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be-ceorfan

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Add: to deprive a person (acc.) of something (dat.) by cutting
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  • Ic wolde ꝥ ðú mé feaxe becurfe,

      Hml. S. 33, 123.
  • Hát mé heáfde beceorfan . . . hé þá sceolde beón heáfde becorfen,

      Bl. H. 183, 16-20.
  • Hé wæs heáfde becorfen,

      173, 5: Shrn. 123, 6: Hml. Th. i. 420, 4.
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