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be-sceáwian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to contemplate, behold:- —
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  • Seó sáwel on ánre tíde besceáwað heofonan and ofer sǽflýhð,

    • Hml. S. 1, 124
    • .
  • Besceáwiað

    contemplantur

      (
    • Prov. 15, 3
    • ),
    • Kent. Gl. 506
    • .
  • Bescáwede

    contemplarer,

    • Hpt. Gl. 404, 34
    • .
to consider
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  • For hwig ne besceáwost þú on þýnre heortan . . . hú Crýst on Iudéa lande geboren wæs.

    • St. A. 32, 13.
  • besceáwað

    considerat

      (
    • Prov. 5, 21
    • ),
    • Kent. Gl. 115
    • .
  • besceáwode ꝥ hí mid Drihtne habbað þá sélestan gife,

    • Hml. S. 25, 476.
    þ æsmannes bíleofa is tó besceáwianne.
    • Lch. ii. 210, 19.
  • Besceáwiende

    considerans (medicus cicatrices],

    • An. Ox. 371.
with idea of examination, enquiry:
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  • Ic besceáwie

    exploro (-do, MS.),

    • An. Ox. 18 b, 24
    • .
  • Hé hét besceáwian þá burh

    dixit eis: Explorate terram,

    • Jos. 7, 2.
  • Uton geþencan hú besceáwigende wé scylon beón úre sáwle

    cogitemus quam perscrutantes esse debemus animae nostrae.

    • Ll. Th. ii. 226, 34
    • .
to see about, take care of:
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  • Hálige fatu hé besceáwige

    vasa sacrata conspiciat,

    • R. Ben. 1. 62, 2
    • .
  • Besceáwige

    praevideat,

    • R. Ben. 89, 17
    • .
Etymology
[
O. Frs. bi-skawia
:
O. H. Ger. pi-scouwón conspicere, contemplari, considerare, perpensare, lustrari.
]
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  • be-sceáwian, v.