beso-reádian
rubefacere
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To make a reddish purple; rubefacere Besoreáda ða rinda ealle útan make all the rinds on the outside a reddish purple [by soaking in chalybiate water?] L. M. 1, 47; Lchdm. ii. 116, 3
Linked entry: basu-reádian
be-slǽpan
To sleep ⬩ dormire
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To sleep; dormire He oft beslép he often slept, L. Pen. 16; Th. ii. 284. 3
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be-swícan
To deceive, entice, seduce, delude, betray, offend, supplant, weaken, evade ⬩ decipere, illicere, seducere, illudere, prodere, scandalizare, supplantare, deficere, evadere
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To deceive, entice, seduce, delude, betray, offend, supplant, weaken, evade; decipere, illicere, seducere, illudere, prodere, scandalizare, supplantare, deficere, evadere He ongan sirwan hú he hine beswícan mihte he began to plot how he might deceive
be-swíc
Deceit, a deceiving, treachery ⬩ fraus, deceptio, dolus = δόλos
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Deceit, a deceiving, treachery; fraus, deceptio, dolus = δόλos Bútan bræde and beswíce [bigswíce, bíswíce, Th. i. 160, 7, note 6] absque frgmento et fraude, L. Ed. 1; Wilk. 48, 38. Bíswícum deceptionibus, Mone B. 1174. Philippus ealle ða cyningas mid
be-sprecan
To speak to, to tell, pretend, plead, speak against, to complain, charge, accuse, impeach ⬩ obloqui
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To speak to, to tell, pretend, plead, speak against, to complain, charge, accuse, impeach; obloqui Fram stefne besprecendre oððe ofersprecendes a voce obloquentis, Ps. Lamb. 43, 17. Cristene Róma besprycþ Christian Rome complains, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44,
Linked entries: be-spræc be-spræcen be-sprycþ
BET
BETTER ⬩ melius
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BETTER; melius Ðá acsode he, to hwylcum tíman him bet wǽre interrogabat ergo horam ab eis in qua melius habuerit, Jn. Bos. 4, 52. Ðæt se hwǽte mǽge ðý bet weaxan that the wheat may grow the better, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 24. Hwonne his horse bett wurde till
be-tǽcan
to shew ⬩ ostendere ⬩ to BETAKE, impart, deliver, commit, put in trust ⬩ impertire, adsignare, tradere, commendare ⬩ to send, follow, pursue ⬩ mittere, insequi, amandare
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to shew; ostendere He eów betǽcþ mycele healle ipse ostendet vobis cænaculum magnum, Lk. Bos. 22, 12. to BETAKE, impart, deliver, commit, put in trust; impertire, adsignare, tradere, commendare Ic betǽce híg ðam yrþlincge adsigno eos aratori, Coll.
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be-tellan
To speak about, to answer, excuse, justify, clear ⬩ excusare
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To speak about, to answer, excuse, justify, clear; excusare Ðæt he móste hine betellan that he might answer him, Chr. 1048; Erl. 180, 12. Godwine betealde hine Godwin cleared himself, 1052; Ing. 238, 22
bétende
Amending, atoning ⬩ reparans, expians
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Amending, atoning; reparans, expians Bétende [MS. betend] crungon hergas to hrusan the atoning bands sank to earth, Exon. 124 a; Th. 477, 24; Ruin. 29
be-teldan
To cover, cover over, surround, overwhelm ⬩ tegere, supertegere, circumdare, obruere
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To cover, cover over, surround, overwhelm; tegere, supertegere, circumdare, obruere He ðæt wælreáf wyrtum biteldeþ he covers the dead spoil with herbs, Exon. 59 b; Th. 217, 1; Ph. 273. Láme bitolden covered with clay [buried], 64 a; Th. 235, 11; Ph.
be-træppan
To BETRAP, to entrap ⬩ circumvallare
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To BETRAP, to entrap; circumvallare Meahton hí ðone here betræppan [betreppan, col. 1] they might entrap the army, Chr. 992; Th. 238, 40, col. 2
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be-wǽfan
To befold, wrap round, cover, clothe ⬩ obvolvere, amicire, operire, induere
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To befold, wrap round, cover, clothe; obvolvere, amicire, operire, induere Mid ánre scýtan bewǽfed amictus sindone, Mk. Bos. 14, 51: Homl. Th. ii. 242, 24. Heó nam hyre wǽfels and bewǽfde híg illa sustulit pallium et operuit se, Gen. 24, 65. Martinus
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be-wenian
To entertain, take care of ⬩ hospitio accipere
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To entertain, take care of; hospitio accipere We wǽron hér tela bewenede we were here kindly entertained, Beo. Th. 3646, note; B. 1821. Dryht-bearn Dena duguþa bewenede [MS. and Thorpe's note, 4077; bí werede, B. 2035] a noble offspring of the Danes
Linked entry: be-þénede
be-witan
To overlook, watch over, superintend, preside, govern, administer ⬩ præesse, administrare
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To overlook, watch over, superintend, preside, govern, administer; præesse, administrare Ðe ealle his þing bewiste qui præerat omnibus quæ habebat, Gen. 24, 2. Ne miht ðú leng tún-scíre bewitan jam non poteris villicare, Lk. Bos. 16, 2: Ex. 3, 7: 5,
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bi-bycgong
A selling away ⬩ venditio
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A selling away; venditio
bige
A buying, exchange, commerce, traffic ⬩ emptio, permutatio, commercium, mercatus
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A buying, exchange, commerce, traffic; emptio, permutatio, commercium, mercatus Gif gebyrige ðæt for neóde heora hwilc wið úre bige habban wille, oððe we wið heora, mid yrfe and mid ǽhtum, ðæt is to þafianne if it happen that from necessity any of them
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bifung
A trembling, shaking ⬩ tremor
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A trembling, shaking; tremor Fyrhto oððe bifung begráp híg tremor apprehendit eos, Ps. Lamb. 47, 7: 54, 6
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bi-hlemman
To dash together ⬩ collidere cum strepitu
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To dash together; collidere cum strepitu He ða grimman goman bihlemmeþ fæste togædre he dashes the grim jaws [gums] fast together, Exon. 97 b; Th. 364, 26; Wal. 76
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bile-hwít
Simple, sincere, honest, without fraud or deceit, meek, mild, gentle ⬩ simplex, mitis
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Simple, sincere, honest, without fraud or deceit, meek, mild, gentle; simplex, mitis Arnwi munec wæs swíðe gód man and swíðe bilehwít monk Arnwi was a very good man and very meek, Chr. 1041; Erl. 169, 12
binde
A band, wreath, head-band, fillet ⬩ corolla, fascia
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A band, wreath, head-band, fillet; corolla, fascia Hió an Ceoldryþe hyre betstan [MS. betsðan] bindan she gives to Ceoldryth her best band, Cod, Dipl. 1290; A. D. 995; Kmbl. vi. 133, 18, 20