be-swemman
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To wash an animal by sending it into the water þeáh swín beswemde weorðen, þonne sleáð hí eft on ðá solu and bewealwiað hí þǽron (sus lota reversa in volutabro luti). Add:
be-hreósan
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Ben. 24, 3. Þæt wæs ungerím þæt intó helle behreás, Wlfst. 9, I
be-lecgan
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Ben. 121, 14. Líge belegde enveloped in flame, Dan. 296. Add
be-creópan
To creep ⬩ reach by creeping
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Substitute: To creep, reach by creeping Becreáp (ge-, v. l.), þǽr inn tó þám hálgan men sum swýðe unhýre nǽddre, Gr. D. 211, 13. Hí Timotheum ácwealdon þǽr ðǽr hé becropen wæs, Hml. S. 25, 502: Met. 25, 36
be-æftan
Behind ⬩ after ⬩ hereafter ⬩ post ⬩ pone ⬩ postea
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Behind, after, hereafter; post, pone, postea Ðǽr beæftan forlét eall left there all behind, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 14. Ðæt ic wille hér beæftan sweotolor gereccan that I will hereafter more clearly shew, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 29
be-lúcan
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Þá be-locenan wega gelǽta conpeta clausa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 55. <b>IIIa.</b> to stop, impede :-- On þám oreðe belocen, Hml.
be-helan
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Seó beholene ondweardnes the hidden presence, Bl. H. 77, 2. Þý lǽs mé ówiht in þǽm londe beholen oððe bedégled wǽre ne quid mihi in ignotis subtraheretur locis, Nar. 20, 21. From þǽm uncystum ðe mé beholen synt ab occultis delictis meis, Ps.
be-sleán
to strike ⬩ smite ⬩ to strike ⬩ dash ⬩ inflict ⬩ to strike ⬩ to strike
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Frs. bi-slá : O. H. Ger. pi-slahan stringere, verberare.]
be-tweox
between ⬩ inter
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Bos. 10, 3 : 11, 51: Ps. Th. 87, 4 : 88, 5: Bt. Met. Fox 11, 90; Met. 11, 45 : 11, 168; Met. 11, 84 : 24, 25; Met. 24, 13
be-wǽfan
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S. 23 b, 793. Bewǽfan obvolvere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 41. ꝥ treów biþ úton gescyrped and bewǽfed mid þǽre rinde, Bt. 34, 10; F. 150, 7. ꝥám scyccelse þe hé mid bewǽfed wæs, Hml. S. 23 b, 218. Add
be-ginnan
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<b>II a.</b> to attack :-- Ymbe þreó mónað þæs þe hié mon ǽr ongon (began, v.l. ), Ors. 5, II; S. 238, II
be-sylian
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Hú oft his sweord wire besyled on unscyldigum blóde quoties iniquus additur saevo gladius veneno, Bt. 16, 4; F. 58, 18. Substitute
be-reccan
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Add: Berecce hé hine on folcgemóte, and gif hé láðleás beó . . . . Ll. Th. i. 220, 23. Sé þe frióne- forstǽle, . . . and hit hym on bestæled sié, ꝥ hé hine bereccean ne mæg, swelte sé deáðe, 48, 6.
be-fealdan
to fold up ⬩ roll up ⬩ to bendthe body ⬩ to fold up in something ⬩ wrap up ⬩ to entwine; ⬩ implicare ⬩ to involve ⬩ implicate ⬩ to attach
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Add: to fold up, roll up Heofon biþ befealden swá swá bóc, Bl. H. 91, 25. Befalden swé swé geteld convoluta quasi tabernaculum, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 184, 30. to bendthe body (?):-- Befealden (-feallen?) tó Hǽlendes cneówum hé cwæþ, Bl.
be-þeccan
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Feld mid feó oferbrǽded and beþeaht, Bl. H. 199, 3. Ic sæt innan bearwe mid helme beþeht arboris umbriferae sub tegmine sedi, Dóm. L. 2, 2. Beþæht (efne beðeht, L. ) coopertus, Mt. R. 6, 29. Beðeahtum tectis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 13. Add
be-dípan
to dip ⬩ plunge
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Hé biþ bedýped on þá neoþe-mestan helle wítu, Bl. H. 185, 6. Þysne bedéptan (-dyp-, v. l.) hláf, Hml. A. 163, 253
be-reáfian
alone
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S. 23 b, 207 : B. 2746: An. 1316, Wé sind bereáfod úrum gódum aporiamur bonis nostris, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 43. with æt Hí bereáfodon Loth æt his ǽhton predati sunt Loth, Prud. 2 b : Chr. 1043; P. 163, 34. þeáh se reáfere ús æt ǽhtum bereáfige, Hml.
be-gangan
to go about ⬩ to go by ⬩ to go about a business ⬩ to attend to ⬩ see after a person ⬩ to worship ⬩ to honour ⬩ celebrate a day ⬩ to exercise ⬩ practise an art ⬩ to practise a religion ⬩ to practise ⬩ do (habitually) ⬩ commit sin ⬩ to exercise ⬩ use
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S. 23 b, 156. to go by Bigongende (-geong-, L.) praetereuntem, Mk. R. 15, 21. of action, to go about a business, to attend to, see after a person Hé bebeód Maria Josephe tó gémenne and tó begeonganne, Mt.
be-wépan
woe-begone
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Synna bewépan, ii. 602, 22. disfigured by weeping, woe-begone þá iermingas út of þǽm holan crupon, swá bewópene swelce hié of óþerre worolde cóme, Ors. 2, 8; S. 92, 30. Add (cf. That he you nat biwopen thus ne finde, Ch. T. C. iv. 916):
be-feallan
to fall, ⬩ to get into ⬩ to fall into sin ⬩ into the hands of a person, ⬩ to fall to action ⬩ to fall upon ⬩ take effect on a person ⬩ to fall to ⬩ be assigned to ⬩ deprived (of)
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On befeól hárnys inrepsit canities, Germ. 388, 23. to fall to, be assigned to On scortne ir befylð án ágen nama, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 45, 11. On scortne ar befeallað þás naman, 42, 4: 48, 15: 49, 17. (Cf. se gescyrta es underféhð fela naman, 51, 7.)