beforan I. prep. α. (w. d.) (local) _‘before,’ in front of, in the presence of_: (temporal) _before, prior to, sooner than_. β. (w. a.) _before_. II. adv. (local) _before, in front_: (temporal) _before, formerly, in former times, earlier, sooner_: _at hand, openly_.
befōtian _to cut off one’s feet_, Æ 25^117.
be-frīnan, -frignan^3 _to question, ask, learn_, Æ.
befrīnung f. _inquiry, investigation_, OEG 2309.
befullan _entirely, completely, perfectly_, CP 5^20.
befȳlan (ī) _to befoul, defile_, _Lcd_; Æ. [‘_befile_’]
befylgan _to follow after, pursue, persevere with_, #Lcd#.
befyllan I. _to fell, lay low, strike down_: (†) _take by killing, bereave, rob_. [feallan] II. _to fill up_. [full]
begalan^6 _to sing incantations over, enchant_, _Lcd_; Æ. [‘_bigale_’]
begān _to go over, traverse_, _Æ_: _get to, come by, fall into_: _go to, visit, care for, cultivate_, AO: _occupy_, _Æ, BH, Lcd_: _surround_, _Chr_. ūtan b. _besiege_: _practise, do, engage in, perform, attend to, be diligent about_, Æ, CP: _honour, serve, worship_: _profess_. on borh b. _pledge oneself_, CP. [‘_bego_’]
begang m. †_way, course, circuit, extent_: _district, region_: _business, undertaking, practice, exercise, service, reverence, worship_: _cultivation_, GD. [= bīgeng]
begangol (bigeong-) m.? _cultivator_, LkR: _worship_, DR.
be-gānnes, -gangnes f. _‘calendæ,’ celebration_.
begēat I. m. _attainment_, Æ: _acquisitions, property_, Æ. II. pret. 3 sg. of begēotan.
bēgen nm. (but where one thing is m. and the other f. or n., the nom. is bā, bū), nf. bā, nn. bū; gmfn. bēg(e)a, bēgra; dimfn. bǣm, bām; am. bū; af. bā; an. bū _both_. v. also būtū. [‘_bo_’]
begeondan (AO, CP), begeonde, -geonan, prep. w. a. d.; and adv. _‘beyond,’ on the other side_, _Æ, Chr, Jn_.
begēotan^2 _to pour over or upon, anoint, infuse, flood (with)_, _sprinkle, cover with fluid_, _Chr_; Æ. [‘_bigeten_’; _Ger._ begiessen]
begeten pp. of (1) begēotan, (2) begietan.
begiellan^3 _to sing, celebrate_, #Seaf# 24.
begietan^5 (e, i, y) _to get, find, acquire, attain, receive, take, seize_, AO, CP: _happen_: _beget_.
begietend (e) m. _one who gets_, WW 214^25.
begīman (ȳ) _to look after, take care of_: _do service, attend_: _take heed, observe_.
begīming f. _invention, device_: _observance_: _care, regard_, OEG (ȳ).