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be-witian

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to watch, observe
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  • Sé sceal þ ǽre sunnan síð behealdan, . . . georne bewitigan, hwonne up cyme æðclost tungla,

    • Ph. 92
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to have charge or direction of, see about or after,
living things
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  • Be ðám ðe beon bewitað

    concerning the beekeeper,

    • Ll. Th. i. 434, 35
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places
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  • þæs mægenbrymmes nán þe ricebewitigað, þeódnes þrýlgesteald,

    • Cri. 353
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affairs, proceedings, matters
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  • Hí þá þeg-nunge beweotigað,

    • El. 745
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  • Hé ealle beweotede þegnes þearfe,

    • B.1796
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  • Hé þý geornlícar hire þearfa begá and bewiotige,

    • Cht. Th. 470, 13.

  • þæs behðfaí hie. eþa ǽghwylc, þ he his sáwle sið sylfa bewitige (geþence, MS. Vercel.)

    that he see after the course of his soul,

    • Exon. Th. 367, 4.

  • þæt hé (the star) þǽre sunnan síð bewitige, hé sceal beforan féran,

    • Met. 4, 16
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  • Ealle gesceafta mótan heora gewunan bewitigan bútan me ánum

    all creatures may direct their customs except me only,

    • Bt. 7, 3
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    • F. 20, 24
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    • Gú. 170.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-witian.” 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/40295.

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