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be-hédan

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be-héflic

(adj.)
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be-héflic, adj.
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Useful, needful, necessary Ús þingð wel behéflic ꝥ; wé hine gehandlion, Angl. viii. 308, 15. Hé ys behéflic tó cunnane, 314, 18

be-helendlíce

(adv.)

Similar entry: un-behelendlíce

be-heófian

(v.)
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Yfelu beheófian mala plangere, Scint. 44, 5. Add

be-heopian

(v.)
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Add: cf. Gen. 2701

be-híwian

(v.)
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Ben. I. 16, 7

Linked entry: híwian

be-hleápan

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Ic on behleápe insilio, Ælf. Gr. Z. 191, 4. Add

be-hogod

(adj.; part.)
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careful, prudent Bibogodo ué sié sobrii simus, Rtl. 28, 27, 29

be-hogodlíce

(adv.)
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be-hogodlíce, adv.
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Carefully, diligently Swá hwilc man swá Godes weorc clǽnlíce and behogodlice wirceð. . . . . Sé þe hit réceleáslíce and unclǽnlíce wyrceð, Hml. A. 168, 120. Hé ongan hí geornlícor and behogodlícor cwencean eas sollicitius extinxit, Gr. D. 237, 2

be-hón

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Seó cyrce wæs eall behangen mid criccum, Hml. S. 21, 431. Mǽdenheáp blóstmum behangen, Dóm. L. 289. Add

be-hreósan

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Ben. 24, 3. Þæt wæs ungerím þæt intó helle behreás, Wlfst. 9, I

be-hrúmig

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Hé clypte ðá hweras and cyste þá pannan ðæt hé wæs eall sweart and behrúmig, Shrn. 69, 30. v. next word. Add

be-hwearft

(n.)
Grammar
be-hwearft, es; m.
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Change On behwearftum in commutationibus. Ps. L. 43, 13

Linked entry: hwearft

be-hýdignys

(n.)
Grammar
be-hýdignys, (-hygdignes). [In Ps. Spl. C. 28, 7 the same mistake seems to have been made as in Ps. Srt, 28, 8, where solitudinem is glossed bihygdignisse (= solicitudinem)]
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Care, anxiety, solicitude Bihýdinys (bighýdignys, Hpt. Gl. 538, 41) sollicitudo, An. Ox. 5430. Carfulnesse, bihýdine(sse) sollicitudinis, 906

be-hylian

(v.)
Grammar
be-hylian, p. ede
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To cover, veil Heó hire heáfod behylede mid hire cúlan, Hml. S. 33, 237

Linked entries: be-helian -hylian

be-hýran

(v.)
Grammar
be-hýran, pp. ed
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To let or hire out Behýred feoh locatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 3: conductio, 135, 70

Linked entry: hýrian

be-hýring

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Behýrung locatio. Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 3. Add

be-irfeweardian

(v.)
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Ben. I. 2, 4. Þí lǽs hé ús beyrfewerdige (-weard-, v. l. ), swá swá fæder déþ his bearn, R. Ben. l, 16

be-ládiendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
be-ládiendlic, adj.
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Apologetic; apologeticus, excusabilis, An. Ox 2299: 2793: 2957: 4233

be-lǽdan

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L. fol. 198 b. Þe lǽs ús se lytiga belǽde on his sylfes wíte, Hml. A. 195, 10. Nellan on belǽdan (inferre) swincgla ús, Coll. M. 18, 22. Of rihtan wege belǽdan, Btwk. 196, 19. On belǽdan inrogare, ingerere. An. Ox. 3944

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