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be-welde

Grammar
be-welde, v. be-willan
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to roll about

big-spæc

(n.)
Grammar
big-spæc, e; f.

A by-speech, deceiving ⬩ supplantatio

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A by-speech, deceiving; supplantatio

be-wrixlan

(v.)

to change ⬩ to 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-þwyr

Grammar
be-þwyr, be-bweorian, -þwyrian
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to deprave Beþwyrad depravatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 3. Substitute:

be-prenan

Grammar
be-prenan, l. be-príwan, -préwan,
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Swylce hwá his éage bepríwe, Wlfst. 148, 13. and add:

be-sleán

(v.)
Grammar
be-sleán, p. -slóh, pl. -slógon; pp. -slagen, -slægen, -slegen; instr.

To beat, strike or cut off, take away, bereave ⬩ decollare, cædendo orbare, privare

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Alban, was beheaded Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 33. He beslóh synsceaðan gewealde he bereft the impious of power, Cd. 4; Th. 4, 17; Gen. 55. 94 Wuduwan freóndum beslægene widows bereft of friends, Th. 121, 15; Gen. 2010

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-styrian

(v.)
Grammar
be-styrian, p. ede; pp. ed; [be, styrian to move]

To heap up, pile up ⬩ aggerare

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To heap up, pile up; aggerare His þegnas mid moldan hit bestyredon and gefæstnedon his thanes heaped up with mould and fastened it, Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 20

Linked entry: be-streddon

be-tǽcung

(n.)
Grammar
be-tǽcung, e

A betaking ⬩ traditio

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A betaking; traditio

be-cépan

(v.)
Grammar
be-cépan, p. te

To be heedful ⬩ observant 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-þeaht

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-þeaht, -þeht

covered

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Kmbl. 2593; El. 1298; Similar entries pp. of be-þeccan

Linked entry: be-þæht

be-þearf

Grammar
be-þearf, ic, he, ðú be-þearft

I have, thou hast, he has need

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.; Similar entries pres. of be-þurfan

be-sencan

Grammar
be-sencan, pp. -senct

To plunge ⬩ submerge ⬩ drown

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Besencte, Bl. H. 49, 8. Add:

be-smirwan

(v.)

to besmear

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Besmyra eall ꝥ scínende mid hunigteáre, Lch. iii. 292, 10. ꝥ se lǽce mihte hine be-smyrwian (v. be-bíwan), Gr. D. 318, 3. Bismiride (-æ, -a) interlitam, Txts. 71, 1095. Besmyred, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 51

Linked entry: be-smyred

be-weallan

(v.)
Grammar
be-weallan, p. -weóll, pl. -weóllon; pp. -weallen,

To boil away ⬩ decoquere

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To boil away; decoquere Óþ-ðæt þrydda dǽl sý beweallen till the third part be boiled away, Med. ex Quadr. 1, 3; Lchdm. i. 328, 17 : 8, 10; Lchdm. i. 360, 1

be-swælan

(v.)
Grammar
be-swælan, p. de; pp. ed

To burn, sweal, scorch, singe ⬩ adurere, ustulare

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To burn, sweal, scorch, singe; adurere, ustulare Næs hyra feax fýre beswæled nor was a hair of them burned by the fire, Cd. 195; Th. 243, 18; Dan. 438. Glédum beswæled scorched by gleeds, Beo. Th. 6075; B. 3041

be-slépan

(v.)
Grammar
be-slépan, p. -slépte; subj. pl. -slépen; pp. -sléped, -slépt

To slip, lay, place, put ⬩ to slip, put or lay on, to impose, clothe ⬩ ponere, imponere, induere

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Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58, 16. Beslépen hí on hý bysmor induantur confusione! Ps. Th. 34, 24. Beslépte mid gyldnum fnasum in fimbriis aureis circumamicta 44, 15

Linked entry: slípan

be-áscian

(v.)
Grammar
be-áscian, p. ode

To ask a person (acc.) for advice (gen. )

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To ask a person (acc.) for advice (gen. ), the question given in a clause Hié hine láre beáhsodan, hwæt him þæs tó dónne wǽre, Bl. H. 199, 29. Þæt hié ðone pápan and þæt pápseld beáhsodan, hwæt him þæs tó rǽde þúhte, 205, 20

Linked entry: be-áhsian

be-syrwan

(v.)
Grammar
be-syrwan, -syrewian, -syrian, -serian; p. -syrwde; pp. -syrwed

To ensnare, deceive ⬩ circumvenire, decipere, machinari

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Bos. 26, 4. Mynte se mánscaða manna cynnes sumne besyrwan the wicked spoiler expected to ensnare one of the race of men, Beo. Th. 1430; B. 713 : 1888; B. 942: Cd. 127; Th. 162, 13; Gen. 2680

be-sylian

(v.)
Grammar
be-sylian, p. -ede; pp. ed

To soil, stain ⬩ maculare, inquinare

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To soil, stain; maculare, inquinare Besyled stained; maculatus Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58, 18: Elen. Kmbl. 1390; El. 697

Linked entry: sylian