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to dig a grave
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  • Þá byrgena mon feor on eorðan bedelfe,

      Ll. Th. ii. 408, 12.
to dig about
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  • Þæt treów bið bedolfen,

      Hml. Th. ii. 408, 29.
to bury, put under ground,
of things
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  • Ágróf se mon on ærenum brede drýcræftes word and bedealf under þone þerscwold þæs húses,

      Shrn. 141, 16.
  • Bedealf ús (thecrosses) man on deópan seáðe,

      Kr. 75.
  • Nim his lifre and bedealf æt þám ymbhwyrftum þínra landgemǽra,

      Lch. i. 328, 22.
of persons (when there are no funeral rites)
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  • Hié þá Rómáne cuce on eorþan bedulfan

    Minucia viva obruta est in campo,

    • Ors. 3, 6
    • ;
    • S. 108, 19.
  • Hé hine lét ofsleán and deópe bedelfan,

    • Chr. 1049
    • ;
    • P. 168, 38.
to bury, put in a grave or tomb
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  • Git métað weal; bedelfað on ðám þone líchoman,

      Shrn. 139, 27.
  • Bebyrge ł bidelfa

    sepelire,

      Jn. L. 19, 40.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. >bi-delƀan
:
O. Frs. bi-delva
:
O. H. Ger. bi-telban.
]
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