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be-héfe

(n.)
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be-héfe, es; m.
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Dele

be-héfe

(adj.)
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be-héfe, adj.
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Add: useful, needful Behéfe ( utilis ) ic eom eal-lum folce, Coll. M. 26, 25. Cræft behéfe and neódþearf ars utilis et necessaria, 27, 27: 18, 16. Sibling þé swá behéfe swá ðín hand, Hml. Th. i. 516, 15. Mé þingð behéfe þing ꝥ ic gecýðe, Angl. viii.

be-hófen

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Dele

be-fón

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add : (1 a) with a non-material object Of manegum myngungum wé beféngun ( perstringimus) feáwa, Chrd. 8, 19. (1 f) to ensnare, entrap :-- Þá sendon hí tó him sume . . . ꝥ hí beféngon (caperent ) hine on his worde, Mk. 12, 13

be-hát

Similar entry: feoh-behát

be-fón

to seizecatchtake,to seizetake forcible possession ofto seize a criminallost propertyto catchget to see a personto getattain toto surroundencompassto enclose,to serve as a covering forcontainto put into a coveringto encircle,to lie roundto place roundto includecontaincompriseto surround with wordsfurnish with a commentaryto have to do with an objectto engage in an occupationget involved in an action

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Add: to seize, catch, take, of persons Ýþelíce þú his hond beféhst, Nar. 31, 24. Hé (þone méce) mid handa beféng, Exod. 415. to seize, take forcible possession of:-- Laumeneda beféng ealle Asirie, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 28. implying restraint :-- Se anwealda

be-hǽs

(n.)
Grammar
be-hǽs, e; f. [be by, near, hǽs command]

A self-commandvowpromisebehestvotum

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A self-command, vow, promise. Hence our behest; votum He fela behǽsa behét he promised many vows Chr. 1093; Th. 359, 33

be-hátan

(v.)
Grammar
be-hátan, ic -háte, ðú -hátest, -hǽtst, he -háteþ, pl. -hátaþ; p. -hét, pl. -héton; pp. -háten [be, hátan to call, promise, vide II]

To promisevowthreatensponderepollicerevoverecomminari

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To promise, vow, threaten; spondere, pollicere, vovere, comminari Ðæt ðú me behǽtst quod polliceris Gen. 38, 17. Behét he mid áþe cum juramento pollicitus est Mt. Bos. 14, 7. Ðonne ðú behát behǽtst Drihtene cum votum voveris Domino Deut. 23, 21. Drihten

Linked entry: be-hǽtst

beó-gang

(n.)
Grammar
beó-gang, es; m.

A swarm of beesexamen

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A swarm of bees; examen Cot. 15, 164

Linked entry: gang

beo-háta

(n.)
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Cd. 156; Th. 193, 27

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beó-þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
beó-þeóf, es; m.

A thief or stealer of beesapum fur

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A thief or stealer of bees; apum fur L. Alf. pol. 9; Th. i. 68, 6

Beó-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
Beó-wulf, es; m. [ = Beado-wulf a war-wolf, = Icel. Böðúlfr a warwulf]

BEOWULF

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BEOWULF, a celebrated warrior of the Scyldings'; race, a record of whose heroic deeds is given in the Anglo-Saxon poem bearing his name. It appears most probable that Beowulf was originally an Old Norse heathen Saga, written in the language common at

Linked entry: Beado-wulf

beó-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
beó-wyrt, e; f. [beó a bee, wyrt a plant]

BEE-WORTbalm mintsweet flagapiastrumacorus calamus

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BEE-WORT, balm mint, sweet flag; apiastrum, acorus = άκoρos, acorus calamus, Lin Beówyrt apiastrum, Cot. 12 : Ælfc. Gl. 39; Som. 63, 55; Wrt. Voc. 30, 9. Ðeós wyrt, ðe man on Léden veneriam, and on úre geþeóde beówyrt, nemneþ, heó biþ cenned on begánum

Linked entry: bió-wyrt

feld-beó

(n.)
Grammar
feld-beó, f.

A field-beelocustăpis campestrisattăcusάττακόs

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A field-bee, locust; ăpis campestris, attăcus = άττακόs Feld-beó adticus [ = attăcus ], Wrt. Voc. 281, 38

Linked entry: beó

beó-breád

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For meanings given substitute: Honeycomb with honey, and add Beóbreád favus, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 65: favum, 284, 70: favi, ii. 37, 62: Beóbréd favus, Germ. 390, 72. Hwæt getácnode ðæs hunies beóbreád ? Beóbreád is on twám ðingum, on weaxe and on hunie,

beó-cere

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Beócere apiarius, Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 69: ii. 8, 17. Hwíta hátte wæs beócere intó Hǽðfelda, Cht. Th. 649, 27. Add

beó-gang

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Substitute Beógang ag[m]en Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 39: ii. 8, 12

Beó-wulf

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v. Arnold's 'Notes on Beowulf.' Substitute:

beó-wyrt

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Biówyrt apiastrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 45. Beówyrt, 8, 6: i. 284, 42: marubium, 55, 54: (bió-), 113, 66: acanton, i. 67, 5. Add

beó-lǽs

Similar entry: lǽs