be-beran
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In rihte beborene municipales, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 16. Add
be-byrgan
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Bebyrgað (bi-, R.) sepeliant, Lk. L. 9, 60. Hiene mon bebyrgde, Chr. 544; P. 16, 15. Bebyrgede, 1066; P. 197, 1. Bebyrigde, 979; P. 123, 7. Hí bebyrgdon his líchaman, Mt. 14, 12. Bebyrgedon, Chr. 1046; P. 169, 12: Mt. R. 14, 12. Bebyrigdon, Bl. H. 155
be-cípan
to sell
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to sell Swá hwæt swá hý heora geswinces becýpaþ, R. Ben. 136, 18. Þú becéptest ł þú sealdest vendidisti, Ps. L. 43, 13. Becýp (vende) eall þæt þú áhst, Mt. 19, 21: Scint. 59, 1. Gif man hwæt becýpan scyle . . . Gif hwylc neód sý tó becýpenne ǽnig þing
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be-bítan
to bite
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to bite Bibitnae (-e) mordicos, Txts. 76, 616
be-bíwan
to rub over
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to rub over Þá wæs sóht, hwǽr se lǽce wǽre, þe cúþe wyrtgemang wyrcan, ꝥ sé mihte hine (the dead man) besmyrwian and bebyrwan (-býwan?) cum medicus atque pigmentorius ad aperiendum eum atque condiendum esset quaesitus, Gr. D. 318, 3. (?)
be-ceápian
to sell ⬩ to buy ⬩ purchase
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Add: to sell Heó beceápode þá gymmas wið licgendum feó, Hml. S. 9, 53. Beceápa ealle ðíne ǽhta, Bas. 56, 3. Ylpes bán becgan oððe beceápan, Lch. iii. 204, 3. to buy, purchase Gif hé mid þám gewítendlicum gestreónum beceápað him þæt éce líf, Hml. Th.
be-cæfian
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Substitute Becæfed falerata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 67
be-carcan
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Dele
be-ceorian
to murmur at ⬩ complain of
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Substitute: to murmur at, complain of Gif hé hit mid múðe beceorað ore si murmuraverit, R. Ben. 21, 1. His ríce men hit mǽndon, and þá earme men hit beceorodan, Chr. 1086; P. 221, 13
be-crafian
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[Ðis maiden wile ic bicrauen], Gen. a. Ex. 1388. Add:
be-cuman
to come ⬩ get, ⬩ to come to power ⬩ get into trouble ⬩ to come to ⬩ by ⬩ to cometo a person ⬩ to befall ⬩ to become ⬩ behove
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Add: to come, get, local, of completed movement (arrival, traverse) Ecbyrht becuman wolde on Germaniam . . . ac hé ne mihte; ac Wihtbyrht ðyder becom . . . and eft wæs hám hweorfende on Scotland, þanon hé ǽr becom, Bd. 5, 9; Sch. 589, 5-12. Hé lange
be-cirran
to turn round ⬩ about ⬩ to go round ⬩ pass by ⬩ avoid ⬩ to turn ⬩ pervert ⬩ seduce ⬩ to beguile ⬩ deceive ⬩ to get round a person
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to turn round, about Ðonne bið sió cweorn becierred (-cirred, v. l.) ðonne se monn BIð geendod; ðonne bið sió micle cweorn becierred (-cirred, v. l.) ðonne ðeós weorld bið geendod, Past. 31, 21. to go round, pass by, avoid Sume unðeáwas ðæt mód ǽr gesihð
be-clǽnsian
to cleanse
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to cleanse Ic eom beclǽnsod emundabor, Ps. Spl. 18, 14
be-clyppan
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Ic beclyppe conplector, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 48. His swíðre hand mé beclipð (amplexabitur), Past. 389, 11, 14. Grǽdum beclypte gremiis obuncabat, An. Ox. 2956. Heó beclypte hire neb mid handum, Hml. Th. ii. 184, 1. Hé beclypte hí ealle, Hml. S. 23, 823.
be-cneord
diligent
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diligent On willsumnesse háligra gebeda gecneord (begneorð, v. l.), Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 525, 15. (?)
be-cnyttan
to tie up in a bundle ⬩ to tie round ⬩ surround with a bond ⬩ to tie ⬩ attach with a string, ⬩ to tie a rope,
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Add: with acc. of what is tied, to tie up in a bundle Ðæt hé Godes gifa ná ne becnytte on ðǽm sceáte his slǽwðe, Past. 59, 15. to tie round, surround with a bond Hí becnytton his swuran mid rápe, Hml. S. 15, 53. to tie, attach with a string, Gif hwá
be-clipian
to challenge
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to challenge Gif Englisc man beclypað ǽnigne Frænciscne mann tó orneste, Ll. Th. i. 489, 5, 10, 12, 21. Gif se Englisca ne durre hine tó orneste beclypian, 24
be-cwilman
to torment
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to torment Ne bið þǽr ansýn gesewen ǽnigre wihte bútan þára cwelra becwylmað (þe cwylmað?) ðá earman (cf. Wlfst. 139, 5: Búton þǽra deófla þe cwylmað þá earman), Dóm. L. 203