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be-tǽcan

Grammar
be-tǽcan, <b>I a</b>.
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Mæssepreóst sceal betǽcan brýdguman and brýde be lagum sponsus ac sponsa a sacerdote legibus sponsentur , Chrd. 81, 9. Add

be-beódan

'to give . . . generally,'to orderenjoin to commitcommendto offer to the gods to commit into (on, in)to announce

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Healde man mæssedæg swá hé beboden beó, Wlfst. 117, 5. Hí wǽron bebodene imperantur, An. Ox. 4782, to commit, commend Ic mé þé bebeóde, Hml. S. 23 b, 448. Gif ðú gewítest, hwǽm bebeódest þú ús?, Bl. H. 225, 17.

be-stingan

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Beren eár bestinge on eáre, Lch. ii. 54, ii. Ðeáh hié mettas him on múð bestingon on fæstendægum though they cram food into their mouths on fast days, Hml. Th. ii. 330, 31. Gif sió lendcribrǽde bið on bestungen, Ll. Th. i. 98, 2. Add:

be-lǽfan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lǽfan, p. de; pp. ed

To remainto be leftremaneresuperesse

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To remain, to be left; remanere, superesse Án of him ne belǽfde unus ex eis non remansit Ps. Spl. C. 105, 11

be-lǽfan

(v.)
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Substitute: trans, to leave, be survived by Hé bearn ne belǽfð, Hml. Th. ii. 146, 20. to leave unconsumed, un-done, to spare Hé ne belǽfde náne láte cuce non dimiserunt ullas reliquias, Jos. 10, 28. Nán hǽðengyld se hagol ne belǽfde, Hml.

be-cweþan

to sayto urgepressto speak forpray forto bequeathegrant by will

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Th. 105, 37. with the idea of remonstrance or reproach; Similar entries cf. be-sprecan:--- Gif hwelc iów bicweðes, 'Hwæt dóað gé?', cueoðas ðætte Drihtne nédþarf is, Mk. R. 11, 3.

be-lúcan

(v.)
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Þá be-locenan wega gelǽta conpeta clausa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 55. <b>IIIa.</b> to stop, impede :-- On þám oreðe belocen, Hml.

be-norþan

(adv.)
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Be-north. v. N. E. D. (English gaugers that you have sent down benorth the Tweed, Rob Roy, c. 4) Benorðan Dalmatia sindon Pulgare, Ors. I, I; S. 22, 13. Him is be-norðan Creticum se sǽ, S. 26, 33. Beeástan him . . . and benorðan, S. 28, I.

be-smítan

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Ne mæg ꝥ Godes templ beón besmiten, 73, 15. of the effect of evil Hwanne besmát hine seó scyld þǽre fealasprecolnesse ?, Bl. H. 169, 4. Ðætte nán unclǽnnes hine ne besmíte (polluat), Past. 75, 20. His hand næs besmiten mid ágote-num blóde, Hml.

be-feallan

to fall,to get intoto fall into sininto the hands of a person, to fall to actionto fall upontake effect on a personto fall tobe assigned todeprived (of)

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On befeól hárnys inrepsit canities, Germ. 388, 23. to fall to, be assigned to On scortne ir befylð án ágen nama, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 45, 11. On scortne ar befeallað þás naman, 42, 4: 48, 15: 49, 17. (Cf. se gescyrta es underféhð fela naman, 51, 7.)

be-þurfan

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Geleánað hé hit ús, þǽr wé betst beðurfon when it best serves our needs, Wlfst. 41, 2 : 56, 23: 111, 14. þá þe dǽdbóte ne beðurfon (sé ðe (ðá ðe, L. ) nebiðorfeð tó hreównise, R.) qui non indigent poenitentia, Lk. 15, 7.

be-witan

watch over

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Ben. 56, 4

Linked entry: be-witian

be-sárgian

(v.)
Grammar
be-sárgian, p. ode; pp. od

To lamentbewailto mourn or be sorry forto condolelamentaricondolerecompatideflere

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To lament, bewail, to mourn or be sorry for, to condole; lamentari, condolere, compati, deflere Ic besárgige compatior, Ælfc. Gr. 29; Som. 33, 52 : Ælfc. T. 42, 1 : Scint. 45. 50

Linked entry: be-sárigende

be-clýsan

to closeshut what is open to closeput an end toto shut up in a place

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Beón hí ðǽr beclýsede . . . on ðám scræfe beclýsde, Hml. S. 23, 326-9. ¶ mid inseglum beclýsan to seal up, Guth. 8, 15: Wlfst. 259, 20. to shut out Þá com Martinus tó þám cásere, ac man hine beclýsde wiðútan, Hml. S. 31, 660

be-sceáwian

(v.)
Grammar
be-sceáwian, p. ode; pp. od

To look round uponlook onconsiderregardwatchcircumspicereintuericonsiderarerespicereperscrutariprovidere

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Ben. 55

Linked entry: sceáwian

bearo

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Be þysse wyrte ys sǽd ꝥ heó of dracan blóde ácenned beón sceolde on ufeweardum muntum on þiccon bearwum, Lch. i. 322, 25. Ðú ádydes ðá bearwas, Past. 355, 5: Nar. 12, 18: 26, 24. Add

be-týnan

to enclosesurround to shut inoutshut upto closeshutto closeend

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Wæs Euan wóp file betýned (excluded), 7, 14. þá óman beóð inne betýnde. Lch. ii. 174, 23. with the idea of concealment Betínþ occultat, abscondit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 48. to close, shut, a place Hé betynde his eágan, Bl. H. 231, 12.

be-teón

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Grammar be-teón, crime stated in a clause Ðonne mon monnan betýhð ꝥ hé ceáp forstele, Ll. Th. i. 130, 12 : 132, 8. Sum wer wæs betogen ꝥ hé wǽre on stale, Hml. S. 21, 265

be-feallan

(v.)
Grammar
be-feallan, ic -fealle, ðú -feallest, -fylst, he -fealleþ, -fylþ, pl. -feallaþ ; p. -feól, -feóll, pl. -feóllon; pp. -feallen.

to fallcadereincidereto fall offcadere ab aliquodeprivedbereftorbatusprivatus

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Bos. 10, 36 : Gen. 16, 12. to fall off; cadere ab aliquo; pp. befeallen deprived, bereft; orbatus, privatus Freóndum befeallen bereft of friends, Beo. Th. 2256; B. 1126 : 4504; B. 2256

be-bindan

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Þæt Iudéisce cyn is yfele bebunden mid þám ðe hí cwǽdon be Crístes blóde, Hml. Th. ii. 252, 31. Add