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be-dydrian

(v.)

to deludeto conceal from (wið)

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Frag. 10, 30) mæge, 21, 413. to conceal from (wið) Se swicola bedyddrað (-dyderað, -dydrað, v. ll.) his dǽda wið menn, ac hí beóð geopenode oft unþances, Hml. S. 19, 174. [Itt maȝȝ þe wrecche follc forrblendenn and bididdrenn, Orm. 15391.]

Linked entry: bedrian

be-sorg

Anxiouscareful

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Ben. 68, 5. Hí nán þing him inmédre ne lǽten, ne besorhre, þonne hira Drihten Christo omnino nihil preponant, 132, 9.

be-leán

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v. be-hlígan) Wídgongel wíf mon wommum bilihð, Gn. Ex. 65

be-gíming

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On begímingum ( obseruationibus ) þínum mé ic begá, Ps. Rdr. 76, 13. Add

be-limpan

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Ox. 872. to be proper for, adapted to Þás lǽcedómas belimpað tó eallum innoþa mettrymnessum, Lch. ii. 158, 1, Leóð þá þe tó ǽfestnesse belumpon carmina religioni apta, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 481, 5.

be-swincan

to labour at

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Gedafenað esnum þám orpedan, þonne hé gód weorc ongynð, ꝥ hé ꝥ geornlíce beswynce, Angl. viii. 324, 18. to till land :-- Hé seów hwǽte on be-swuncenum lande, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 10

be-helian

(v.)
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Heora synna beóð behelede ( tecta ), Ps. Th. 31, I. Add

be-þridian

(v.)
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On ðǽm ǽrestan gewinne Amilcor wearð from Spénum beþridad and ofslagen Amilcar ab Hispanis in bello occisus est, Ors. 4, 7; 8. 182, 31. Add

be-falden

(adj.; part.)

covered

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covered

be-feastnian

(v.)
Grammar
be-feastnian, p. ade ; pp. ad

To betrothedesponsare

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To betrothe; desponsare Befeastnad betrothed; desponsatus, Mt. Lind. Stv. 1, 18

Linked entry: be-fæstnian

be-felgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-felgan, bi-felgan; p. -fealg, -fealh, -felh, pl. -fulgon; pp. -folgen.

To stick or cling tobetake oneselfinhærereinsistereTo delivertransmitconsigntraderecommittere

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v. intrans. To stick or cling to, betake oneself; inhærere, insistere Þilcum wordum heó him befelh ǽlce dæge hujuscemodi verbis per singulos dies mulier molesta eras ei, Gen. 39, 10. Æfter ðon ðe he ðǽr sum fæc hálgum leornungum befealh after he had

be-féng

concubuerit

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concubuerit, Gen. 19, 33

be-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
be-feolan, bi-feolan ; p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon ; pp. -folen, -feolen

To commitcommenddelivergrantcommitterecommendaretradere

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To commit, commend, deliver, grant; committere, commendare, tradere Morðor under eorþan befeolan to commit murder under the earth, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 23; Gn. Ex. 115 : Cd. 202; Th. 251, 7 ; Dan. 560. Ðú him for inwite yfel befǽle propter dolos disposuisti

Linked entries: be-felan bi-feolan

be-féran

(v.)
Grammar
be-féran, p. de; pp. ed

To go aboutto go roundsurroundcircumirecircumdare

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To go about, to go round, surround; circumire, circumdare He lǽrende ða castel beférde circumibat castella in circuitu docens, Mk. Bos. 6, 6. He beférde ðæt Israhélisce folc he surrounded the people of Israel, Ex. 14, 9

Linked entries: bi-fǽrende be-faran

be-fleán

(v.)
Grammar
be-fleán, p. -flóg, pl. -flógon; pp. -flagen

To flayto skintake off the skin or barkdecorticare

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To flay, to skin, or take off the skin or bark; decorticare, Cot. 62

Linked entry: be-flagen flǽsc

be-gellan

(v.)

to singto celebrate by song

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to sing, to celebrate by song

be-geondan

(adv.)
Grammar
be-geondan, adv.

Beyondultra

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Beyond; ultra Feor begeondan far beyond Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 3

be-gíming

(n.)
Grammar
be-gíming, e; f.

An inventiona deviceadinventio

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An invention, a device; adinventioPs. Spl. 105, 36

Linked entry: gíming

be-glídan

(v.)
Grammar
be-glídan, p. -gláð , pl. -glidon; pp. -gliden

To glide or disappear from any oneto desert any oneevanescere ab aliquoderelinquere

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To glide or disappear from any one, to desert any one; evanescere ab aliquo, derelinquere Unriht me eall beglíde iniquitas a me omnis transeat Ps. Th. 56, 1

be-gongan

(v.)

to exercise

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to exercise Exon. 32 b; ; Tb. 103, 24; Cri. 1693 [MS. bi-gongan]