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  • Betiéned

    conclusus.

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 38
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to enclose, surround with a fence:
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  • pú eorþan on þínre fýst betýndest,

    • Nar. 47, 3
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  • Bebbanburh wæs ǽrost mid hegge betíned and þǽrǽfter mid wealle,

    • Chr. 547
      • ;
    • P. 17, 21
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  • Heortan betýnede mid lytelicum ládungum,

    • Past. 245, 21
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where movement to or by an object is hindered, to shut in, out, shut up: —
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  • Hié bine betýndon on þám car*-*cerne,

    • Bl. H. 243, 3
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  • Wæs Euan wóp file betýned

    (excluded),

    • 7, 14.

  • þá óman beóð inne betýnde.

    • Lch. ii. 174, 23.
with the idea of concealment
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  • Betínþ

    occultat, abscondit,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 48.
to close, shut,
a place
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  • Hé betynde his eágan,

    • Bl. H. 231, 12
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  • Betýned wæs se hefon

    clusum est coelum.

    • Lk. L. R. 4, 25
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  • Beóþ his eágan betýnede,

    • Bl. H. 153, 19
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a passage, door, etc.
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  • (protan) betýnde

    (gurguliones) oppilavit,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 18 (cf. 82, 53).

  • Hí betýndon þǽre ceastre gatu,

    • Bl. H. 241, 11.

  • þá duru betýnan,

    • 219, 16.

  • Ðá duro wérun bitýnde,

    • Jn. R. 20, 19,

  • Betýndan wega gelǽtan

    competa clausa,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 52
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to close, end
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  • He faegere ende his lif betynde and geendade

    pulchro uitam suam fine con*-*clusit,

    • Bd. 4, 24
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    • Sch. 488, 8
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  • Hé þá ýtemestan word on his herenesse betýnde,

    • Sch. 491, 19
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Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. pi-zúnen sepire.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-týnan.” 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/40257.

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