be-ceorfan
to deprive a person (acc.) of something (dat.) by cutting
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Add: to deprive a person (acc.) of something (dat.) by cutting Ic wolde ꝥ ðú mé feaxe becurfe, Hml. S. 33, 123. Hát mé heáfde beceorfan . . . hé þá sceolde beón heáfde becorfen, Bl. H. 183, 16-20. Hé wæs heáfde becorfen, 173, 5: Shrn. 123, 6: Hml.
be-beódan
'to give . . . generally,' ⬩ to order ⬩ enjoin ⬩ to commit ⬩ commend ⬩ to offer to the gods ⬩ to commit into (on, in) ⬩ to announce
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Healde man mæssedæg swá hé beboden beó, Wlfst. 117, 5. Hí wǽron bebodene imperantur, An. Ox. 4782, to commit, commend Ic mé þé bebeóde, Hml. S. 23 b, 448. Gif ðú gewítest, hwǽm bebeódest þú ús?, Bl. H. 225, 17.
be-hættian
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Ox. 4466. to strip the skin from the head Þá cwelleras hine be-hættedon they pulled off the skin of his head with the hair (2 Maccabees 7, 7), Hml. S. 25, 126. Behættian, 116. v. hættian in Dict
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be-bycgean
To sell ⬩ to set or put to sale ⬩ vendere
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Th. 43, 14 : 104, 15 : Beo. Th. 5591; B. 2799
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be-lífan
To remain ⬩ abide ⬩ to be left ⬩ superesse ⬩ manere ⬩ remanere
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Bos. 8, 8
be-smiþian
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Nim þás næglas and heó besmiþian hát on þínes sunu brídle take these nails and order them to be set in thy son's bridle (cf. þú þás næglas hát . . . on his brídels dón, El. 1175. The Emperour dyde doo sette the nayles in his brydel, H.
be-gitan
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Éce líf begeotan, Bl. H. 97, 28. Begitende con-quirens. Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 53. Begiotende nactus, 61, 23. Ðǽre be-gitenan indeptae, 76, 55. Ðá sócna ðe into ðám mynstre nú begytene (printed betytene, C. D.
be-hringed
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Substitute: <b>be-hringan;</b> p. de; pp. ed To surround, encircle On mínum earfoþum þe mé habbað útan behringed a pressura quae circumdedit me, Ps. Th. 31, 8. Behrincged, 48, 5. Burh útan behringed mid feóndum, 17, 28.
be-galan
to enchant ⬩ charm ⬩ to recite a charm
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Ger. bi-guol; p.t
be-gán
passage ⬩ to go round ⬩ to reach by going ⬩ come upon ⬩ get at ⬩ to go ⬩ pass by ⬩ to go ⬩ come ⬩ get ⬩ to pass by ⬩ To come by ⬩ get at ⬩ to come ⬩ fall to one's lot ⬩ to fall ⬩ get into debt ⬩ to surround ⬩ to confine ⬩ to occupy ⬩ to go about a business ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to cultivate ⬩ to worship ⬩ to honour ⬩ venerate a place ⬩ to exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c. ⬩ to practise a religion ⬩ follow the dictates of ⬩ to practise ⬩ carry on ⬩ do (habitually) ⬩ to devote one's self to a practice ⬩ to exercise a person ⬩ to behave ⬩ to exercise in something ⬩ to exercise ⬩ use ⬩ employ ⬩ to profess ⬩ pretend
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Hym álýfed ne byð ꝥ hé on ceápstówe ǽnige cýpinge begá (merca-turam ullam exercere), Ll. Th. ii. 174, 19. Godes lof begán, Bl. H. 43, 5.
be-sprecan
mention ⬩ to claim ⬩ To complain of ⬩ blame ⬩ To complain
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Th. i. 374, 13. of legal proceedings, to claim Sette hé borh ꝥ hé bringe his geteáman in þǽr hit besprecen bið (where the recovered property will be claimed), Ll. Th. i. 288, 17. in an unfavourable sense, trans.
be-scerian
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Ger. bi-scerian frustrare: O. H. Ger. pi-scerien privare, fraudare.] Add:
be-healdan
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Seó þe flóda begong beheóld hund missera, B. 1498. an office Þegn nytte beheóld, B. 494.
be-grípan
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Hig be-gripon (coeperunt) míne sáwle, 58, 4. Gif seó sáwul mid leahtrum begripen bið, Hml. Th. i. 122, 24. ꝥ wíf in argscipe begrippene mulierem in adulterio reprehensam. Jn. p. 5, 8. to reprehend Begripen (increpuerunt) mé lendene míne, Ps. Spl.
be-hweorfan
to turn ⬩ spread about ⬩ vertere ⬩ convertere ⬩ to turn or put in order ⬩ arrange ⬩ disponere ⬩ parare
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Híg behwurfon híg búton ðære wícstówe they spread them about outside of the camp Num. 11, 32. to turn or put in order, arrange; disponere, parare Ðæt ealle Godes cyrcan sýn wel behworfene [behweorfene, H.] that all God's churches be well put in order
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be-swápan
to sweep ⬩ to wrap up ⬩ cover up
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Hé bió wið ǽlce orsorgnesse besuápen mid ðyssum mægenum contra prospera virtutum ornamento muniatur, Past. 83, 11. Hé bií besuápen mid swíðe wlitige ofer-brǽdelse on bǽm sculdrum quanta in utroque humero superhumeralis pulchritudine tegatur, 21
be-tellan
exculpate ⬩ excuse
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Th. ii. 250, 11 : 420, 1. to clear one's self from (æt), in the matter of (be) a charge, excuse one's self to (wið) a person Godwine betealde hine wið Eádward be eallum ðám ðingan ðe him wæs on geléd, Chr. 1053; P. 183, 28. ꝥ hé móste hine betellan æt
be-sceran
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Hé beáh tó ðam mynstre, and wearð bescoren (received the tonsure), Hml. Th. ii. 348, 30. Sum wæs bescoren preóst quidam erat attonsus ut clericus, Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 628, 35. Hé wearð bescoren tó Crístes þeówðóme, Hml. S.6, 240.
be-léd
impelled
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Ben. 64;
be-warnian
to beware
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Ben. 7