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be-singan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
be-singan, p. -sang, -song, pl. -sungon; pp. -sungen
Wright's OE grammar
§647;
To utter enchantments, to enchant, charm, bewail; excantare incantationibus, deplorare
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  • Ne sceal nán man mid galdre wyrte besingan

    no man shall enchant a herb with magic,

      Homl. Th. i. 476, 9.
  • Besing

    enchant,

      Herb. 93, 2; Lchdm. i. 202, 13.
  • Ge sceolon weán wópe besingan

    ye shall bewail torment with weeping,

      Exon. 41 b; Th. 139, 3; Gú. 587.
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