be-settan
to set ⬩ place ⬩ to apply ⬩ to surround ⬩ to besiege
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Add: to set, place, with on, to put one thing in another Ic on besette insero, Ælf. Gr. Z. 166, 3. God ðá sáwle beset on ðone líchaman, Hml. Th. i. 292, 31. He him sawle on besett, ii. 206, 25. þá hé on his geleáffulra heortan beset, 524, 12. to place
BESMA
A BESOM, broom ⬩ a rod ⬩ scopæ, virga
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A BESOM, broom, an instrument of punishment made of twigs, a rod; scopæ, virga Geclǽnsod mid besmum scopis mundatam, Mt. Bos. 12, 44 clensid with bismes, Wyc. He hit [hús] gemét mid besmum afeormod invenit eam [domum] scopis mundatam Lk. Bos. 11, 25
be-sengan
To singe, scorch, burn ⬩ ustulare, urere, æstuare
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To singe, scorch, burn; ustulare, urere, æstuare Beren ear beseng singe a barley ear, L. M. 1, 51; Lchdm. ii. 124, 18. Óðra wéron forberned oððe besenged [MS. besenced] alia æstuaverunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 6. Hí besáwon on ða besengdan burh and on ða
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be-sendan
to send
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to send Ic on besende inmitto, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 172, 11. On ðám ðwyrnyssum þe ús se Ælmihtiga on besent, Hml. Th. ii. 460, 15. Besende se deófol swilc geþanc on þone munuc, Hml. S. 31, 1073 : 33. 161
be-seowian
to besew ⬩ sew up
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Séc stáuas . . . beseowa hira . iii. on þon þe þú wile (sew them up in anything you please), Lch. ii. 306, 9. Bisiuuidi (-siudi) uuerci opere plumario, Txts. 80, 699. Besiwed feðergeweorc, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 45. Besiwodon suto, Germ. 399, 470
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be-settan
To BESET, set near, appoint, to place, own, posess ⬩ circumdare, collocare, ponere
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To BESET, set near, appoint, to place, own, posess; circumdare, collocare, ponere Seó cwén ða róde héht mid eorcnanstánum besettan [MS. besetton] the queen commanded them to beset the cross with jewels, Elen. Kmbl. 2049; El. 1026. Ic ðé mægene besette
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be-sittan
to sit round, surround, beset, besiege ⬩ circumdare, cingere, obsidere ⬩ to be in session, to hold sessions ⬩ to posess ⬩ considere, ⬩ possidere
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to sit round, surround, beset, besiege; circumdare, cingere, obsidere Ða Læcedemonian besǽton ða burh Mæsiane tyn winter the Lacedæmonians surrounded the city of Messene for ten years, Ors. 1, 14; Bos. 37, 15. Se cyng lét [hí] besittan ðone castel the
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be-sencan
To plunge ⬩ submerge ⬩ drown
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To plunge, submerge, drown; Donne blindum beseah (-sencþ?) biterum lígum earme on ende tunc caecis merget flammis sine fine misellos, Dóm. L. 241. Weleras unwíses besenceað (praecipitabunt) hyne, Scint. 96, 3. Hé xiii scipa on sǽbesencte, Ors. 4, 6 ;
neb-wlitu
The form of the face ⬩ the face ⬩ countenance
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Ic ne mæg on his nebwlite beseón, Homl. Skt. 7, 104. Hí gesáwon his nebwlite swylce sumes engles ansýne, Homl. Th. i. 46, 5. Sege ús his nebwlite describe his face to us, 456, 15. Ne behealde gé heora nebwlite, ii. 404, 28
be-wlátian
To see, look, behold ⬩ videre, conspicere
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To gescyldnysse mínre beseoh oððe bewláta ad defensionem meam conspice, 21, 20
scimian
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Swá ðæt nán man ne mihte for ðam mycclum leóhte hire on beseón . . . and swá hí hí geornlícor sceáwodon, swá scimodon heora eágon swíðor, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 153. Beóþ his dagas démde gelíce swá ðú on scimiendre sceade lócige, Ps. Th. 143, 5
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ge-wítan
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Gewíte and beseoh wíngeard þisne vide et visita vineam istam, Ps. Th. 79, 14. with clause Gewíte þǽre cirican ealdor ꝥ him mon on þám fierste mete ne selle, Ll. Th. i. 64, 16
missan
to miss ⬩ fail to hit ⬩ to escape the notice of a person
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.): Beó se canon him ætforan eágum, beseó tó gif hé wille, ðý læs ðe him misse (lest any part be omitted by him), L. Edg. C. 32; Th. ii. 250, 25
handlung
Touching, handling
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Touching, handling Ðone ðe se eádiga Benedictus ná handlunge ac on beseónde fram his bendum álýsde whom the blessed Benedict not by touching him, but by looking on him, had released from his bonds, Homl. Th. ii. 182, 4
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mǽþ
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Add Intingan beseoh ná mǽþe causam respice non personam, Scint. 185, 12.
atol-lic
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Seó sunne scíman ne hæfde and wæs atollic (eatolíce,v.l.) on tó beseónne, Bd. 3, 27;Sch. 316, II. Deófol is atelic sceocca, Hml. Th. i. 16, 21. Þeáh ðe hé (the leper)atelic ware, 122, 6. Án atelic sceadu on sweartum híwe, ii. 508, l.
hreppan
to touch ⬩ treat
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Hire on beseón oððe hí hreppan to look upon her or touch her, 7, 151. Hwá dearr hí hreppan, Homl. Th. i. 458, 17. His eágan hreppan mid ðam seáwe to touch his eyes with the juice, Herb. 31; Lchdm. i. 128, 12.
Crist
CHRIST ⬩ Christus
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Beseoh onsýne cristes ðínes behold the face of thine anointed Ps. Th. 83, 9; 88, 32, 44. Feówer Cristes béc the four Gospels Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 27; Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 16. Seó Cristes bóc the Gospel Ælfc. T. 30, 1.
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æt-standan
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Ne beseoh þú underbæc, ne þú ne ætstande náhwár on þisum earde, Gen. 19, 17. Hé hét ðá hundas ætstandan þe urnon, Hml. Th. ii. 514, 24. of a body at rest, to remain standing Ealle gefeóllan . . bútan Dúnstán ána ætstód uppon ánum beáme.
scealc
a servant ⬩ a man, soldier, sailor
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Beseoh on ðíne scealcas respice in servos tuos, 89, 18. Babilone weard hét his scealcas scúfan ða hyssas in bǽlblyse, Cd. Th. 230, 10; Dan. 231 . as a term of reproach Ðá hine heówon hǽðene scealcas, Byrht. Th. 137, 5; By. 181.
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