. 306, 29. (15) add :-- Gif hé ne geswice be þám si neque sic correxerit, Chrd. 41, 36. (18) add :-- Hé be heora gange hí gecneów, Hml. S. 30, 233. [19) add :-- Bid ðearf ðæt hé hine genime be ðǽre leornunge háligra gewrita and be ðám áríse (at per eruditionis studium resurgat), Past. 169, 15. (22)

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    :-- Leód and lagu fór be geþincðum,
      Ll. Th. i. 190, 12. B. take here Cht. Th. 171, 6 from
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v. þǽr-big.
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v.  bi-wrítan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be.” 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/61364.

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