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 rob ⬩ to go secretly ⬩ stealthily ⬩ to 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-teón
to cover ⬩ to bestow ⬩ assign
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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
bil-hergas
Similar entry: billere
be-reccan
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Add: Berecce hé hine on folcgemóte, and gif hé láðleás beó . . . . Ll. Th. i. 220, 23. Sé þe frióne- forstǽle, . . . and hit hym on bestæled sié, ꝥ hé hine bereccean ne mæg, swelte sé deáðe, 48, 6.
be-regnian
Similar entry: be-rénian
be-rénian
to ornament ⬩ adorn
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to ornament, adorn: — Bóc mid sylure berénod, and iii. róde mid sylure berénode, C. D. vi. 101, 24. Add:
be-sáwan
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Ðá leahtras þe deófol besǽwð on ús (cf. O. E. Homl. i. 107, 17), Hml. S. 16, 376. Sǽd on eorðan besáwen, Hml. Th. i. 184, 34. Add
be-sceáwod
Considerate ⬩ thoughtful ⬩ circumspect
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Considerate, thoughtful, circumspect On gleáw-scipe swíþe bescáwede and forewittige, Lch. iii. 436, II
be-scítan
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For Cot. 189 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 71, and add: