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be-ufan

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Eall ðæt him beufan bið. Sal. K. p. 178, 9. Ðá þing þe wé beufan writon, Lch. ii. 228, 24. Add

be-filgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-filgan, p. -filgde; pp. -filged

To follow afterpursueinsequi

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To follow after, pursue; insequi Wolde me befilgende beón mid sáre voluit me insequi cum dolore, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 28, note

Linked entry: be-fylgan

be-lǽwend

(n.)
Grammar
be-lǽwend, es; m.
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A betrayer Sý hé Iudas geféra, Crístes be-lǽwendes, C. D. iii. 350, 17. Þurh þone Iudas, Crístes belǽwend, H. R. 15, 6

be-cyme

(n.)
Grammar
be-cyme, es; m.

A BY-COMINGan event or coming suddenlyeventus

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A BY-COMING, an event or coming suddenly; eventus Ðæs gehátes and ðæs wítedómes sóþ se æfterfyligenda becyme ðara wísena geséðde and getrymde cujus promissi et prophetiæ veritatem sequens rerum astruxit eventus, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 35

be-togen

(v.; part.)

drawn over, covered, inclosedaccused,

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drawn over, covered, inclosed, Ors. 5, 7; Bos. 107, 8. accused,, L. In. 54; Th. i. 136, 10; Similar entries pp. of be-teón

be-murnan

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Take here passages given under be-meornan in Dict

be-sárgung

compassion

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Ne bið nán besárgung ðǽra mánfulra yrmðe, Hml. Th. i. 334, 10. Add:

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-baþian

(v.)
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Ǽr þon hé bebaðod sié priusquam lauetur aqua, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 76, 17: Lch. ii. 334, 24. Add

be-gangol

(n.)

a cultivatora cultworship

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Grammar be-gangol, a cultivator Tó ðǽm bigeonle ad cultorem, Lk. R. 13, 7. a cult, worship Tó bigeongle ðínes nome ad cultum tui nominis, Rtl. 38, 9

Linked entry: bi-geongol

be-seóþan

(v.)
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to boil away, reduce by boiling Wæter besoden oþ þone þriddan dǽl, Lch. ii. 188, 16. Seóþ þú hyt swá swíðe þat se þridda[n]-dǽl beó besodan, iii. 92, 19

be-byrian

(v.)
Grammar
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-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-worpen

(v.; part.)

cast, cast down, thrown, cast about, surrounded

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Thes. i. 135; Similar entries pp. of be-weorpan

be-licgan

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Be gemǽre swá ðá ealdan díca beligcað, C. D. iii. 213, 6. to appertain (only late; see N. E. D. be-lie, 4) Ic hebbe bicweðen Portland and eall ðæt ðértó bilýð, C. D. iv. 229, 21

be-hófen

(v.; part.)

suppliedprovidedornatus

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supplied, provided; ornatus Ðætt ealle Godes cyricean sýn wel behófene that all God's churches be well supplied or well provided [with all they have need of] L. Edm. E. 5; Lambd. 58, 7; Wilk. 73, 13

be-lǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lǽdan, p. -lǽdde; pp. -lǽd, -léd; v. a.

To bringlead bymisleadleadseducereinferreinducereimpellere

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To bring, lead by, mislead, lead; seducere, inferre, inducere, impellere Ðú belǽddest us on grin thou hast mislead us into a snare ; induxisti nos in laqueum R. Ben. 7. Belǽd beón mid unþeáwum impelli vitiis R. Ben. 64

Linked entry: lǽdan

be-creópan

To creepreach 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-niman

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Benam hé him (hine, v. l.) his bis-ceopscíre deposuit eum de episcopatu, Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 381, 13. gen. of thing Ne mæg þára yflena yfel þám (þá, v. l. ) goodan beniman heora goodes, Bt. 37, 2; S. 113, 4. with acc. of person, gen. of thing Benimð Wisle

be-æftan

(adv.)
Grammar
be-æftan, adv.

Behindafterhereafterpostponepostea

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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