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be-wǽpnian

(v.)
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Ðú bewǽpnast exarmaueris, An. Ox. 34, 6. Hét se cásere hine ungyrdan and bewǽpnian, Hml. S. 30, 409. Add

be-wealwian

(v.)
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be-weardian

(v.)
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Englas beweardiað manna gehwylcne, Wlfst. 144, 18. Add:

be-werung

Defenceprotection

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Defence, protection Freónd getreówe bewerung (protectio) strang, Scint. 194, 11 : manitio, 35, 20. For mynstres bewerunge (defensione), Angl. xiii. 373, 114. Under rihtum dóme and bewerunge sub jurisdictione atgue tuitions, C. D.B. i. 155, 20. Wǽpnu

be-wimman

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Dele

be-windan

girdleencirclesurround

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Ben. 102, 14. Hét bewindan heora handa mid flexe, Hml. S. 4, 392. He forðférde, and his lie bewunden læg, Hml. Th. ii. 24, 22. þé God hæfde wære bewunden God had kept thee on every side, An. 535.

be-wlátian

(v.)
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Hé bewlátode ofor ealle respexit super omnes, Ps. L. 32, 14. Add

be-wrítan

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To score round Bewrít þú hý (the mandragora) wel hraþe mid íserne, þý lǽs heó þé ætfleó . . . þú hý bewrít mid íserne, and swá þú scealt onbútan hý delfan swá ðú hyre mid þám íserne ná æthríne make a score in the ground round it at once with iron, lest

be-wyrcan

surround

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Hí bronda láfe wealle beworhton, B. 3162. Lǽmen fæt biwyrcan wudubeámum, Jul. 575. ꝥáfótlástas wǽron beworht mid ǽrne hweóle. Shrn. 81, 12. of fortification: Iericho wæs mid seofon weallum beworht, Hml. Th. ii. 212, 26.

be-pǽcung

Deception

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Deception Bepǽcunge factione, i. falsitate, An. Ox. 2898 : lenocinio, 4015. Gehíwedre bepǽcung(r)e dis*-*simulato negotio, 4838. Substitute;

be-smyred

Similar entry: be-smirwan

be-snǽdan

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For first passage substitute Engel hét þæt treów ceorfan, . . . Hét þonne besnǽdan seolfes blǽdum

be-solcen

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Oft ðá monðwǽran weorðað suá besolcne and suá wlace and suá sláwe for hira monnðwǽrnesse ðæt hié ne anhagað náne wuht nyttwyrðes dón saepe mansueti dissolutionis torpescunt taedio, Past. 289, 15: 239, 3. Add:

Linked entry: be-sylcan

be-standan

to surround

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Add: to surround Ðá hǽþenan hine bestódon, Hml. S. 28, 104, to attend the dead, perform funeral rites for Heó forðférde and Abraham hig bestód þá ealdan wísan mortua est, venitgue Abraham, ut plangeret et fleret eam, Gen. 23, 2. ) þá wíf behwurfon hire

be-stelan

to robto go secretlystealthilyto steal

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Dele translation of passage from Chronicle, and add: to rob Móde bestolene, Rä. 12, 6. Similar entries v.bi-stelan in Dict. to go secretly, stealthily, to steal, with reflexive pronoun Hé árás, and bestæl hine tó him and forcearf his mentles ǽnne læppan

be-strídan

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Æfter ðisum wordum hé his hors bestrád, Hml. Th. ii. 136, 3. Add

be-styrian

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be-súþan

Similar entry: súþ

be-teón

to coverto bestowassign

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I. and II. (v. teón to draw). Add: to cover: Swilce hi heora fét mid deádra nýtena fellum beteón, Hml. Th. ii. 534, 3. Mid pælle betogen. Chr. 1075 ; P. 209, 31. to bestow, assign Eád. werd geaf Ulfe ꝥ ꝥríce, and hit yfele beteáh, Chr. 1049; P. 171,

bíg-nes

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Mid bígnysse his ágnes onrǽses reflexione sui impetus, Gr. D. 48, 7. Þæt fenn mid menigfealdan bígnyssum þurhwunað on norðsǽ, Guth. 20, 7. On liþa bígnyssum, 90, 21. Add