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Anglo-Saxon

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be-feohtan

(v.)
Grammar
be-feohtan, p. -feaht, pl. -fuhton ; pp. -fohten

To deprive by fighting ⬩ pugnando privare

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To deprive by fighting; pugnando privare

be-cymþ

happens

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happens, Bt. 39, 9; Fox 224, 29

bil-wetnes

(n.)

innocence

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innocence, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 28

be-lóh

forbade

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forbade Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 28, note

be-lumpe

concerned ⬩ pertineret

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concerned; pertineret Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 39

be-þærfeþ

expedit

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Stv. 19, 10, = be-þearfeþ

be-slítan

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To deprive by tearing of something (inst. ). Substitute:

be-fillan

(v.)

to fell.

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to fell.See examples under be-fyllan in Dict

be-hlǽnan

(v.)

to beset by leaning anything against another ⬩ acclinando circumdare

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to beset by leaning anything against another; acclinando circumdare

Linked entries: bi-hlǽman hlǽnan

be-seah

(v.; part.)

looked about

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looked about, Gen. 24, 63; Similar entries p.of be-seón

be-scoren

(v.; part.)

shorn, shaved

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.; Similar entries pp. of be-sceran

be-seten

(v.; part.)

beset ⬩ circumdatus

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Th. arg. 19; Similar entries pp. of be-sittan

be-twuht

(prep.)
Grammar
be-twuht, prep. dat.

Between ⬩ inter

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Between; inter Betwuht him between them, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 5

be-lífan

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Ben. 1. 87, 9. Hig ealle in on þá burh fóron þæt ðǽr nánþyng þæs folces wyðútan belyfen næs, St. And. 34, 14. to be left, not to be taken away, to survive Hyt tófléwð swá ðæt þǽr nán­wiht belífeð búton þá bán, Lch. i. 242, 27.

be-weópon

(v.)

wept over, bewailed

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wept over, bewailed, Num. 20, 30; p. pl. of Similar entries be-wépan

be-wópen

(v.; part.)

bewailed

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bewailed, Ors. 2, 8; Bos. 51, 41; Similar entries pp. of be-wépan

be-scílan

(v.)
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to give a side loot at. v. passage under be-scylian in Dict

be-lǽwing

Grammar
be-lǽwing, betrayal.
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Be-lǽwincge proditionis, Scint. 90, 12. Add

be-reáfian

(v.)

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-sih

(v.)

see, look, behold ⬩ aspice

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Lamb. 118, 132; Similar entries impert. of be-seón

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