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be-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
be-healdan, bi-healdan, ic -healde, ðú -healdest, -hylst, he -healdeþ, -hylt, -hilt, pl. -healdaþ; p. ic, he , -heóld, ðú -heólde, pl. -heóldon; pp. -healden; v. trans. [be near, healdan to hold, observe] .

to hold by or near ⬩ possess ⬩ observe ⬩ consider ⬩ beware ⬩ regard ⬩ mind ⬩ take heed ⬩ behave ⬩ to mean ⬩ signify ⬩ tenere ⬩ inhabitare ⬩ servare ⬩ curare ⬩ gerere ⬩ to BEHOLD ⬩ see ⬩ look on ⬩ observare ⬩ aspicere ⬩ videre

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Adam sceal mínne stronglícan stól behealdan Adam shall possess my strong seat Cd. 19; Th. 23, 28; Gen. 366.

Linked entries: be-held bi-healdan

be-healdan

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be-healdan, V. add : <b>V a</b>.
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to restrain Þá geonglingas beón fæstlíce behealdene mid steórum ( iugibus disciplinis constringuntur ), Chrd. 54, 21

be-healdan

(v.)
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Behealdan gé hwæþer gé hit hire gecýþan willen, H. R. 9, 7

be-healden

(adj.)
Grammar
be-healden, adj.
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(ptcpl.). cautious, reserved Ðonne hé wilnað ðæt hé sciele rícsian, hé bið swíðe forht and swíðe behealden; ðonne hé hæfð ðæt hé habban wolde, hé bið swíðe ðríste, Past. 57, 4. intent, assiduous Hé wæs geornfull and behealden (intentus) in Godes hýrnessum

be-heldan

(v.)
Grammar
be-heldan, [= be-healdan?]

To attend ⬩ intend ⬩ attendere ⬩ intendere

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To attend, intend; attendere, intendere Wesan ðíne eáran gehýrende and beheldende fiant aures tuæ intendentes Ps. Th. 129, 2

be-heáfdian

(v.)
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Hí beheáfdodon þone cempan, Hml. S. 19, 123: Hml. Th. i. 402, 17. Beheáfdian hine [geseón] gestreón getácnað to see one's self beheaded in a dream betokens gain, Lch. iii. 212, 13. ꝥ hí í Hí lǽdan tó beheáfdianne, 75, 23. Tó beheáfdigenne, Hml. S. 19,

be-healdend

(n.)
Grammar
be-healdend, es; m.
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A beholder, spectator Geflit cymeð þám behealdendum in quaestionem ueniat intuentibus, Bd. I. I; Sch. 9, 18

Linked entry: healdend

be-heáfdian

(v.)
Grammar
be-heáfdian, p. ode ; pp. od,; v. trans. [be, heáfod, head]

To BEHEAD ⬩ decollare

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To BEHEAD; decollare He beheáfdode Iohannem decollavit Iohannem Mt. Bos. 14, 10 : Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 32; Jud. 290

Linked entries: heáfdian be-fótian

be-helian

(v.)
Grammar
be-helian, bi-helian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed; v. trans. [be, helian to cover]

To cover ⬩ cover over ⬩ conceal ⬩ obscure ⬩ hide ⬩ condere ⬩ sepelire

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To cover, cover over, conceal, obscure, hide; condere, sepelire Wurdon behelede ealle ða dúna operti sunt omnes montes Gen. 7, 19. Se heofen mót ðæt leóht behelian the heaven may obscure the light Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 21 : Elen. Kmbl. 858; El. 429

Linked entries: be-hylian bi-helian

be-helman

(v.)
Grammar
be-helman, p. ede; pp. ed

To cover over ⬩ to cover ⬩ cooperire

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To cover over, to cover; cooperire Heolstre behelmed covered with darkness Salm. Kmbl. 209; Sal. 104

Linked entry: bi-helmian

be-heáwan

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Man ꝥ timber beheáwð, Angl. viii. 324, 8. Hí hine sceoldon þý heáfde beheáwan. Gr. D. 254, ii. Hé wæs heáfde beheáwen, Shrn. 155, 6. Add

be-helian

(v.)
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Ðæt mód mid ðǽre beheleð his fét, Past. 241, 20. Heofon behelað eal ðæt him beufan bið, Sal. K. p. 178, 9. Moyses behelede ðá bierhto his ondwlitan, Past. 459, 19. ꝥ Þá heortan æt þínum burhgeatum behele (-a, v. l. ), Lch. i. 328, 24. Se preóst þá húselláfe

be-heáwan

(v.)
Grammar
be-heáwan, bi-heáwan; p. -heów; pp. -heáwen

To beat ⬩ bruise ⬩ hew ⬩ cut off ⬩ to separate from ⬩ deprive of ⬩ tundere ⬩ heów ⬩ cædendo privare ⬩ amputare

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To beat, bruise, hew or cut off, to separate from, deprive of; tundere, heów; cædendo privare, amputare Beheáwene mid swingellan tunsi per flagella Past. 36, 5; Hat. MS. 47 b, 15. Heáfde beheáwan to behead Bt. Met. Fox 1, 85; Met. 1. 43. Hwonne me wráþra

Linked entries: be-heówe bi-heáwan

be-helian

(v.)

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be-hédan

(v.)
Grammar
be-hédan, p. -hédde; pp. -héded

To watch ⬩ heed ⬩ guard ⬩ cavere ⬩ curare

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To watch, heed, guard; cavere, curare, Leo 178

be-helan

(v.)
Grammar
be-helan, bi-helan; p. -hæl, pl. -hǽlon; pp. -holen

To conceal ⬩ hill ⬩ cover over ⬩ hide ⬩ occultare

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To conceal, hill or cover over, hide; occultare Beo. Th. 833; B. 414 : Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 25, note

Linked entry: bi-helan

be-hédan

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be-helan

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Seó beholene ondweardnes the hidden presence, Bl. H. 77, 2. Þý lǽs mé ówiht in þǽm londe beholen oððe bedégled wǽre ne quid mihi in ignotis subtraheretur locis, Nar. 20, 21. From þǽm uncystum ðe mé beholen synt ab occultis delictis meis, Ps. Th. 18, II

sandiht

(adj.)
Grammar
sandiht, adj.

Sandy, dusty

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Sandy, dusty Hiora gemitting wæs on sondihtre dúne, ðæt hié for duste ne mehton geseón, hú hí hí behealdan sceolden, Ors. 5, 7; Swt. 230, 15. Of ðam stáne on ðone sandihtan hærepoþ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 453, 22

hræd-férness

(n.)
Grammar
hræd-férness, e; f.

Quickness ⬩ rapidity

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Quickness, rapidity Behealdaþ ða hrædférnesse ðisses heofenes respicite cæli celeritatem, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 6

Linked entry: -férness

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