be-ceorfan
To BECARVE ⬩ cut off ⬩ to cut or pare away ⬩ amputare ⬩ præcidere
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To BECARVE, cut off, to cut or pare away; amputare, præcidere Ðá hét he hine heáfde beceorfan then he ordered to cut of his head, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 3
Linked entries: be-corfen be-efesian
be-ceorfan
to deprive a person (acc.) of something (dat.) by cutting
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Hát mé heáfde beceorfan . . . hé þá sceolde beón heáfde becorfen, Bl. H. 183, 16-20. Hé wæs heáfde becorfen, 173, 5: Shrn. 123, 6: Hml. Th. i. 420, 4
be-ceorfan
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Add:: B. 1590: 2138
be-ceorian
to murmur at ⬩ complain of
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Substitute: to murmur at, complain of Gif hé hit mid múðe beceorað ore si murmuraverit, R. Ben. 21, 1. His ríce men hit mǽndon, and þá earme men hit beceorodan, Chr. 1086; P. 221, 13
be-ceorian
To complain ⬩ obmurmurare
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To complain; obmurmurare, R. Ben. 5
be-ceówan
To chew ⬩ gnaw ⬩ corrodere
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To chew, gnaw; corrodere Biþ swyra becowen [bicowen, Exon.] the neck is gnawed, Soul Kmbl. 218; Seel. 111
Linked entry: bi-cowen
be-cerran
To turn ⬩ turn round ⬩ vertere ⬩ convertere
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To turn, turn round; vertere, convertere, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 156; Met. 13, 78
blíþe
cheerful ⬩ gentle
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Th. ii. 518, 9. well-disposed to, ready for; alacer (ad) :-- Þá cempan hét Claudius heáfde beceorfan . . . and hié wǽron blíðran tó ðám deáðe þonne hý hér on hǽðengilde lifden, Shrn. 132, 12. in encouraging exclamations: Beó blíþe euge, An.
ofer
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Add Se ealdorman hét gelǽdan Erculanum ofer ðǽre burge weall and hine þǽr heáfde beceorfan comes Herculanum super urbis murum deductum capite truncavit, Gr. D. 198, 8. Add Þá eóde hé ofer sumne þorn inruit in quamdam spinulam, Guth. Gr. 153, 6.
heáfod
HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.
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Hát mé heáfde beceorfan order my head to be cut off, Blickl. Homl. 183, 16. Wið tóbrocenum heáfde for a broken head, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 22, 10. On ðam heáfde foran on the forehead, 2, 64; Lchdm. ii. 288, 22: 65; Lchdm. ii. 290, 23.