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be-neoðan

(prep.)
Grammar
be-neoðan, be-nyðan; prep. dat. [be, neoðan under]

BENEATHbelowunderinfra

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Gif se sconca biþ þyrel beneoðan cneówe if the shank be pierced beneath the knee L. Alf. pol. 63; Th. i. 96, 16, 17 : 66; Th. i. 96, 31. Nis nán wuht benyðan [him] no creature is beneath him [beneath God's notice] Bt. 36, 5; Fox 180, 18

be-gunnon

Grammar
be-gunnon, be-gunnen

beganbegun

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Ben. 22

be-tweohnum

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
be-tweohnum, [] be-tweónum.

betweenamong

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Grammar be-tweohnum, adv. : — Man sealde gíslas betweónan, Chr. 1052 ; P. 175, 27. Betwínum in invicem, Ps. Srt. 33, 4

be-streðan

(v.)
Grammar
be-streðan, be-streþþan, -streþian (-stryþ-); p. ede

To bestrewscatter overcover

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Similar entries (v. be-stregdan. ) Biþ stánum bestreþed (v. Prehn, p. 253, desuper multis sternor), Rä. 81, 38. Þas geweorc stondað stíðlíce, bestryþed fæste miclum meahtlocum, Sch. 87. Substitute:

hlín-bedd

(n.)
Grammar
hlín-bedd, es; n.

A couch

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A couch Fundon on sande sáwulleásne hlin- [MS. hlim-] bed healdan they found him without life occupying his couch, Beo. Th. 6060; B. 3034

be-tyrnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-tyrnan, p. de.
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Ben. 1. 66, 13) ah omnibus postulent pro se orari, R. Ben. 59, 20

be-swemman

(v.)
Grammar
be-swemman, p. -swemde; pp. -swemmed, -swemd

To make to swimnatare facere

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To make to swim; natare facere Ðeáh hí beswemde weorþon though they be made to swim, Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 28

Linked entry: swemman

be-sceran

(v.)
Grammar
be-sceran, bi-sceran, -sciran, -scyran; p. -scær, -scear, pl. -scǽron, -sceáron; pp. -scoren

To shear off, to shave, cut offattondere, amputare, præcidere

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Ðæt he to preóste bescoren beón mihte that he might be shorn as a priest, Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 24. Iulianus ðeáh to preóste bescoren wǽre though Julian had been shorn for a priest, Homl. Th. i. 448. 29.

be-smittian

(v.)
Grammar
be-smittian, p. od

To pollutedefile

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Ben. 139, 19

Linked entry: smittian

be-sceáwung

(n.)
Grammar
be-sceáwung, e; f.

Contemplation

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Ben. 135, 1: Gr. D. 4, 22

be-spirian

(v.)
Grammar
be-spirian, -spirigan, -spyrigan; p. ode; pp. od

To inquire, traceinquirere, investigare

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To inquire, trace; inquirere, investigare Be ðon ðe yrfe bespirige of him who traces cattle, L. Ath. iv. 2; Th. i. 222, 13.

Linked entry: be-spyrigan

be-þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
be-þeódan, p. de

To joinattach

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Ben. 134, 20

be-gýmen

(n.)
Grammar
be-gýmen, be-gímen, e; f.

Careregardobservationshewpompobservatio

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Care, regard, observation, shew, pomp; observatio Mid begýmene = μετά παρατηρήσεωs with shew or that it can be observed Lk. Bos. 17, 20

Linked entry: be-gímen

be-weotian

(v.)
Grammar
be-weotian, p. ode; pp. od

To observe, watch overobservare, curæ habere

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To observe, watch over; observare, curæ habere Draca hord beweotode a dragon watched over the hoard, Beo. Th. 4431; B. 2212

be-geten

(v.)
Grammar
be-geten, for be-gitan

to seizeobtain

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to seize, obtain. L. H. E. 2 ; Th. i. 28, 2

be-wyrded

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
be-wyrded, defatu. l. be wyrde

de fatu

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de fatu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 60

be-wrixlan

(v.)

to changeto exchange

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Grammar be-wrixlan, be-wrixlian. to change Hé bewrixlede þǽre stówe eard*-*unge habitationem mutavit loci. Gr. D. 119, 21. to exchange þú ús bebohtest and bewrixledest vendidisti populum tuum sine pretio, Ps. Th. 43, 14

be-slógon

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-slógon, be-slóh

bereft

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bereft, Cd. 4; Th. 4, 17; Gen. 55; Similar entries p. of be-sleán

be-cépan

(v.)
Grammar
be-cépan, p. te

To be heedfulobservant of (gen. )

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To be heedful, observant of (gen. ) Þæs becépð se feónd quem attendit hostis, Ps. L. fol. 142, 4

be-sorg

(adj.)
Grammar
be-sorg, -sorh

Anxious, careful, dear, belovedsollicitus, carus

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Ben. 72

Linked entries: un-besorh be-sorh