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be-cweþan

to say ⬩ to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to speak for ⬩ pray for ⬩ to bequeathe ⬩ grant by will

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Cweþað him þæt edwít feóndas þíne, fæste ætwítað; and þæt þínum críste becweþað swíðe quod exprobraverunt inimici tui; quod exprobraverunt commutationem christi tui, Ps.

be-cweðan

(v.)
Grammar
be-cweðan, ðú -cwíst, he -cwiþ ; p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon ; pp. -cweden, -cweðen.

to say ⬩ assert ⬩ dicere ⬩ to reproach ⬩ exprobrare ⬩ to BEQUEATH ⬩ to give by will ⬩ legare

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to say, assert; dicere Swá ðú worde becwíst as thou sayest by word, Andr. Kmbl. 386; An. 193 : 419 ; An. 210. to reproach; exprobrare Hí ecweðaþ, exprobraverunt, Ps. Th. 88, 44. to BEQUEATH, to give by will; legare Ealle ða, mynstra and ða cyrican

Linked entry: bi-cweðan

be-cweþan

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

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be-cwelan

(v.)
Grammar
be-cwelan, p. -cwael

To die

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To die Hit becwæð and becwæl sé þe hit áhte he that owned it bequeathed it and died, Ll. Th. i. 184, 1

Linked entry: cwelan

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