be-weorpan
Entry preview:
Oð þæt ic hit mid meoxe beweorpe, Hml. Th. ii. 408, 6. Bewurpan conjiciunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 21. Beón bégen oxan beworpene mid wuda wiðneoðan . . . Ðá námon hí þone durman oxan, bewurpon mid wudu tó offrunga, Hml. S. 18, 106-113. þæ folc mid rápum þá
be-wépendlic
Lamentable ⬩ deplorable
Entry preview:
Lamentable, deplorable Bewépendlic atratus, lugubris, Hpt. 31, 14, 370: 17, 463. Bewépendlic gewéd deflenda dementia, An. Ox. 40, 1. Hú earn, and hú bewépendlic is þǽra manna líf, þe ofer ꝥ riht onginnað, Hml. A. 146, 66
be-westan
Entry preview:
To the west of Bewestan Achaie is Dalmatia . . . ; besúþan Istria is se Wendelsǽ, and bewestan þá beorgas þe man hǽt Alpis . . . bewestan him Frofentsǽ, Ors. I. I; S. 22, 13, 15, 30. Beeástan him is se Risca sǽ, and bewestan Addriaticurn, S. 28, 1, 10
be-wuna
Wont ⬩ accustomed
Entry preview:
Wont, accustomed Swá hié ǽr bewuna wǽron, þonne hié wælstówe geweald áhton, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 116, 32. Hí dydon eall swá hí bewuna wǽron, Chr. 1001; P. 133, 20
Linked entry: -wuna
be-reáfigendlic
Similar entry: un-bereáfigendlíc
be-récan
To besmoke ⬩ fumigate
Entry preview:
To besmoke [v. N. E. D. s. v. ), expose to smoke, fumigate, Beréc on glédum, Lch. ii. 50, 21. Beréc hý on háte ǽmergean, iii. 30, 18. Substitute: and add
be-rídan
to surround ⬩ invest ⬩ to seize ⬩ arrest
Entry preview:
Substitute: to surround, invest Hé hine þǽr berád, Chr. 755 ; P. 46, 29. Gif hé mægnes hæbbe, þæt hé his gefán beríde and inne besitte si vim habeat, ut hostem suum circumveniat et obsideat, Ll. Th. i. 90, 4. [Bruttes þa burȝen gunnen biriden, Laym.
be-rindan
Entry preview:
Berinde decorticavit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 47. Æppla berindede, Lch. ii. 178, 2. Add
be-rindran
to strip ⬩ peel
Entry preview:
to strip, peel Genim spracen berindred. Lch. ii. 58, 8
Linked entry: rindran
be-sceáwian
to contemplate ⬩ behold ⬩ to consider ⬩ to see about ⬩ take care of
Entry preview:
Ben. 1. 62, 2. Besceáwige hé praevideat, R. Ben. 89, 17
be-sceáwiendlic
Contemplative
Entry preview:
Contemplative Besceáwendlicre contemplativae, An. Ox. 991
be-sceófan
Similar entry: be-scúfan
be-sceótan
to dash ⬩ fling ⬩ to shut up ⬩ to dash ⬩ to happen ⬩ occur
Entry preview:
Add: trans, to dash, fling Ðá deóflu bescuton hí ánum dracan innan þone múð, Wlfst. 141, 23. to shut up Hé þá cyrican beleác, and mid scyttelum besceát and gefaestnode, Gr. D. 234, 18. intrans. to dash, fling one's self Curtius þǽroninnan besceát,
be-scínan
Entry preview:
Godes beorhtnys hí besceán, Hml. Th. i. 30, 16. Warna þú ꝥ; hý ná sunne ne bescíne, Lch. i. 318, 15. Add:
be-scrifen
Entry preview:
Dele