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Anglo-Saxon

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be-helan

(v.)
Grammar
be-helan, bi-helan; p. -hæl, pl. -hǽlon; pp. -holen

To conceal ⬩ hill ⬩ cover over ⬩ hide ⬩ occultare

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To conceal, hill or cover over, hide; occultare Beo. Th. 833; B. 414 : Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 25, note

Linked entry: bi-helan

be-hicgan

(v.)

to confide ⬩ trust ⬩ rely ⬩ depend upon ⬩ acquiescere ⬩ niti ⬩ inniti

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Ben. 31

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.)

be-héfe

(adj.)
Grammar
be-héfe, adj.

Necessary ⬩ behoveful ⬩ necessarius

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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-licgan

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D. be-lie, 4) Ic hebbe bicweðen Portland and eall ðæt ðértó bilýð, C. D. iv. 229, 21

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-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-beorgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-beorgan, p. -bearg, pl. -burgon ; pp. -borgen

To defend oneself ⬩ to take care ⬩ cavere ab aliqua re

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To defend oneself, to take care; cavere ab aliqua re He him bebeorgan ne con wóm he cannot defend himself against the evil, Beo. Th. 3497; B. 1746 : 3520; B. 1758

be-seóþan

(v.)
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Seóþ þú hyt swá swíðe þat se þridda[n]-dǽl beó besodan, iii. 92, 19

be-lytegan

Grammar
be-lytegan, l.
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be-lytigian

be-meornan

Grammar
be-meornan, l.
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be-murnan

be-gengnes

Grammar
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

cyne-bænd

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-bænd, es; m. [bend, bænd a band, chaplet, crown] A royal crown, a diadem; regia corona, diadema = διάδημα , Som. Ben. Lye.

Linked entry: cyne-

be-scyrþ

(v.)

shaves

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

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