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to belong to
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  • Belimpþ

    attinet.

      An. Ox. 27, 22.
of possession
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  • Se dæg

    (the extra day of leap-year)

    belimpþ ǽgðer ge tó ðǽre sunnan ge tó ðám mónan,
      Lch. iii. 264, 13.

  • Þá termina gebyriaþ ł belimpað tó Pentecosten,

      Angl. viii. . 329, 2.
of subordination or subjection
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  • Þæt Witland belimpeð tó Éstum,

      Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 6.

  • Þá belimpað tó þám deófle þe grǽdignysse gefremmað,

      Scrd. 20, 10.

  • Eal ðæt folc þe tó his ríce belomp,

      Shrn. 120, 33.

  • Manege scíran mid weorce tó Lundenne belumpon,

      Chr. 1097; P. 234, 5.
to be of a class
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  • Þá þuneras ne belimpað tó ðám ðunere þe on þyssere lyfte brastlað,

      Lch. iii. 280, 12.

  • Belimpende

    pertinentes (ad inferiorem gradum),

      An. Ox. 872.
to be proper for,
adapted to
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  • Þás lǽcedómas belimpað tó eallum innoþa mettrymnessum, Lch. ii. 158, 1, Leóð þá þe tó ǽfestnesse belumpon

    carmina religioni apta,

      Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 481, 5.

  • Ǽlc man, hwæt his háde tó belumpe, folgade,

      Chr. 1086; P. 219, 31.
to concern, be the concern of a person
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  • Hwæt belympð tó þé hwylcere mǽgðe ic sý,

      Hml. S. 19, 56.
to pertain to, relate to,
have to do with
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  • Þá þing þe Gode belimpað,

      Ex. 4, 16.

  • Ðá ðing ðe tó scipene belimpað,

      Angl. ix. 260, 5.

  • Plegan tó ðám bæðstede belimpende,

      An. Th. 12, 18.
to happen, befall
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  • Belamp

    evenit, contigit,

      An. Ox. 3203.

  • Belamp ꝥ se arƀ férde tó Róme,

      Chr. 1070; P. 206, 7.

  • Ðætte ne wyrsa ðé bilimpe (blimpe, L.

    contingat

    ),
      Jn. R. 5, 14.

  • Þæt him ne belimpe se egeslica cwyde

    that the terrible sentence be not applied to them,

      Hml. Th. ii. 536, 6.
to become, attain the character of
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  • Þis godspel ús tó bysene belimpeþ éces lífes,

      Bl. H. 15, 32.

  • Þá ælmessan þe gé syllaþ eów tó nǽnigre áre ne belimpaþ (-eþ,

      MS.), 41, 23.

  • Ðæt bið unnyt word, ðætte gescédwíse menn ne magon ongietan ðæt hit belimpe tó ryhtwíslicre ðearfe

    otiosum verbum est, quod ratione justae necessitatis caret,

      Past. 281, 12.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-limpan.” 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/39901.

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