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be-warenian

  • verb [ weak ]
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be-warenian, -warnian.
Substitute:
to guard one's self against, keep one's self from, avoid,
with prep, (wiþ )
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  • Gif hé hine ne bewarenað wið þá unþeáwas

    miseras fugare querelas non posse,

    • Met. 16, 23
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  • Ðí ðe hié wið scylda bewareniað

    qui se a pravis custodiunt.

    • Past. 437, 6
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  • Sýn hý eáþmóde, bewarnian hý wiþ módignesse,

    • R. Ben. 140, 8
    • .
with negative clause
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  • bewarniaþ hí, ꝥ hi hira mód ne besmítaþ

    mentem inquinare devitant,

    • Gr. D. 209, 8.
  • ꝥ hí hí sylfe bewarnian, ꝥ hí ne þurfan cuman

    ne ipsi veniant,

    • 310, 21
    • .
to ward off from one's self
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  • þá óþre geseóð þi yfel, tó þon ꝥ hí heom bewarnian þá, and þás beóð þe má wítnode þe hí noldon heom bewarnian þá hellewítu

    ut isti videant mala quae caveant, illi vero eo amplius puniantur, quod inferni supplicia vitare noluerunt,

    • Gr. D. 321, 7.
to guard against :--
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  • bewarnod, þæt hit ná ne gesǽle

    caveatur ne proveniat,

    • R. Ben. 36, 5
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to watch, guard
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  • þú bewarnast

    observaberis,

    • Ps. Spl. 129, 3
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