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be-fellan

(v.)
Grammar
be-fellan, p. de; pp. ed

To fellcædere

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To fell; cædere

be-fóran

(adv.)

Beforeat handopenlyanteantea præin conspectu, in conspectum

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Grammar be-fóran, adv. Before, at hand, openly; ante, antea, præ, in conspectu, in conspectum He sceal befóran féran he shall advance before Bt. Met. Fox 4, 35; Met. 4, 18. Wundor on eorþan he befórancýþde he revealed miracles on earth openly Andr. Kmbl

be-foran

Grammar
be-foran, <b>A. I</b> 1 a.
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Add Beforum monnum, Past. 449, 9. <b>B. II</b>. add :-- Hí secgað beforan fela þinga, swá hit æfter ágǽð. Gr. D. 296, 21. of rank Swá micle swá se bið beforan ðe on ðǽm stóle sitt ðǽm óðrum ðe ðǽr ymb stondað, Past. 435, 27

be-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
be-feolan, l. be-feólan, dele first passage, and add: p. -fealh, -feall, -feal, pl. ful(g)on.

to buryto bearbe pleased withto apply oneself earnestly to somethingto be urgent with a personto press to persistpersevere with something to persist incontinue

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trans. to bury Mon sceal morðor under eorðan befeólan þe hit forhelan þenceþ, Gn. Ex. 115. [Cf. O. Sax.] to bear, be pleased with Ne eaþmódnesse iuc ná leng befeólan nellaþ nec iugum humilitatis diutius sustinere contenti sunt (contendunt, v. l. ),

be-faran

to come uponsurprisecatch

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to come upon, surprise, catch Ætsǽton ðá Centiscan beæftan . . . þá befór se here hié ðǽr, Chr. 905; P. 94, 7. Þá landesmenn hine befóron innan þǽre burh and hine ofslógon, 1068; P. 203, 21. Gif man hwilcne man teó ꝥ hé þone man féde þe úres hláfordes

be-fégan

(v.)
Grammar
be-fégan, p. de

To join

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To join Hí fundon ǽlcne stán on óðerne befégedne, Hml. S. 23, 425

be-féran

(v.)

to go aboutfrom place to place,to come uponovertakecatch To getfall among to pass by

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Substitute: to go about, from place to place, Mk. 6, 6 (in Dict.). to come upon, overtake, catch (of a pursuing force) Hé beférde þæt folc þǽr hig gewícode wǽron cum persequerentur Aegyptii vestigia praecedentium, repererunt eos in castris, Ex. 14, 9

be-filgan

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For v. be-felgan read

be-fóran

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
be-fóran, l. be-foran, and add:

in the presence ofin front of an object a-head ofover againstbeforein advance of:into the presence ofbeforein advance

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prep. local, with dat. in the presence of Gif hit beforan þám hláforde wæs si impraesen-tiarum dominus fuerit, Ex. 22, 15. ¶ where a particular part of a person is specified, before one's eyes, :-- Þone mist ðe hangaþ beforan úres módes eágum, Bt. 33

be-fillan

(v.)

to fell.

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to fell.See examples under be-fyllan in Dict

be-fleán

to strip the skinbark offto strip off

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Add: to strip the skin or bark off Berinde, beflóg decorticavit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 47. Befleán deglobere, 138, 29. Behyldan, befleán deglobere .i. decoriare, An. Ox. 3280. Hét hé hine cwicne befleán, Shrn. 84, 29: 121, 1. Tó befleánne euiscerandum, Germ

be-feallan

(v.)
Grammar
be-feallan, ic -fealle, ðú -feallest, -fylst, he -fealleþ, -fylþ, pl. -feallaþ ; p. -feól, -feóll, pl. -feóllon; pp. -feallen.

to fallcadereincidereto fall offcadere ab aliquodeprivedbereftorbatusprivatus

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to fall; cadere, incidere Án of ðám ne befylþ on eorþan unus ex illis non cadet super terram, Mt. Bos. 10, 29. Hie oft befeallaþ on micel yfel they often fall into great evil, Past. 40, 3 ; Hat. MS. 53 b, 8 : Cd. 18; Th. 21, 26; Gen. 330 : Lk. Bos. 10

be-feallan

to fall,to get intoto fall into sininto the hands of a person, to fall to actionto fall upontake effect on a personto fall tobe assigned todeprived (of)

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Add: to fall, literal Hé on þone pytt befylð in foveam incidit, Ps. Th. 7, 15. to get into:-- Se deófol befylð intó Antecrístes móder innoðe, Wlfst. 193, 16. Ꝥ furðon án spearwa on gryn ne mæg befeallan forútan his foresceáwunge, Chr. 1067; P. 201,

ge-unweorþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-unweorþian, ge-unwurþian
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to dishonour Hí befýlað fracodlíce hí selfe and eác geunwurðiað, Wlfst. 305, 11. ꝥ hé é Se crístendóm weorð geunwurðod syððan, Hml. S. 19, 149. Gé beóð geunwurðode and eác gewítnode, 11, 95

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fúl-lic

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Hit is fúllic þingc and Gode láð, þæt hí . . . befýlað hí selfe . . . þæt hí farað fram wífe tó wífe, eall swá stunte nýtenu dóð, Wlfst. 305, 7.

gíman

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., and add: to take care of (gen. ) to treat so as not to injure Hit is fúllic þingc . . . þæt hí ne gýmað heora sylfra æt þám unþeáwe. . . þæt hí ne gýmað heora sylfra, swá hí beþorfton, ac befýlað hí selfe, Wlfst. 305, 7-11. to treat so as to restore