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be-héfe

(n.)
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be-héfe, es; m.
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be-héfe

(adj.)
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be-héfe, adj.
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Add: useful, needful Behéfe ( utilis ) ic eom eal-lum folce, Coll. M. 26, 25. Cræft behéfe and neódþearf ars utilis et necessaria, 27, 27: 18, 16. Sibling þé swá behéfe swá ðín hand, Hml. Th. i. 516, 15. Mé þingð behéfe þing ꝥ ic gecýðe, Angl. viii.

be-héfness

(n.)
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be-héfness, e; f.
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Utility, advantage, convenience Behéfnes com-moditas, i. utilitas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 4. Lífes éces behéfnyssa ( com-moda ), Hy. S. 5, 21: 114, 9. Behéf[nyssum] commoditatibus, An. Ox. 56, 306

be-helian

(v.)
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Ðæt mód mid ðǽre beheleð his fét, Past. 241, 20. Heofon behelað eal ðæt him beufan bið, Sal. K. p. 178, 9. Moyses behelede ðá bierhto his ondwlitan, Past. 459, 19. ꝥ Þá heortan æt þínum burhgeatum behele (-a, v. l. ), Lch. i. 328, 24. Se preóst þá húselláfe

be-heonan

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Add: prep. dat. On this side of Biheonan cis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 5. Beheonan, 14, 31. Behionan Humbre, Past. 3, 14. Behienan Wendelsǽ, Chr. 885; P. 78, 31. Behinon (-heonan, v. l. ) sǽ 878; P. 76, 9. Ge beheonan sǽge begeondan, Shrn. 114, 5

be-hicgan

Similar entry: be-hycgan

be-hípian

(v.)
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to heap up Behýpedan ingesserunt, An. Ox. 3322

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be-hlǽman

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Dele, and see next word

be-hlǽnan

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Add: to surround, encompass Foldbúende se micla dæg mægne bihlǽneð (-hlæmeð, MS.), swá þeóf hæleð forféhð slǽpe gebundne, Cri. 870. Eal engla werod behlǽnað (cf. embtrymmað. Wlfst. 137, 15) ðone Metod, Dóm. L. 116

be-hlígan

Similar entry: be-leán

be-hóf

(n.)
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be-hóf, es; n.
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behoof, need, use ꝥ hé ǽnne scylling hæfde tó his ágenum behófe (nytte,v. l.) ut unum solidum in expensis propriis haberet, Gr. D. 158, 23. Hé sende æfter pallium tó arꝥ. behóue ( ad opus ), Chr. 780; P. 52, 14. ꝥ need, want Tó behófe ad indigentiam

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be-hófen

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Dele

be-hóflic

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Behóflic is expedit, Mt. L. 5, 29: proderit, 15, 5: oportet, Lk. L. 18, l: necessarium est, 10, 42: utile est, Mt. p. 13, 6. Boóflic necesse, p. 7, 8. Ðá ðe behóflico sint qui necessari sunt, Lk. L. 14, 28. Add

Linked entry: -hóflic

be-hogadnes

(n.)
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For Cot. 114 read On behogadnesse in exercita-tione, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 42

be-hreówsian

(v.)
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Add: absolute, to repent Þǽra behreów sigendra heortan, Hml. Th. i. 550, 32. <b>Ia.</b> with object, to repent of, with acc. Þæt þæt wé ágylton, þæt wé nú bereówsiað, Hml. Th. i. 68, 27. Þám þe heora synna behreówsiað, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 17

be-hreówsung

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Behreósunge penitudinis, An. Ox. 4496. Ætwindan hellicum wítum mid sóðre behreówsunge. Hml. A. 34, 252: Hml. Th. ii. 352, 23, 24. Þurh synna behreówsunge, Wlfst. 24, 18. Add

be-hrúmod

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Substitute: Behrúmod caccabatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 71. Berúmad, 18, 55

Linked entries: hrúmig be-rúmad

be-hweorfan

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be-hweorfan, (-hwurfan, -hwyrfan).
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Substitute: to attend to, see to the good condition of Gif hé wáccor hý behwyrfð, þonne ꝥ hé him tó ágenum teleð, Ll. Th. i. 272, II. Þá leóhtfatu þe hé behwearf lam-pades quas reficiebat, Gr. D. 46, 31. Þæt manna gehwylc his ágen hús wel behweorfe,

be-hýdedness

(n.)
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be-hýdedness, -hýdness, e; f.
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Concealment, secrecy; a secret place Mid behýdnysse in occulto, Ll. Th. ii. 148, 13. Behýdednesse his latibulum ejus, Ps. L. 17, 12

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be-hýdness

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