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be-bycgean

(v.)
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be-bycgean, -bycgan ; part. -bycgende ; p. -bohte; pp. -boht

To sellto set or put to salevendere

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To sell, to set or put to sale; vendere On gold bebycgean to sell for gold, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 39. Iudas bebohte bearn wealdendes on seolfres sinc Judas sold the child of the Almighty for a heap of silver, Cd. 226; Th. 301, 5; Sat. 577 : Ps. Th. 43,

Linked entries: be-bohte bi-bycgong

be-byrd

(adj.; part.)

garnished with nailsset with spikesclavatus

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garnished with nails, set with spikes; clavatus, Cot. 49, Som. Lye

be-byrian

(v.)
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be-byrian, p. ede, ide; pp. ed

To burysepelire

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To bury; sepelire Ðæt hí móston ða deádan bebyrian that they might bury the dead, Ors. 3,1; Bos. 54, 29. Hine árlíce bebyride eum honorifice sepelivit, Bd. 4, 22 ; S. 591, 20

be-byrigean

(v.)

to bury

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to bury, Mt. Bos. 8, 21, 22 : Bd. 4, 11; S. 580; 3

be-byrigednes

(n.)
Grammar
be-byrigednes, -ness; e ; f.

A buryingsepultura

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A burying; sepultura Æfter monigum geárum his bebyrigednesse post multos ejus sepulturæ annos, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 27

be-ceorian

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

To complainobmurmurare

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To complain; obmurmurare, R. Ben. 5

be-ceówan

(v.)
Grammar
be-ceówan, bi-ceówan ; p. -ceáw, pl. -cuwon ; pp. -cowen

To chewgnawcorrodere

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To chew, gnaw; corrodere Biþ swyra becowen [bicowen, Exon.] the neck is gnawed, Soul Kmbl. 218; Seel. 111

Linked entry: bi-cowen

be-cerran

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

To turnturn roundvertereconvertere

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To turn, turn round; vertere, convertere, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 156; Met. 13, 78

Linked entries: be-cyrran bi-cerran

be-clæmed

(v.)
Grammar
be-clæmed, part. p.

BECLAMMEDglued to or togetheremplasteredplastered overglutinatus

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BECLAMMED, glued to or together, emplastered, plastered over; glutinatus,Som

be-clemman

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

To fetterbindtieincloseglue togetherBECLAMvincireincludereglutinare

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To fetter, bind, tie, inclose, glue together, BECLAM; vincire, includere, glutinare Ðeáh he hie mid fíftigum clúsum beclemme though he inclose it. with fifty bonds, Salm. Kmbl. 143; Sal. 71. Beclæmed glutinatus, Lye

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be-clísan

(v.)
Grammar
be-clísan, p. de; pp. ed

To incloseincludere

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To inclose; includere,Leo 126

be-clýsing

(n.)
Grammar
be-clýsing, e ; f.

A cell

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A cell

Linked entry: be-clísing

be-cnáwan

(v.)
Grammar
be-cnáwan, p. -cneów, pl. -cneówon; pp. -cnáwen

To knowcognoscere

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To know; cognoscere, C. R. Ben. 25

be-cnyttan

(v.)
Grammar
be-cnyttan, v. a.

To knotbindtieincloseligare

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To knot, bind or tie, inclose; ligare Ðe seó molde on becnit wæs in which the mould was inclosed, Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 29, note

be-corfen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-corfen, part. p.

Cut offbeheadedtruncatus

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Cut off, beheaded; truncatus Becorfen wæs heáfde capite truncatus est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 19

be-cunnian

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

To assayprovetryexperiri

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To assay, prove, try; experiri

be-cyrran

(v.)
Grammar
be-cyrran, p. -cyrde; pp. -cyrred, -cyred, -cyrd; v. trans.

To turn toto give updeliverbetrayverteretransferre ad

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To turn to, to give up, deliver, betray; vertere, transferre ad Ælfmær hí becyrde Ælfmær betrayed it, Chr. 1011 ; Th. 266, 23

Linked entry: be-cerran

be-delfan

(v.)
Grammar
be-delfan, p. -dealf, pl. -dulfon ; pp. -dolfen

To dig in or aroundto buryintercircumfoderesepelire

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To dig in or around, to bury, inter; circumfodere, sepelire Óþ i hine bedelfe usque dum fodiam circa illam, Lk. Bos. 13, 8. Bedealf hyt on eorþan he buried it in the earth, Mt. Bos. 25, 18. Bedolfen, Elen. Kmbl. 2159; El. 1081

be-díglian

(v.)
Grammar
be-díglian, -díhlian, -deáglian; ic -díglige; p. -díglode; pp. -díglod, -díhlod; v. a.

To hidecoverconcealkeep close or secretoccultareabscondere

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To hide, cover, conceal, keep close or secret; occultare, abscondere Né hire ðú him ðæt ðú hine bedíglige non audias eum ut occultes eum, Deut. 13, 8. On gríne ða ðe hí bedíglodon in laqueo quem absconderunt, Ps. Spl. 9, 16. Bedíglod occultus, Ælfc.

be-díhlian

(v.)
Grammar
be-díhlian, p. -díhlode; pp. -díhlod

To hide

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To hide