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be-sprengan

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Add:: to bespatter ꝥ on þám fúhtan wege ne beón heora fét besprengde ne plantas humidior uia spargat , Chrd. 64, 36

be-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
be-dǽlan, -délan, bi-dǽlan; p. -dǽlde, -délde; pp. -dǽled, -déled

To deprivebereave of anythingto deliverreleasefree from anythingprivareorbaresejungereliberareexpertem reddere

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Be ðære lyfte bedǽled aere privatus, Bd. de nat. rerum ; Wrt. popl. scienc. 17, 11. Hí bióþ ǽlces cræftes bedǽlde they are destitute of all ability, Bt, 36, 6; Fox 180, 28. Hwí sceal ic beón bedǽled ǽgþer mínra sunena cur utroque orbabor filio?

Linked entries: be-délan bi-dǽlan

be-héfe

(adj.)
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be-héfe, adj.

Necessarybehovefulnecessarius

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Ben. 46

be-cnáwan

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Ben. 38, 17. Mon, hwi nultu the bicnowe? R. S. 1, 31. Add

be-filgan

(v.)
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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-rífan

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Take here passage under be-rýfan in Dict. and cf. be-reáfian

Linked entry: be-rýfan

be-ginnan

(v.)
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Ben. 33, 2. Hé fulworhte ꝥ mynster þe his mæg begunnon hæfde, Hml. S. 26, 110. Geendadre bletsunge sý dægredsang begunnen, R. Ben. 35, 23. Þá sýn mid alleluian begunnene, 15. with infin. Ne beginnes cuoeða, Lk. L. R. 3, 8. with dat. infin.

be-táht

(v.; part.)

betrothed

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Stv. 1, 18 = be-tǽht; Similar entries pp. of be-tǽcan II

be-hát

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Gif ðú ðás behát mid weorcum gefylst, i. 380, 13. a promise in religious matters, a vow Scyldig þæs clǽnan be-hátes (vow of chastity), Hml. A. 34, 245: (baptismal vow), Ll. Th. ii. 338, 16. Be hire beháte ( voto ) æfter hyre were, 130, 23.

be-þæht

(v.; part.)

covered

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covered, Bd. 3, 10; S. 534. 32, Similar entries = be-þeaht; Similar entries pp. of be-þeccan

be-hogian

(v.)
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Ben. 97, 14. ꝥ þá á

be-lytegan

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be-lytegan, l.
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be-lytigian

be-meornan

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be-meornan, l.
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be-murnan

be-meldian

(v.)
Grammar
be-meldian, p. ode
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To denounce a person, disclose, reveal a secret Þéh hit sume hwíle forholen beó, hit warð á bemeldod (cf. hit bið æt sumum cyrre open, Prov. K. 30), Prov. M. 27

be-gengnes

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be-gengnes, v. eard-begengnes in Dict., bi-gegnes,
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and cf. be-gangnes

Linked entry: bi-gegnes

be-felgan

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Dele, and take examples under be-feólan

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-hófian

(v.)
Grammar
be-hófian, bi-hófian; p. ode; pp. od; v. a.

To have need ofto needrequireegereindigereImpersonallyit BEHOVETHit concernsit is needful or necessaryoportetinterest

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He mægenes behófaþ gódra gúþrinca he requires strength of good warriors Beo. Th. 5288; B. 2647 : Exon. 98 a; Th. 367, 1; Seel. 1.

be-scyrþ

(v.)

shaves

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shaves; Similar entries 3rd pers. pres. of be-sceran