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be-hwyrfan

Grammar
be-hwyrfan, v. be-hweorfan
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and be-hwirfan

beðing

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Wiþ lyftádle . . . beþing and bæþsealf, Lch. ii. 302, 23. Beþinge fotu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 56. Hí on wlacum ele gebeðedon . . . hé wæs on ðissere beðunge geléd, Hml. Th. i. 86, 24. Genim wád, wyl on meolce. on buteran is betere, and wyrc beþinge, Lch.

betrymian

(v.)
Grammar
betrymian, -trymman
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Hig woldon þ æs cynges scipa ábútan betrymman, Chr. 1052 ; P. 180, 20. Add:

be-tweohsn

(prep.)
Grammar
be-tweohsn, -tweoxn; prep.

among ⬩ Among

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with dat. among Ne sié hit ná suá betweoxn eów . . . ond suá hwelc suá wule betweoxn eów mǽst beón, Past. 121, 4-6. Betweohxn (-tweoxn, v. l.) eów . . . betweohxn (-twuxn, v. l.) hǽðnum, 210, 7-8. Betwuxn óðrum sprǽcum, 461, 10. of mutual relation ¨

Linked entry: tweohsn

be-týning

(n.)
Grammar
be-týning, e; f.

A conclusion

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A conclusion Betýningum conclusionibus, An. Ox. 3210

be-waden

Grammar
be-waden, be-wadan

to reach ⬩ come upon ⬩ surprise

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to reach, come upon, surprise ? Min hord warað híþende feónd . . . bewaden (when surprised ?) féreð, stepped on stíð bord, Rä. 88, 24. Cf. be-faran, -féran, -rídan. Substitute:

be-weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
be-weorþian, pp. od

To dignify ⬩ grace ⬩ adorn

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To dignify, grace, adorn Helme beweorðod, Dóm. L. 118

Linked entry: weorþian

be-willan

(v.)
Grammar
be-willan, -wellan ; p. de
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To roll about, mix with ingredients Be-welledne (-weledne, v. l.) hláf and mid áttre gemengedne infectum veneno panem, Gr. D. 118, 6. Confectos, i. compositos, mixtos vel be-welde, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 22

Linked entry: be-wilwan

be-wrixlan

(v.)

to change ⬩ to exchange

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Grammar be-wrixlan, be-wrixlian. to change Hé bewrixlede þǽre stówe eard*-*unge habitationem mutavit loci. Gr. D. 119, 21. to exchange þú ús bebohtest and bewrixledest vendidisti populum tuum sine pretio, Ps. Th. 43, 14

be-wyrded

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
be-wyrded, defatu. l. be wyrde

de fatu

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de fatu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 60

be-rǽdan

(v.)

to dispossess ⬩ betray

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Add:: Grammar be-rǽdan, pp. -rǽden (and-rǽd). to dispossess, deprive of power, betray, with acc. of person Twégen his búrþéna woldon berǽdan swíðe unrihtlíce heora cynehláford duo eunuchi volue*-*runt insurgere in regem, Hml. A. 95, III. Acitofel wolde

be-rafan

Grammar
be-rafan, l. be-rebban (related to rapere as hebban to capere).

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be-reáfere

(n.)
Grammar
be-reáfere, es; m.

A plunderer ⬩ pillager

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A plunderer, pillager Bereáfre captator, i. raptator, An. Ox. 46, 36

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be-smirwan

(v.)

to besmear

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to besmear, rub with ointment, &c. Besmyra eall ꝥ scínende mid hunigteáre, Lch. iii. 292, 10. ꝥ se lǽce mihte hine be-smyrwian (v. be-bíwan), Gr. D. 318, 3. Bismiride (-æ, -a) interlitam, Txts. 71, 1095. Besmyred, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 51

Linked entry: be-smyred

be-smitenes

Grammar
be-smitenes, be-smitennes.
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Add Besmitenesse contagione, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 21: colludio, 22, 25. Besmitenessa contagia, 21, 49. physical Besmitenyse squaloris, i. inquinationis, An. Ox. 3482. moral ꝥ hire bid besmitennys (pottutio), Ll. Th. ii. 156, 9. Bútan besmiten*-*nysse

be-smittian

(v.)
Grammar
be-smittian, p. od

To pollute ⬩ defile

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To pollute, defile, physical Besmittod blæc caccabatum atramentum, An. Ox. 4156. moral Heora for*-*mænig mid ídelum lofe byþ besmittad multos ex eis cenodoxiae morbus commaculat, R. Ben. 139, 19

Linked entry: smittian

be-snyðian

(v.)
Grammar
be-snyðian, -snyþþan.
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be-stǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
be-stǽlan, p. de
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To lay a charge of crime on a person, to convict a person (on with dat. ) of crime þæt mé nǽfre deófel náht on ne mæge bestǽlan æt mínum endedæge, Angl. xi. 101, 53. þæt se deófol eów náge náht on tó bestélenne ungeandettes, Wlfst. 135, 31. Sé þe frióne

Linked entry: stǽlan

be-streówian

(v.)

be-sprinkle

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To cover by sprinkling, be-sprinkle Hé scrýdde hine mid hǽran and mid axan bestreówode, Hml. S. 31, 445. Hí mid axum hí sylfe bestreówodon, 12, 35. On flóre licgende, be*-*streówod mid axum, Hml. Th. ii. 516, 30. Hí urnon ealle mid duste bestreówode,

be-streðan

(v.)
Grammar
be-streðan, be-streþþan, -streþian (-stryþ-); p. ede

To bestrew ⬩ scatter over ⬩ cover

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To bestrew, scatter over, cover Oþ þæt his þegnas mid moldán hit bestryðedon (bestryðed hæfdon, v. l..) and gefæstnodon, Bd. 3, 2; Sch. 194, 19. Similar entries (v. be-stregdan. ) Biþ stánum bestreþed (v. Prehn, p. 253, desuper multis sternor), Rä. 81