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bealo

  • noun [ neuter ]
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bealo, bealu; n.
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hurt, mischief, destruction
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  • Þǽr wæs ꝥ brýdealo ꝥ wæs manegra manna bealo (mannum tó beala, v. l.),

    • Chr. 1075
    • ;
    • P. 210, 35.
  • Þæt bráde bealo and se byrnenda grund,

      Wlfst. 186, 11.
  • Hit bið him sylfum tó bealowe geðyged,

      Hml. Th. i. 266, 14.
a noxious thing :--
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  • Bollan mid bealuwe áfylled,

    (with a noxious draught)

      Hml. S. 14, 68.
  • Þæt his yrþ sí geborgen wið ealra bealwa gehwylc,

      Lch. i. 402, 10.
malice
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  • Þone láreów selfne þæs bealwes

    ipsum malitiae magistrum,

      Gr. D. 121, 12.
  • Ne níþa tó georn, ne bealwes tó beald,

      Bl. H. 109, 28.
  • Hé wæs bealwes full,

      Hml. S. 7, 396.
  • Gebealh hine Acitofel and mid bealwe wearð áfylled,

      19, 208: Ps. Th. 58, 2.
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  • bealo, n.