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be-seón

  • verb [ contracted ]
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intrans.
To look.
absolute,
physical
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  • Ne beseoh þú underbæc

    noli respicere post tergum,

    • Gen. 19, 17
      • .
mental
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  • Mann þe hys hand ásett on hys sulh and on bæc besyhð,

    • Lk. 9, 62
      • .

  • Beseoh (respice) and gehýr mé,

    • Ps. Spl. 12, 3
      • .
with preps.
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  • Beseó hé upp tó þǽre nǽddran, and hé leofað, swá hé besihð on hig,

    • Num. 21, 8
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  • Swá ðá eágan on besióð,

    • Bt. 41, 4
      • ;
    • F. 252, 13
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  • Of heofenum beseah Drihten

    Dominus de coelo prospexit,

    • Ps. Th. 52, 3
      • .

  • þæt folc beseah on Faraones here,

    • Ex. 14, 10.

  • Hé beseah tó heofenum,

    • Hml. Th. i. 62, 9
      • :
    • Ap. Th. 11, 18
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  • Hé underbæc beseah wið þæs wælfylles,

    • Gen. 2562
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  • þonne hié besáwon on þá burg,

    • Ors. 2, 8
      • ;
    • S. 92, 32
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  • Beó se canon him ætforan eágum, beseó tó,

    • LK Th. ii. 250, 24.
mental,
to look with favour, attention, expectation, &c.
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  • Hé nǽfre ne besyhð to ðǽre uplican are,

    • Past. 67, 14.

  • Beseah Drihten tó Abele and tó his lácum,

    • Gen. 4, 4, 5
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  • Hé beseah wið mín, and gehýrde mín gebed,

    • Ps. Th. 39, 1
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  • Ealle heó on áne ídelnesse symle beségan

    omnes declinaverunt, simul inutiles facti sunt

    • 52, 4
      • .

  • Beseoh tó mé,

    • Ps. Th. 12, 3
      • :
    • 21, 1.

  • Beseoh mé tó fultume

    intende in adjutorium meum,

    • 37, 21
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  • Beseoh þi mé on fultun.

    respice in auxilium meum,

      70, 11,

  • Beseoh tó ús,

    • Gen. 47, 25.

  • þéh Godes bydel misdó, ne beseó man ná þǽrtó ealles tó swýðe,

    • Wlfst. 178, 11.
reflexive,
absolute
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  • þá hé hyne beseah, þá geseah hé olfendas

    cum elevasset oculos, vidit camelos.

    • Gen. 24, 63
      • :
    • 33, 1
      • :
    • Hml. S. 23 b, 772
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  • Þá beseah hé hyne ymbútan hider and þider

    cum circum-spexisset huc atque illuc,

    • Ex. 2, 12
      • .

  • Ne beseoh þú þe ná,

    • Lch. i. 202, 17
      • .

  • ꝥ hé hine ne besió tó his ealdun yfelum,

    • 17.
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  • Beseah hé hine underbæc wiþ ðæs wífes.

    • Bt. 35, 6
      • ;
    • F. 170, 14
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  • ꝥ hé hine ne besió tó his ealdun yfelum

    • 17.
trans.
To see about, care for, attend to, provide for
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  • Ealle fata and spéde hé sceal beseón

    omnia vasa cunctamque substantiam conspiciat,

    • R. Ben. 55, 1
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  • Hé wæs wel besewen on reáfe and yfele on þeáwum,

    • Hml. Th. i. 534, 3
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  • Hláf well besewen and well gesyfled,

    • C. D. iv. 278, 4
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  • Behealde hé þæt his oflétan ne beón yfele besewene,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 360, 27
      • .

  • Manega mid upplicre besawene gyfe

    multi superna respecti gratia,

    • Scint. 46, 15
      • ;
Etymology
[
Goth. bi-saihwan
:
O. Frs. bi-sia
:
O. Sax. be-sehan
:
O. H. Ger. pi*-*sehan.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “be-seón.” 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/40125.

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