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under-beran

(v.)

supportare ⬩ sustinere ⬩ subsistere

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glosses supportare, sustinere, subsistere Underbearaþ subportantes, Rtl. 13, 35. Underbær sustinuit, 27, 31. Underbeara subsistere, 7, 38. Underberende supportantes, Scint. 24, 1

under-búgan

(v.)

to submit

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to submit Paulus underbeáh swurdes ecge, Homl. Th. i. 382, 6. Úre Hǽlend ródehengene underbeáh, ii. 600, 7

Linked entry: under-bígan

under-sécan

(v.)
Grammar
under-sécan, p. -sóhte

To investigate ⬩ discutere

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To investigate; discutere (cf. discutiens, i.judicans, querens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 42) Ðæt is ðæt hié ðara ðing ðe him underðiódde bióð for ðam ege ánum ðæs innecundan déman underséce est subjectorum causas pro sola interni judicis intentione discutere

under-bígan

(v.)

to subject

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to subject Underbéged subjectus, Rtl. 125, 25: Mt. Kmbl. p. 3, 10

Linked entry: bígan

under-etan

(v.)

to eat away below ⬩ to sap ⬩ subedere

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to eat away below, to sap; subedere Ðæt mennisce mód bið undereten and áweged of his stede ðonne hit se wind strongra geswinca ástyroþ, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 17

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