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to fold up, roll up
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  • Heofon biþ befealden swá swá bóc,

      Bl. H. 91, 25.

  • Befalden swé swé geteld

    convoluta quasi tabernaculum,

      Ps. Srt. ii. p. 184, 30.
to bendthe body (?):--
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  • Befealden (-feallen?) tó Hǽlendes cneówum hé cwæþ,

      Bl. H. 87, 36.
to fold up in something, wrap up
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  • Hé þone líchaman on scýtan befeóld,

      Lk. 23, 53.

  • Befeald hyt on caules leáfe,

      Lch. i. 106, 17.

  • Befeald on wulle,

      206, 1.
fig. :--
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  • Befealdon

    contentum, sufficiens,

      Germ. 402, 54.
to entwine; implicare
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  • Befealdende hófringas hófum

    inplicans orbes orbibus,

      An. Ox. 17.
fig.
to involve, implicate:--
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  • Befelt

    involvet,

      Kent. Gl. 1058.

  • Ðæt hié ne sién tó wyrsan gecirde and ðǽron befealdne

    deterioribus implicantur,

      Past. 271, 12.
to attach
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  • Tó befeóld

    applicavit,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 43.

  • Hé (the town) wæs tó þæs pápan ǽhte bifealden,

      Hml. A. 199, 150.
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[
O. H. Ger. pi-faltan ivolvere.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-fealdan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/39727.

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