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be-sprengan

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Besprengan men mid fantwætére, Ll. Th. ii. 390, 16. Hé hét mid pice þæt mǽden besprencgan, Hml. S. 9, 118. Add

be-stefnan

Similar entry: stefnan

be-strípan

Grammar
be-strípan, to bestrýpan
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Godes bus tyndon innan bestrípte (-strýpte, v. l. ) iélcra gerisena, Wlfst. 158, 8. Add:

Linked entries: strípan be-strýpan

be-strúdan

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Bestroden wǽre infisca-retur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 69. For second passage substitute

be-strýpan

Similar entry: be-strípan

be-swícende

(adj.)
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Dele

be-swicol

(adj.)
Grammar
be-swicol, adj.

Deceitful

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Deceitful Se feónd ðæt mód ðurh dá bisuiculan (-swicolan, v. l.) ólicunga forlǽreð, Past. 239, 16

be-swylian

(v.)

Similar entry: be-swilian

be-þancen

Similar entry: be-þencan

be-þearf

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be-þearfende

(adj.)
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be-þearfende, adj.

Needyindigent

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(ptcpl.) Needy, indigent Beðearfende mon homo indigens, Kent. Gl. 708

be-þearflic

(adj.)
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be-þearflic, adj.

Usefulprofitable

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S. 23 b, 242, note

Linked entry: beþearfaþ

be-þerscan

(v.)
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to thrash thoroughly: þurh þé wé beþurscon úre fýnd in te inimicos nostros ventilabimus, Ps. Th. 43, 7

be-þirfe

Similar entry: un-beþirfe

be-þráwan

(v.)

to twist

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to twist Riscene weocan beþráwene fila scirpea conlita, Germ. 391, 16

be-þridian

(v.)
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On ðǽm ǽrestan gewinne Amilcor wearð from Spénum beþridad and ofslagen Amilcar ab Hispanis in bello occisus est, Ors. 4, 7; 8. 182, 31. Add

be-tytene

Grammar
be-tytene,
  • C. D. B. iii. 561, 29
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be-wǽgan

to deceive

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to deceive Bewǽg[de] fefellisset, An. Ox. 3660. Biwǽgan fallere, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 230, 39. Add:

be-weaxan

to overgrow

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Add: to grow round, surround with wood, &c. Wæs se mere eall mid wudu beweaxen stagnum erat circumdatum habun*-*danti silva, Nar. 12, 8. to overgrow, cover with a growth Sumne dǽl þæs meóses þe seó ród mid beweaxen wæs, Hml. S. 26, 37

be-weddendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
be-weddendlic, adj.
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Relating to espousals Beweddendlice spon*-*salia, An. Ox. 1122

Linked entry: -weddendlic