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be-rindran

(v.)

to strip ⬩ peel

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to strip, peel Genim spracen berindred. Lch. ii. 58, 8

Linked entry: rindran

be-rýfan

Similar entry: be-rífan

be-rýpan

(v.)

Similar entry: be-rípan

be-rafan

(v.)
Grammar
be-rafan, p. -róf, pl. -rófon; pp. -rafen

To bereave ⬩ spoliare

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To bereave; spoliare Ða ðe Sodoma golde berófon [MS. berofan] those that had bereaved Sodom of gold Cd. 95; Th. 125, 13; Gen. 2078

Linked entries: rafan be-rebban

be-rówan

(v.)
Grammar
be-rówan, p. -reów, pl. -reówon; pp. -rówen

To row round ⬩ remigando circumnavigare

Entry preview:

To row round; remigando circumnavigare, Chr. 897; Th. 176, 41

Linked entry: rówan

be-rýpan

(v.)
Grammar
be-rýpan, p. -rýpde, -rýpte, pl. -rýpton; pp. -rýped, -rýpt,

To spoil ⬩ spoliare

Entry preview:

To spoil; spoliare Berýpton, Bt. Met. Fox 2, 23; Met. 2, 12

Linked entries: a-rýpan rípan

be-rǽdan

(v.)

to dispossess ⬩ betray

Entry preview:

Add:: Grammar be-rǽdan, pp. -rǽden (and-rǽd). to dispossess, deprive of power, betray, with acc. of person Twégen his búrþéna woldon berǽdan swíðe unrihtlíce heora cynehláford duo eunuchi volue*-*runt insurgere in regem, Hml. A. 95, III. Acitofel wolde

be-rafan

Grammar
be-rafan, l. be-rebban (related to rapere as hebban to capere).

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