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Anglo-Saxon

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bedecian

(v.)
Grammar
bedecian, p. ode

To beg

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To beg Hé bedecað (mendicabit) on sumera, Hml. A. 9, 230. 'Hé wille biddan on sumera...' Hit is swíðe wel be ðǽm gecweden ðæt hé eft bedecige on sumera, Past. 285, 12

á-bedecian

(v.)
Grammar
á-bedecian, ; p. ode
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To get by begging. v. a-beþecian in Dict. and bedecian

á-bedecian

(v.)
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Man tállíce ábedecige ( impudenter petere ) ꝥ man. sylle, Chrd. 70, 5. Búton þú hit forstele ł gereáfige ł ábeþecige, Bt. 32, l; F. 114, 9

Linked entries: á-beþecian bedecian

be-delfan

(v.)
Grammar
be-delfan, p. -dealf, pl. -dulfon ; pp. -dolfen

To dig in or around ⬩ to bury ⬩ inter ⬩ circumfodere ⬩ sepelire

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To dig in or around, to bury, inter; circumfodere, sepelire Óþ i hine bedelfe usque dum fodiam circa illam, Lk. Bos. 13, 8. Bedealf hyt on eorþan he buried it in the earth, Mt. Bos. 25, 18. Bedolfen, Elen. Kmbl. 2159; El. 1081

Linked entries: be-dielf be-dofen be-dolfen be-dulfon

be-delfan

to dig a grave ⬩ to dig about ⬩ to bury ⬩ put under ground, ⬩ to bury ⬩ put in a grave or tomb

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Add: to dig a grave Þá byrgena mon feor on eorðan bedelfe, Ll. Th. ii. 408, 12. to dig about Þæt treów bið bedolfen, Hml. Th. ii. 408, 29. to bury, put under ground, of things Ágróf se mon on ærenum brede drýcræftes word and bedealf under þone þerscwold

be-délan

(v.)
Grammar
be-délan, p. -délde; pp. -déled

To deprive ⬩ privare

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To deprive; privare Duguðum be-déled deprived of dignity, Cd. 215; Th. 272, 19; Sat. 122

á-beþecian

(v.)
Grammar
á-beþecian, -bedecian, v. á, <b>B. IV.</b>.

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