Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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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

bendan

(v.)
Grammar
bendan, p. bende; pp. bended; v. trans. [bend a band] .

to BEND ⬩ flectere ⬩ tendere ⬩ intendere ⬩ to bind ⬩ fetter ⬩ vincire

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to BEND; flectere, tendere, intendere He his bogan bendeþ intendit arcum suum Ps. Th. 57, 6. He bende his bogan arcum suum tetendit 7, 13. to bind, fetter; vincire Sume hí man bende some they bound Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 6, col. 2; Ing. 208, 28; Ælf.

be-geótan

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Hé hét hine begeótan mid weallende leáde he ordered boiling lead to be poured upon him, Shrn. 83, 16: 154, 3. Hé wearð begoten mid fantwætere, Hml. Th. ii. 346, 24.

be-seten

(v.; part.)

beset ⬩ circumdatus

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

be-swungen

(v.; part.)

beaten

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beaten, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 20; Similar entries pp. of be-swingan

be-wæg

(v.; part.)

surrounded

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surrounded, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 25; Similar entries p. of be-wegan

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-witan

watch over

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Ben. 56, 4

Linked entry: be-witian

be-reáfian

(v.)

alone

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Gif man beó æt his ǽhtum bereáfod, i. 286, 16. Aaron hæfde bereáfod (spoliaverat) ꝥ folc æt hira golde, Ex. 32, 25. with acc. of spoil and on with person ꝥ hé him ágeáfe þæt hé ǽr on him bereáfode (ge-, v. l. ), Ors. 3, 11; S. 146, 30

be-sih

(v.)

see, look, behold ⬩ aspice

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

be-slép

(v.; part.)

slept

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Pen. 16; Th. ii. 284, 3; Similar entries p. of be-slǽpan

be-tygen

(v.; part.)

accused

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In. 14; Th. i. 110, 16; Similar entries pp. of be-tíhan

be-týhþ

accuses

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In. 46; Th. i. 130, 12; Similar entries pres. of be-teón

be-wreáh

(v.; part.)

covered, covered over, protected

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Th. 104, 34; Similar entries p. of be-wreón

be-stóp

(v.; part.)

stepped, stepped into, entered

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Th. ii. 242, 14; Similar entries p. of be-stapan

be-tugon

(v.)

shut in, inclosed ⬩ concluserunt

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Bos. 5, 6; Similar entries p. pl. of be-teón

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