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be-sárgian

  • verb [ weak ]
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with idea of pity,
to be sorry for
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  • Tó besárgienne

    doletura,

    • An. Ox. 5266.

  • Besárgiendes

    conpatientis,

    • 903.
a person,
with dat.
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  • Besárgode hé ðǽre sorhfullan méder,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 150, 17
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with acc.
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  • Hé spræc tó ðám ceastergewarum, þá hé mid fæderlicere lufe besárgode,

    • Hml. Th. i. 402, 11
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with prep.
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  • Besárega for him

    dole pro eo,

    • Scint. 12, 1
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an unfavourable circumstance,
with acc.
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  • Hé besárgað úres módes blindnysse,

    • Hml. Th. i. 158, 8
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    • Hml. S. 1, 220
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  • Benedictus besárgode his fóstor-méder sárnysse,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 154, 18
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  • þæt hé óðres mannes ungelimp besárgige,

    • i. 584, 6.

  • Wé sceolon his yfel besárgian,

    • 274, II.
with acc. and infin. (from Latin)
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  • Besáriga hæftlingas beón þíne þeówtlingas

    dole captivos esse tuos servulos.

    • Hy. S. 125, 5.

  • Besárigende losian worulde

    condolens perire seculum,

    • 34, 20
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with idea of regret
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  • Hé besárgode ꝥ hé ne móste læncg brúcan þæs leóhtes,

    • Hml. S. 21, 252
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  • Hé behreówsode þ hé swá réðne dóm sette, and hit besár-gode ǽfre,

    • 32, 227
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  • Sume besárgodon þ pound; hí swilces náht ne dydon,

    • 31, 73
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  • Hí noldon besárgian þæs Hǽlendes slege, ne mid dǽdbóte his mildse biddan,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 2
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with idea of complaint:
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  • Gif hé hit mid múðe beceorað oþþe mid móde besárgað

    non solum ore verum etiam in corde si murmuraverit,

    • R. Ben. 21, 2
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  • Hí gesáwon ꝥ him næs álýfed unálýfedlic þing tó dónne, and hí besárgodon

    ꝥ hí sceoldon hyra gewunan forlǽtan.
    • Gr. D. 104, 18
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  • Hý ná ne ceorien, ne mid móde besárgien

    non murmurarent,

    • R. Ben. 65, 9
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  • Geswíce ánra gehwylc be Gode oþþe be gódum besárgian

    (conquiri),

    • Scint. 165, 10
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-sárgian.” 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/40089.

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