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be-brecan

To break to pieces

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Dele second passage, for which see be-brúcan, and for the rest substitute: To break to pieces (acc. of object and dat. of part broken) Beám heó bebriceþ telgum she breaks the tree to pieces in its branches (cf. Sia (acc.) Iudeóliudí bénon (dat.) bebrákon

be-bregdan

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Séteras ðá ðe hiǽ sóðfæsto bebrugden (simularent). Add

be-búgan

(v.)

to avoid.

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to avoid. Hé bebeáh hí and warnode hine wiþ hí swá swá wið þone ealdan feónd eam quasi hostem cavens, Gr. D. 276, 2. Ongan hé his freónd and his geféran bebúgan amicos coepit et familiares deserere, 181, 1. Add

be-bycgan

Grammar
be-bycgan, be-bycgean.
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Bebycgeð vendat, Lk. L. 22, 36. Bebyges (-ið, R.) vendit, Mt. L. 13, 44. Bebycgaþ veneunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 48. Hé bebohte his lond, Shrn. 90, 22. Hé Críst bebohte for feós lufon, Bl. H. 63, 7. Swá hwæt swá ðú hæbbe bibyge (bebyg, L.) vende, Mk. R. 10

be-clýsan

to close ⬩ shut what is open ⬩ to close ⬩ put an end to ⬩ to shut up in a place

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Add: to close, shut what is open Hé his duru beclýst, Lk. 13, 25. Þá blóstman hý sylfe beclýsað, and eft hig hig sylfe geopeniað, Lch. i. 154, 1. Þú beclýsedest þyses mannes múð, Hml. S. 22. 86. Ðæs scræfes locstán hí wel fæste beclýsdon, Hml. S. 23,

be-bycgung

(n.)
Grammar
be-bycgung, e; f.

Selling

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Selling Bibycgong distra(c)tio (cf. gloss of same passage: Distractio, i. venditio tódál, An. Ox. 4002), Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 36: 26, 65

Linked entry: -bycgung

be-byrgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-byrgan, be-byrgean

to save

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to save Ꝥ hé mihte þá gedýglian and him bebyrgean (-beorgan, v. l.), Gr. D. 109, 33

be-cépan

(v.)
Grammar
be-cépan, p. te

To be heedful ⬩ observant of (gen. )

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To be heedful, observant of (gen. ) Þæs becépð se feónd quem attendit hostis, Ps. L. fol. 142, 4

be-cerran

Similar entry: be-cirran

be-byrgednes

Grammar
be-byrgednes, be-byrigednes (-byrgen-, -byr(i)g-).
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Tó cýþnesse mínre bebyrgednesse, Bl. H. 69, 18. Tó bibyrgnisse (bebyrgennese, L.) sepulturam, Mk. R. 14, 8. Bibyrignisa, Mt. L. 27, 7. Add

be-clemman

Grammar
be-clemman, Dele:
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'Beclæmed Lye.' glutinatus

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. Th

be-dǽlan

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Dele third passage, and add: where attainment is prevented Hé hine wile selfne bedǽlan dǽre bledsunge on ðǽm ýtemestan dæge . . . weorðað hié bedǽlede (-dǽlde, v. l.) ðæs écean éðles, Past. 333, 3-6. Ꝥ ic heora wurðmyntes ne wurde bedǽled that I might

be-cwelan

(v.)
Grammar
be-cwelan, p. -cwael

To die

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To die Hit becwæð and becwæl sé þe hit áhte he that owned it bequeathed it and died, Ll. Th. i. 184, 1

Linked entry: cwelan

be-cweþan

to say ⬩ to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to speak for ⬩ pray for ⬩ to bequeathe ⬩ grant by will

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Dele II, and add: to say Þæt fægere becweðe folca ǽghwylc, 'Wese swá, wese swá' dicat omnis populus, 'Fiat, fiat,' Ps. Th. 105, 37. with the idea of remonstrance or reproach; Similar entries cf. be-sprecan:--- Gif hwelc iów bicweðes, 'Hwæt dóað gé?'

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-cnedan

(v.)
Grammar
be-cnedan, pp. -cneden

to knead up

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to knead up Merces sǽd on hláf be-cneden oþþe on wín gegniden, Lch. ii. 248, 4

Linked entry: cnedan

be-cnáwan

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Þæt gehwá hine sylfne becnáwe (ge-,v. l.), R. Ben. 38, 17. Mon, hwi nultu the bicnowe? R. S. 1, 31. Add

be-cwiddian

(v.)

Similar entry: be-cwyddod

be-cyme

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