be-crafian
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[Ðis maiden wile ic bicrauen], Gen. a. Ex. 1388. Add:
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-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
be-cumendlic
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be-cunnian
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Dele
be-drincan
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[Fort se ruse habbe bedruncan þat wyn,] Lch. iii. 112, 7. Add
be-dydrian
to delude ⬩ to conceal from (wið)
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Frag. 10, 30) mæge, 21, 413. to conceal from (wið) Se swicola bedyddrað (-dyderað, -dydrað, v. ll.) his dǽda wið menn, ac hí beóð geopenode oft unþances, Hml. S. 19, 174. [Itt maȝȝ þe wrecche follc forrblendenn and bididdrenn, Orm. 15391.]
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be-deáglian
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Bedeáhlian celare, Kent. Gl. 952. Add
be-flítan
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be-fóndlic
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be-fýlan
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Add Befýledum infectis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 62. physical >Befýled caccabalum, An. Ox. 4156: fuscatus, 4682. moral Formcatio befýlð þone mann, Hml. S. 16, 277. He on synnum hine sylfne befýleð, Wlfst. 78, 16. Hí befýlað fracodlíce hí sylfe, 305, 1O
be-fæðman
to embrace ⬩ to enclose
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S. 23 b, 584
be-faran
to come upon ⬩ surprise ⬩ catch
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Þá cýdde man intó þǽre scipfyrde þet hí mann eáðe befaran mihte, gif man ymbe beón wolde, Chr. 1009; P. 138, 20. Add:
be-fleán
to strip the skin ⬩ bark off ⬩ to strip off
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Add: to strip the skin or bark off Berinde, beflóg decorticavit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 47. Befleán deglobere, 138, 29. Behyldan, befleán deglobere .i. decoriare, An. Ox. 3280. Hét hé hine cwicne befleán, Shrn. 84, 29: 121, 1. Tó befleánne euiscerandum, Germ
be-gangnes
celebration
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celebration :-- Begeongnise kalendas (cf. begangan, II. (2a) and: kalendae gehealdaggas vel hálige dagas, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 35), Rtl. 189, 33
blinnan
to cease
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Him ǽlc mennisc fultum blonn humanum cessabat auxilium, Bd. 1, 14; Sch. 38, 5. Blan se wind cessavit ventus, Mt. R. 14, 32