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be-secgan

to announceaccuse

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Add: to announce Seó wearð gebróht and besǽd þám cyninge, Hml. A. 94, 87. with on, to bring a charge against, accuse:-- Dá leásan gewitan him on besǽdon: ' Ne geswícð ðes man . . . ' Hml. Th. i. 46, 1. to deny a charge, excuse one's self, Bd. 5, 19;

be-sendan

(v.)

to send

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to send Ic on besende inmitto, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 172, 11. On ðám ðwyrnyssum þe ús se Ælmihtiga on besent, Hml. Th. ii. 460, 15. Besende se deófol swilc geþanc on þone munuc, Hml. S. 31, 1073 : 33. 161

be-sengan

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Þ á fúlan sceanda hé besengð on helle, Hml. A. 115, 439. Add

be-innan

Similar entry: binnan

be-léd

Grammar
be-léd, impelled.
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Dele, and see preceding word

be-lífed

(adj.)
Grammar
be-lífed, adj.
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Endowed with belief, having belief Theodosius ful-líce on God wæs belýfed, Hml. S. 23, 412. Maria and Martha wǽron twá geswystru swíðe on God belýfede, Hml. Th. i. 130, 5. Cf. ge-lífed

be-listnian

(v.)
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Se engel hine belisnode (ł geldede), Gr. D. 25, 30. Geseah hé Godes engel hine belisnian angelo eunuchizari se vidit, 26, 25: Chr. 1096; P. 232, 22. Belisnud spado, Germ. 394, 197. Eunuchi, ꝥ synd belisnode, Hml. S. 2, 46: Lch. iii. 202, 34. ¶ In An.

be-lutian

(v.)
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be-lutian, p. ode
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To lie hid Befleáh hé in sum hol treów and þǽr belutode and hine sylfne áhýdde fugiens in cava arbore latebat, Gr. D. 293, 15

be-lyrtan

(v.)
Grammar
be-lyrtan, p. te
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To deceive Bisuicen ł bilyrtet inlusus. Mt. L. 2, 16

Linked entry: -lyrtan

be-mútian

(v.)
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be-nemnan

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Add: to name Wæs genemned ł benemned (Matthaeum) nomine, Mt. L. 9, 9, to appoint, settle On þám mónðe hý bleóton á; ꝥ is þæt hý betǽhton and benemdon (-nemn-don, v.l.) hyra deófolgyldum þá neát þá þe hý woldon syllan, Mart. H. 198, II. Heregýð hafað

be-pǽcan

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Bepǽcst defraudas, Scint. 109, 8. Bepǽhst de-ludis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 53. Gif ðú Gode líhst, ne bepǽcst þú ná hine, Hml. S. 12, 99. Þis líf bepiǽcð þá ðe hit lufiaþ, 5, 65: Angl. viii. 330, 3. Sé ðe bepǽhð ǽnne Godes þeówena, Hml. Th. i. 516, 20. Þonne

be-rǽsan

attack

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Add: to rush upon, attack Hé him on berǽsde irruit super eos, Gen. 14, 15. to rush into (extremes) Berǽst hé on ungemetlice cuéminge inordinate ad mollitiem rapitur, Past. 143, 6. Ðætte ðæt mód ne berǽse on ungeðyld ne ad impatientiam spiritus erumpant

be-beódan

Similar entry: ofer-bebeódan

be-byrignys

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Gangað tó deádra manna bebyrignesse, Verc. Först. 128, 8. Add

be-creópan

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Bebeád Alexander þǽm biscepe ꝥ hé becrupe on þæs Amones anlícnesse, Ors. 3, 9; S. 126, 27. Add

be-cuman

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3. Add Ne lyst mé þæs; ac gyf hit mé ǽfre on lust becymð, Solil. H. 36, 16. Add Wé becumað tó þám andgite swá mycles gerýnes, Angl. viii. 302, 39

be-cweþan

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be-cweþan, v. on-becweþende, yfel-becweþende; un-becweden.

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be-díglian

(v.)
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1. Add Ic wille mé bedíhlian, Ap. Th. 9, 6

be-fealdian

(v.)
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to roll up (intrans.) Þonne befealdaþ þes heofon tógædere, Verc. Först. 117, 11

Linked entry: -fealdian