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  • Wesan and beón

    fore,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 61.
absolute,
to exist, (of life)
to last
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  • Ðú eart éce and á byst,

      Shrn. 199, 21.

  • Þá hwíle þe mín líf byð,

      Cht. E. 230, 7.

  • Gif ic lengc beó þonne heó,

      Shrn. 159, 27. ꝥ

  • Án is þú woldest beón; óðer ꝥ þú woldest lybban,

      193, 27.

  • Hí woldon á bión . . . willniaþ simle tó biónne,

      Bt. 34, 12; F. 152, 18-23.

  • Wesendum, beóndum

    existentibus.

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 63.
of posi-tion, lit. or fig.
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  • Ðér ic biúm (bióm,

      R.), Jn. L. 7, 34.

  • Beó hé be þǽre ánre þá hwíle þe heó lybbe,

      Wlfst. 271, 15.

  • Hé móste beón mǽrlíce mid him,

      Hml. Th. ii. 310, 19.

  • An his hláforddóme wé bián móten,

      C. D. i. 311, 22.

  • Ðá ðe fore óðrum bieón (beón, v. l.) sculon, Past. 107, 24. ¶ beón ymbe

    to be about

    a business :-- Deófol byð á ymbe þæt án, hú hé on manna sáulum mǽst gesceaðian mæge,
      Ll. Th. i. 374, 25.

  • Hí beóð ymbe þæt án, hú . . . ,

      Hml. Th. i. 12, II. Tó
    beónne ymbe ðeófas, An. Th. 124, 29.
to happen
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  • Ðú bist dumb oð ðæt ðé þis bið,

      Shrn. 133, 33.

  • Swá bið þǽre sáwle and þǽre synne,

      Wlfst. 240, 4.
to consist of (
on)
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  • Þæt gafol bið on deóra fellum,

      Ors. l, l; S. 18, 17.
with predicate,
noun or adjective
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  • Ic dó ꝥ gyt beóð (beóþan, R.) manna fisceras

    faciam vos fieri piscatores hominum,

      Mt. 4, 19: Mk. I. 17.

  • Beóð eów ánrǽde,

      Hml, S. 16, 244.

  • Þæt þás stánes hláfes beón

    ut lapides isti panis fiant,

      Mt. R. 4, 3.

  • Lucius bæd hine crístenne beón

    (christianum se fieri),

      Bd. 1, 4; Sch. 16, 4.
oblique case of noun
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  • ꝥ hí ne mihtan him sylfum nǽnige góde beón,

      Bl. H. 45, 16: Ors. 6, 30; S. 282, 18.
gerundial infin.
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  • Se trýwleása ne bið nánum hláforde tó hæbbenne,

      Hml. S. 12, 131.
  • Hié beóð tó ðreágeanne. Past. 265, 15.
prepositional phrase
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  • Bið hit swíðe leáslíce on siolufres hiéwe,

      Past. 269, 4.

  • Biá ðú mé in God

    esto mihi in Deum,

      Ps. Srt. 30, 3.

  • Hié him on nánum ful-tome beón ne mæhte,

      Ors. 2, 4; S. 74, 31: 4, 10; S. 196, 7.
as auxiliary
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  • Ic bióm gelustfullad

    ego deleclabor.

      Ps. Srt. 103, 34.

  • Gif onstyred ic beám

    si motus fuero,

      12, 5.

  • Biáð þreáde

    aporiamur,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 44.

  • Wé bíðon wrigen

    operiemur,

      Mt. L. 6, 31.

  • Forgefen bíðon (beóþun, R.) ðé synno

    dimittantur tibi peccata,

      Mk. L. 2, 9.

  • Tóstrogden biáð scíp

    dispargentur oves,

      Mt. L. 26, 31.

  • Rím wintra hine hæbbende beón se numerum annorum fuisse habiturum. Bd. 5, 8; Sch. 586, 17. ¶

    beón

    has a specially future sense :-- Ge ꝥte ǽr wæs, ge ꝥte nú is, ge ꝥte æfter us biþ,
      Bt. 42; F. 256, 28.

  • Sé byð (bieð, L.

    erit

    ) eówer þén,
      Mk. 10, 43.

  • Swá beóð (biðon, L. erunf) þá fyrmestan ýtemeste . . . , manega synt

    (sunt)

    geclypede,
      Mt. 20, 16.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “beón.” 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/39968.

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